Was There A Google Update Earlier This Week?
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Starting around Monday, November 23rd, there has been some signals that Google was pushing out another Google search algorithm ranking update. But the chatter is almost non-existent while some of the tools show big changes. Here is what I see, but again, this seems like a very narrow update at best.
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 27, 2020
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 Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Fluctuations, Featured Snippets With Augmented Links, Google-Generated Web Stories Deindexed & New Crawl Stats
Although this is the Thanksgiving holiday week, it was not slow at all in terms of search news and changes. First, we had an unconfirmed Google search ranking update earlier this week...
Click Bots Won't Improve Your Google Rankings
A post on Reddit asks what is stopping someone from building a bot to click on your Google search result listings, going to your site, spending some time there and sending Google positive click data. The truth is, no one is stopping you from doing this but it won't help your Google rankings if you ask Google.
Google Local Suggest An Edit Placement Moved On Mobile
Google has moved the feature to "suggest an edit" from in the main mobile list view of a local listing to in the three vertical dots bar. So it is a bit harder to find now but it now takes up less space in the local panel.
Google Maps Tests Address Numbers On The Map
Google seems to be testing displaying address numbers in the Google Maps user interface. I personally cannot replicate this but Joy Hawkins was able to see it and shared a screen shot.
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- Some Google AdSense Publishers Receive Multiple Payments/Deposits | Nov 27, 2020
- Google's Socially Distant Thanksgiving Day Logo: History of Thanksgiving | Nov 26, 2020
- Daily Search Forum Recap: November 25, 2020 | Nov 25, 2020
- Google Maps Displaying Hotel Review Rating Averages & Other Attributes On Map Pins | Nov 25, 2020
- Google Deletes Its Autogenerated Web Stories & They Now 404 | Nov 25, 2020
- Google: Private Whois Domain Name Data Does Not Impact Rankings | Nov 25, 2020
- Google Local Adds Messaging Button To Google Posts | Nov 25, 2020
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