This month, the big items are around two possible Google updates that went unconfirmed. Google did confirm they extended the snippets all the way to a max of 320 characters. Google also warned about two penalties, one over event markup and the other over AMP teasers.
Google said they will stop crawling the old AJAX scheme. Google also changed up the featured snippets and dropped the features in the info command.
It was a so-so busy month but the current status of the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is quiet thus far for December.
Here are the stories I pulled out for the past month:
Larger Google Webmaster Stories:
- November Google Algorithm Search Results Update?
- Mid-November Google Algorithm Search Ranking Update
- Google Extends Search Results Snippets To Max 320 Characters
- Google Will Penalize Your Site For Using Event Markup Incorrectly
- Google To Penalize AMP Pages Showing Partial Teaser Content
- Google Will Render AJAX & Stop Using Old AJAX Crawling Scheme
- There Was Google Featured Snippets Change Up In Past 30 Days
- Confirmed: Google Drops Addition Links & Information For Info Command
- Google On Disavow File: Good For Existing Or Preempting Manual Actions & If You Don't Trust Algorithms
- Google Updates Blocked Search Results Snippet: No Information Is Available For This Page
- Google: Most Websites Rank Without Any Link Building
- Google: Anchor Text For Internal Links Do Matter
- Google: Your Structured Data Should Match Visible Content
- Google Hreflang For Mobile First Index: Mobile to Mobile & Desktop to Desktop
- Google News Adds New Referral Source: news.url.google.com
- Google Search Console AMP Report For Content Mismatch Errors Bug Fixed
- Google: We're Still Making Changes To Penguin & Panda Algorithms
- Google: Sites Not Ready For Mobile First Indexing Not Being Moved Yet
- Google Search Console Changes Rich Cards Jobs Report Data Anomalies Date
- Google: We Do Not Use Time To First Byte For Search Rankings
- Google: URL Folder Structure Doesn't Need To Match Content Folder Structure
- Google: Most Sites, Even Large Ones, Don't Use Parameter Handling In Search Console
- Moving To HTTPS, Transfer Parameter Handling In Google Search Console
- Google: It Doesn't Hurt If Your Site Ranks With Its IP Address
- GS1 Web Markup Has No Ranking Benefit In Google
- Gary Illyes Of Google: Larry Page Does Not Believe In Manual Actions
- Google: It Doesn't Take Much To Outrank Low Quality Web Sites
- Google: JavaScript Links, If Found, Pass Full Link Signals
- GoogleBot Crawls & Renders Tall, With 9000px High Viewport?
- Google: Few Strong Pages > Many Weak Ones
- Google Maps To Launch Brand New Design
- Official: Google Local Questions & Answers Now On Desktop
- View All Google Posts On Desktop
- Google Local Pack Tests Showing Knowledge Panel Tabs
- Google Messaging Feature Now Shows Wait Times
- Google Local Adds Wait Times For Some Venues
- Google News Publisher Knowledge Graph Cards Launches
- New Google Best Answer Carousel In Search Results Snippets
- Google Adds "Watch Movie" Tab To Knowledge Card
- Google Product Comparison With Highlights Differences Toggle
- Google Tests Related To Knowledge Answers
- New Audiobooks In The Google Book Knowledge Cards
- Google Notable Moments In Knowledge Graph Cards
- Google Tests Research Search Carousel
- Google Shows Personal Search Filter Tab To Some Users
- Google Tests New Version Of People Also Search For Box
- Google Adds Donate Button To Google For Nonprofits In Search
- Editorial Reviews In Google Product Knowledge Cards
- Google Tests PDF & File Type Label In Search Results Snippets
- Google News Broke All My RSS Feeds, Manual Action Required For Fix
- Google Assistant Helps You Find Local Service Providers: Electrician, Plumber, Cleaner, etc.
- Google Job Search Adds Salary Ranges, Location Filters, Saving Jobs & More
- Google & The Trust Project: Help Identify Trustworthy News
- Google Trends Adds News, Shopping, Images & YouTube As Sources
- Google Now Lets You Compare Stocks In Web Search
- New Google Finance Has Launched, Dropping The Portfolio Feature
- Google New Design & Features For Google Flight Search
- Mozilla Drops Yahoo For Google As Default Search Provider In Firefox
- My Google World Is Upside Down: Matt Cutts Complains & Danny Sullivan As Google Spokesperson
Here is the November Google webmaster report if you missed it.
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