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 Search Console Tests New Domain Property
Google hinted they were working on a new concept for property sets within the new Google Search Console. Well, here is a screen shot of one person gaining access to what Google is calling the "new Domain Property." - Google Doesn't Care If You Copy Legal Disclaimers & Privacy Policies
Google's John Mueller responded that it's no problem for Google if you copy a legal disclaimer or privacy policy you used on one of your web sites and gave it to another web site. I mean, think about it, do you want your legal disclaimers to rank well in Google anyway? - Google Ad Grants Deactivations Spike; Reactivation Requests Necessary
Michelle from the Google Ad Grants team confirmed in a Google Ads Help thread that Google has recently deactivated a nice number of Google Ad Grant accounts before the big charity season because of compliance issues. There is now a backlog for Google to review and Google is asking these non-profits to use the reactivation form. - Google: Disavow File Spaces Does Not Cause Sites To Drop In Ranking
It has been a while since I saw John Mueller from Google outright call someone's SEO theory "completely incorrect." There is an article where an SEO said that a space in his disavow file results in his site tanking on November 1st. John said that is incorrect and unrelated. - Matt Cutts Speaks At Google
Matt Cutts left Google over 4 years ago, well officially 22 months ago, but really 4+ years ago. Yesterday he came back to give a talk about the USDS, the US Digital Services team and how they use te
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- See our updates and expansions of the things you care about, like image and #visualsearch, football insights, 2018 ballot measures and more: https://t.co/qRyiucPzrH… https://t.co/m1J0Hb1EJ5, Bing on Twitter
- No preference for Google, both help us understand parts of the title text., John Mueller on Twitter
- Ripoffreport.com manual action?, WebmasterWorld
- VEO sounds like a stretch (at least in my ... ears :-)), but "voice interaction design" looks like a fascinating line of work., John Mueller on Twitter
- We just announced support for foldables at #AndroidDevSummit, a new form factor coming next year from Android partners. Android apps run seamlessly as the device folds, achieving this form factor's chief feature: screen co, Android Developers on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- PPC toolkit expands with Bing Ads Scripts’ cross-account operations
- 3 differences between Bing Ads Scripts and Google Scripts you need to know
- Google Search Console experiments with domain properties
- Could Google Alerts spam hurt your SEO?
- How to use Chrome User Experience Report to improve your site’s performance
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- 5 Useful SEO Insights You Can Learn from Google Analytics, Search Engine Journal
- 7 SEO Performance Metrics That Matter to the C-Suite, CustomerThink
Industry & Business
- Google Plans Large New York City Expansion, Wall Street Journal
- A look inside Google's new Detroit office, Crains Detroit
- A note to our employees, Google Blog
- Sundar Pichai of Google: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Problems’, New York Times
Local & Maps
- Blind veterans kayak the Grand Canyon, with Street View along for the ride, Google Blog
- How to Use Google Posts to Protect Customers in Dangerous Weather, Location3 Media
Mobile & Voice
- Google Assistant on its way to Chrome, Voicebot
- Voice Assistants Like Alexa And Google Assistant Have A Trust Problem, Forbes
SEO
- How To Leverage JavaScript and CDNs to Optimise Enterprise SEO, DeepCrawl
- The Latest in Mobile, International & Technical SEO with Aleyda Solis, Site Visibility
PPC
- Top metrics, absolute top metrics, and average position in the AdWords API and Google Ads scripts, Google Ads Developer Blog
- Google Express: What PPC Advertisers Should Know, Metric Theory
- The Mentality Needed for a Successful PPC Manager, PPC Hero
- Win big on your holiday PPC campaigns using these tips, Bing Ads Blog
Search Features
Other Search
- Notifying users of unclear subscription pages, Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
