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This past month, the big items probably was the reveal of the beta Google Search Console amongst a lot of the bugs in the past month with that. Google's algorithm potentially having issues with Pinterest spam and other algorithm shuffles throughout the month. Google may have updated their local rankings algorithm as well.
Google has updated their quality raters guidelines again, posted an FAQs on job search and released a messaging feature for local businesses. Google killed off Google Instant Search and added a hamburger menu to the mobile results to let you access saved results.
Plus there is a lot, lot more as listed below. The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is the same basic chatter, nothing really stands out over the past several days.
Here is the July webmaster report if you missed it.
Google Algorithm & Rankings:
- Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Update Over Weekend
- Pinterest A Spam Tool For Google's Organic Results?
- Google Maps Local Ranking Algorithm Update On June 11th?
- Google News Feed Now With Machine Learning & Follow Buttons
- New Beta Google Search Console Screen Shots
- Google Adds Beta Link To Google Search Console For Some
- Google Reveals Details About The Search Console Beta Release
- Google Hints At Data Changes In New Google Search Console; More Of It
- Google Search Console Adds Job Listings & Details Filters To The Search Analytics Report
- Google Search Analytics Report Updated To Better Account For Lower Position Results
- Google Search Console Average Position Metric Broken?
- Google Search Console Lost Data For New Users
- Google Quality Raters Guidelines Updated With Conspiracy Theories & Non-English Results
- Redirecting iOS Or Android Users? Google Says Offer Users Access To Both
- New FAQs: Google Jobs Feature In Search
- Google Crawl Limit Per Page Now Couple Hundred Megabytes
- Google: We Rank /page & /page.html Separately If Content Is Different
- Google: Don't Redirect By IP Location
- Google Quality Raters Review Algorithms, Not Individual Web Sites
- Google: Country-Region Code Letter Case Not Important
- Google: No SEO Benefit To Adding Trust Seals To Your Site
- Google: Our SEO Starter Guide From 2010 Is Still Relevant
- Google Treats Details HTML5 Tag As Toggleable Display:None
- Google: Structure Your XML Sitemap As You Like
- Google Confirmed Again: Content Hidden In Tabs With Mobile-First Index Is Okay
- Google: Publishing 100,000 Pages At Once Is Not An SEO Issue
- Google: Embedding YouTube Videos Doesn't Help With Search Rankings
- Google: Exact Match Domains Don't Get Magic Ranking Bonus
- Google, Is Okay With Commas, Even In Your Title Tags
- Google: Sticky Footers Are Okay; Within Webmaster Guidelines
- Google Crawls Web Pages Stateless, Without Cookies
- Google: We Do Not Penalize For Spamming META Keywords
- Google Docs On Removing AMP Content From Search
- Google Offers Soup Analogy On Difference Between Cache & Fetch Tool
- Google: We Use ccTLD & Google Search Console Setting For Geotargeting
- Google Messaging Feature Live For All US Based Google My Business Users
- Google My Business Updates The Insights Email
- Google Hotel Search Supports Vacation Rentals
- Google My Business Tests Mini Dashboard In Search Results
- Google My Business In Search Edit Adds More Features
- Google Hotel Search Supports Vacation Rentals
- New Google SOS Alerts In Search
- Google Tests Map View & List View Button In Local Search
- Google Local Panel Tests Questions & Answers Box
- Google Tests Rate & Review Call To Action In Local Panel
- Google Restaurant Local Panel Gets A Tab For Menu
- Google Local Panel With Other Locations For Businesses
- Google Releases Google Earth Pro: Google Earth Free To Upgrade
- Goodbye Google Instant Search
- Google Adds Hamburger Menu To Mobile Search
- Google Adds Badges To Images Results For Recipes, Videos, Products & GIFs
- OMG: Google Tests Auto-Playing Videos In Search Results
- Google Now Rolling Out Carousel Based Sitelinks
- More Google Interface Design Testing...
- Google Tests New Design For Image Search Results
- Google Tests "See More Results" Button Instead Of "Next" Button
- Google Replaces Share Button With Save Button In Local Panel
- Google Tests New Style For Searches Related To
- Google Top Voted Tag For Movies In The Search Results
- Google Tests A Darker & More Bold AMP Logo In The Search Results
- Google Tests Fade Away People Also Search For Box
- Google Tests Rounded Buttons For People Also Search For
- Google Images Now Show Videos & Recipe Data
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
