October 16, 2018 Google Search Algorithm Update
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Trust me, I am even getting tired of reporting on Google search algorithm updates - we've had so many but there are numerous signs of another update. One that touched down yesterday late morning, October 16th. Most, not all, but most of the automated tracking tools are showing signs of the update and there is some chatter in the SEO communities around an update.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 19, 2018
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 Search Update Impacts, Reporting Delays, JavaScript SEO, Local, & Tiaras
This week we had another big Google algorithm update, Google did not yet confirm it. Google said all sites are impacted by algorithm updates, even ones that didn’t see changes...
Google Listens & Responds To A Site That Lost 60% Of Their Traffic After An Algorithm Update
In this mornings hangout with Google's John Mueller, one web site owner who lost 60% of his traffic over a Google search algorithm update several months ago asked John what he should do. The interesting thing, John did bring his detailed examples to the search engineers and had to tell this guy that after reviewing the examples, the engineers felt things were working as normal.
Google: We Not Use isRelatedTo & isSimilarTo Product Schema
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that Google does not currently use isRelatedTo or isSimilarTo schema for product schema in web search. He said as far as he knows, they do not use it.
Google My Business Insights Shows Branded Searches Now
As I covered yesterday at Search Engine Land, Google has added a new slice in the pie within the Google My Business Insights section to segment out branded searches from direct or discovery related searches. Here is a screen shot from my business in Google My Business showing the new yellow slice for branded searches.
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- Google: We Render 98% Of Crawled Pages But It Can Take Weeks | Oct 18, 2018
- Google: Do Not Use Hashtags In URLs | Oct 18, 2018
- Google Supports Noscript Tag For Images But Not Sure About Web Content? | Oct 18, 2018
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