This was a busy week, but I start off explaining some more things around my reaction article on the Wall Street Journals piece of Google Search. I then cite a new tweet from Matt Cutts on a similar topic. Google had an algorithm update over the weekend but the tremors are being felt all week long. Bing has been using BERT for a while and it now is used on all queries, globally. Google had a bug with a new meta tag that caused pages to be removed from the index. Google Search Console added product result filters to the performance report. Google rich results testing tool now previews what recipes can look like on the Google Home Hub. Google lost image click data in Search Console between November 14 and 19th. GoogleBot won’t crawl Google Analytics and many ad scripts. Google has a work around for removing content using the URL Inspection tool. Google Ads has limited what you can do with political ads. Google Ads is testing a new car rental extension. Microsoft launched the new Microsoft Advertising Editor. Google My Business may be doing its own booking engine. Google dictionary results now show photos for some definitions. I released two vlogs this week, one of Frederic Dubut from Bing and one with John Mueller of Google - both were interesting and fun. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Wall Street Journal Is Wrong & Why I Think The Google Story Should Be Retracted
- Former Googler: Often Someone Assumed Google Took Action But Didn't Really In That Way
- Yet More Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors Over The Weekend
- Did Google Just Confirm The Weekend Google Algorithm Update?
- Google Search Result Rankings Had A Very Volatile Week: Tremors All Week?
- Hey; Bing Has Been Doing The BERT Thing Since April
- New Google Meta Tag Resulted In Pages Not Being Indexed: Now Fixed
- Product Results Filter Added To Google Search Console Performance Results
- Google Rich Results Test Shows Google Home & Smart Display Previews
- Google Search Console Lost Image Search Click Data Between Nov 14 & 19
- Google Tests Recipe Rich Result Preview; Making It Harder To Go To Publisher
- Google: GoogleBot Won't Request Google Analytics & Many Other Ad Scripts When Crawling
- Google Workaround To Get Google To Find Noindex Faster
- Google Ads To Limit Targeting & Content Options For Political Ads In US
- Google Ads Tests Car Rental Ad Unit
- Microsoft Advertising Editor Has Been Redesigned
- Is Google My Business To Provide Its Own Booking & Reservation System?
- Google Dictionary Search Results Add Images
- Vlog #27: Frederic Dubut, Lead PM Of Bing's Core Ranking Team
- Vlog #26: Who Is John Mueller Of Google
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