Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google: Meta Robots Nofollow Is A Hint Also
Gary Illyes from Google clarified last night that if you place a nofollow in your robots meta tags, it will also follow the new rules as the nofollow link attribute. Hence, as Gary said "Meta robots nofollow is a hint now, like rel-nofollow." Although the robots won't support the new ugc and sponsored attributes. - Google Ads Extends Removal Of Accelerated Delivery By 20 More Days
Google Ads has announced they are delaying the removal of the accelerated delivery option from September 17, 2019 to October 7, 2019. This gives you an additional 20-days to prepare your campaigns and stop using this accelerated delivery option. - WordPress To Adopt Google's New rel=ugc in Next Release
Joost de Valk, from Yoast but a person who is super tight with WordPress, said WordPress will adopt the new link attributes announced by Google the other day. He said it will be introduced in the next release because "it's a one line change" to the code base. - Google Now Penalizing Subdomains Leasing, Not Just Subfolder Leasing
As you know, Google warned publishers about leasing out portion of their sites so that third-parties can piggy-back off the site's authority and trust and rank their content better. Google then began penalizing some of those sections on the web sites that are leased out. Now, Google is not just penalizing the subfolders doing this but now also the subdomains doing this. - Google: No Need To Disavow Nofollowed Links
Google's John Mueller confirmed that although the nofollow link attribute is just a hint now, there is still no need to use the disavow link tool for links that are nofollowed. He said on Twitter "You definitely don't need to disavow nofollow links -- not before, not now." - Google Logo With Googly Eyes
Here is a photo of a sign at one of the Google offices that has googly eyes. Get it, a Googley logo with googly eyes in a Google logo - har har har. This was shared by Martin Split on Twitter a whil
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Chrome 78 to experiment with DNS-over-HTTPS, WebmasterWorld
- LOL. Will we go down as the first site in history to have a rel="sponsored" link pointing at us?, Marie Haynes on Twitter
- Pro tip for searching on Google Images: if you're looking for example svg images, you can do a filetype search, eg: [flower filetype:svg], Gary Illyes on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Yelp introduces ‘Connect’ and new Waitlist features for restaurants
- What really matters in Google’s nofollow changes, SEOs ask
- Wanted: Session ideas for SMX West
- How Google’s recent changes affect higher education websites
- Compare 19 top SEO tools and platforms
- Lucidworks’ new feature promises enhanced internal site search customization
- Video: Mel Carson on the early days of the search industry
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- Aimclear® Names Susan Wenograd New CMO, aimClear Blog
- Brett Tabke on Pubcon Turning 20, Anger at Google & The Power of Content [PODCAST], Search Engine Journal
- Google antitrust investigation to focus on advertising business, CNBC
- The courage to change: sharing resources for recovery, Google Blog
Links & Promotion Building
- No Follow Links 2.0 - NEW: UGC and Sponsored Link Attributes, Link Research Tools
Local & Maps
- A blind inventor created a 'smart cane' with Google Maps to help visually-impaired people get around, GOOD
- Google’s new addiction recovery website is more useful than a Google search, The Verge
Mobile & Voice
- Amazon Alexa Gets First Local Control in New Auto SDK, Voicebot
- How to Identify Optimization Potential with the Searchmetrics Research Cloud, Search Metrics
- 4 Ways to Optimize your Website for Voice Search, DealerOn
- Google Home update makes it easier to call smart displays, SlashGear
- Hands-on with Assistant Ambient mode for Android devices, 9to5Google
SEO
PPC
- Prepare For Battle: A Paid Search Competitive Guide, Seer Interactive
- The ad tech industry is crowded and competitive, Google Blog
- Paid Social Tests to Consider for the Holidays, Metric Theory
