This month was somewhat typical but we did have a lot of updates to the Google Search Console. We saw the Search Analytics API get 16 months of data, so did the Data Studio later in the month. Google released a new cool URL inspector tool and updated the PageSpeed tool to show origin level data. Google also segmented out how much of your traffic comes from web light results in Google. So a lot happened on the tools end with Google.
Google had some algorithm tweaks earlier and later last month. Google also made some clarifications around the speed update coming this month and mobile-first clarifications.
They shared their success is fighting search spam, while also releasing a new indexing API for job posting URLs. Plus there were a ton of Google Maps and local updates, so check out that section below.
Overall, the current and ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is pretty quiet and I am not seeing any significant signs of any update going on right now.
Here is the recap for the month:
Google Algorithms:
- A Google Algorithm Update On Friday, June 8th?
- Google Search Algorithm Update Signals & Chatter
- Google Speed Update Clarification: Making A Fast Site Faster Won't Help Your Rankings
- Google's New Speed Update Works On Gradual Scale; Small Improvements Matter
- Rumors Of A Google Search Algorithm Update Coming Soon
- Google Report: We Reduced Link Spam By Almost Half
- Google Search Spam: Over 6 Million Manual Actions Last Year
- Google Releases Indexing API, Well Just For Job Posting URLs
- Google Clarifies Seven Points On Mobile-First Indexing After Much Confusion
- Google Sitemaps URL Order Does Not Matter
- Google: We Ignores Most Links Within Press Releases
- Google: Every URL Indexed Has A Canonical URL Assigned
- Google John Mueller: Keyword Stuffing Should Not Warrant Removal From Index
- Google: Using The Meta Keywords Tag Won't Cause A Search Penalty
- Google: Web Light Does Not Impact Your Google Rankings
- Stars, Ratings & Surveys Not A Google Ranking Factor
- A Google Lead Ranking Engineer Talks About Philosophy Behind Search Ranking
- Google News Confirms Killing Off Several Publisher Features
- Search Console Search Analytics API Gets 16 Months Of Data
- New Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool
- Google Search Console URL Inspector Tool Is Still Rolling Out
- Google Data Studio Gains 16-Months Of Search Analytics Data
- Google Search Console Now Shows How Much Of Their Traffic Is Over Web Light
- Google PageSpeed Insights Now Aggregates Speed Data For Origin Site
- New Google Index Report Doesn't Show Blocked URLs From Sitemaps
- Google Search Console Crawl Errors For News Publishers Gone
- Google Search Console May Consolidate Properties Automatically
- Google Search Console Internal Link Report Feedback Wanted
- Google Search Console Meta Descriptions HTML Improvements May Go Away
- Google My Business Launches Subjective Attributes In Insights
- Google My Business Insights Adds Queries & Keyword Report
- Google My Business Agency Dashboard Now Live
- Local SEO Agencies Not Happy With New Google Agency Dashboard
- Google My Business FAQs & Feedback On Agency Dashboard
- Google Posts For Products Has Its Own Tab
- Google Posts Adds Product & Offer Options
- Google Local Edits May Ask If You Are An Employee Or Customer
- Google Shows Dynamic Filters On Local Pack Results
- Google Local Pack "Your Past Visits" Filter
- Performance Card In Google My Business
- Google Local Adds Good For Watching Sports Attribute
- Google Local Pack Shows Query Dependent Dynamic Business Categories
- Google Local Panel With In Store Savings & See What's In Store
- The Google Project Beacon - Did You Get Your Beacon?
- Did You Get Your Google Local Posters? I Did.
- Get Google Knowledge Panel Verification
- Google Assistant Gets More Natural "Continued Conversation"
- Some Google Knowledge Panels Looking More Like Featured Snippets?
- Google Snippet Shows "Must Include" When Query Doesn't Match
- Google Tests Making URL In Search Results Snippets Clickable
- Google Cannot Process Verbatim & Custom Date Range Searches
- Google Launches Islamic Prayer Times Answers Again
For last month's recap, read here.
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