It was a pretty hectic month in the Google SEO/search world. Despite Google claiming they would confirm major updates - we did have a major update on 6/25 which they call random chatter and won't confirm. I did try to analyze the update but came up blank. Google said there was no Fred update even after giving tips on recovering from Fred.
The mobile-first index won't launch until 2018 and it will launch in batches. Google launched Google Posts to most Google My Business users. They also launched new job posting schema as expected.
The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has discussions of that update we mentioned above, and ongoing fluctuations in the Google results.
For last months recap, see the June 2017 webmaster report.
Here are the topics I pulled out for your review:
Google Algorithm:
- June 25th Google Search Algorithm Update Legit
- Google Won't Confirm The June 25th Update; It's "Just Random Chatter"
- Google Algorithm Update Brewing? Maybe.
- I Failed: The Google June 25th Update Shows No Patterns
- Google: There Was No Fred Update From Our Point Of View
- Google's Gary Illyes: Hit By Fred? Read Our Quality Guidelines To Recover.
- Was There A Small Google Algorithms Update This Week?
- Google: Mobile-First Index Many Quarters Away, Sometime In 2018
- Google: We May Smear Desktop Signals Into Mobile First Index
- Google: We Won't Launch The Mobile First Index On One Specific Day
- Google: We Will Communicate About Major Search Algorithm Updates
- Google: Maybe We're Messing With The Algorithm Tracking Tools
- Google Confirmed The Mobile Interstitial Penalty Did Roll Out
- Google Officially Launches Job Postings Schema For Job Search Inclusion
- Google: Plan On Moving From M-Dot To Responsive? Do It Before Google's Mobile First Index.
- Google: Make Your Mobile & Desktop Pages Equivalent
- Trigger A Google Suggested Clip Video Answer
- Google: Prepare For Mobile First Index By Looking For Noindex & Faulty Redirects
- Hint: Google To Display More Featured Snippets; Maybe Expand In Other Languages?
- Google: Use 301 Redirects When You Have A 1:1 Replacement
- Google Updates Structured Data Developer Docs
- Google: Our Quality Algorithms Don't Use Machine Learning In A Targeted Way
- Google's Two Pronged Approach To Search Spam: Ignore vs Penalize
- Google Site Move With New URL Can Take 3 Months; Not 2 Weeks
- Google: Buying Links Is Like Throwing Money Out The Window
- Google Explains What Near Duplicate Content Is
- Google: We Can Ignore Links On Any Site Including Forbes & Entrepreneur
- Google: No New Machine Learning Algorithms Coming To Search Soon
- Google: We Penalizes Egregious Link Manipulation; Otherwise Ignores The Link
- Google: Status Quo With Google's HTTPS Ranking Boost
- Google: We Are Rewriting Our Page Speed Algorithm For Mobile
- Google: Those Spammy Links Aren't Benefiting Your Competitors
- Google Can Rank Pages When The Query Isn't Present On The Page
- Google Can Index Content In iFrames
- Google: Bots Might Like Bold Text But...
- Google: Parameter Handling In Google Search Console Is A Big Gun, Watch Out
- Google Safe Search Filter On URL Level
- Google May Skip URLs That Repeat The Same Path Many Times
- Google: Debug Fault Sitemaps With Server Logs
- Google: We Like Breadcrumb Navigation Links On Your Site
- Google: Content Stitching Or Quilting Is Not Near Duplicate Content
- Googlers Submit 20-50 Search Result Complaints Per Day
- Google: Search Algorithm Does Not Look At Google Analytics Data
- Google Does Not Share An Index With Bing Or Other Search Engines
- Google: Moving A Site Won't Help A Site Impacted By Panda
- Google To Remove Your Personal Medical Records From Search Results
- Google: We Will Bring Voice Search Analytics To Webmasters
- Google: We Can't Release Featured Snippets Analytics Due To Internal Politics
- Google: Use The Google Search Console API? Refresh The Last Day Of Data.
- Google Search Console Index Status Takes 4-6 Days To See Data
- New Google AMP Video Error Notifications
- Google Tests Large Images For Hotel Listings
- Google Related Services Carousel Shows Competitors For Your Brand Name
- Did Google Launches Local Highlight Icons & Hotel Price Labels?
- Google Local Panel Tests Three Tabs: Overview, Rates & Reviews
- Google Posts Now Live In Google My Business For All Businesses
- Google Posts Expire In About 7 Days
- No Way To Schedule Or Automate Google Posts, Yet...
- Not Seeing Google Posts In Your Google My Business Console?
- Google Posts Now Within Google My Business
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
