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New Years Day is not over yet and John Mueller of Google has been out helping webmasters both in public forums and privately (I think). Here are some of the public responses John made during New Years Eve 2020 and New Years Day 2021.
We don't have a spam score at Google, so you have my permission to make up any number you'd like :)
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) January 1, 2021
Oh no, what a bummer. Hope it heals quickly!
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) January 1, 2021
I guess you at least got the "break a leg" part of 2021 covered :)
Well, not in the first weeks.
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) December 31, 2020
Content as a king?
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) December 31, 2020
Prioritization in SEO is sometimes super-hard. It's easy to find a ton of issues, it's hard to pick the 2 that will move the needle more than working on something new. But also, sometimes you just need busy-work to clear your mind, which having a ton of issues can help with.
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) December 30, 2020
Those are generally from the video embeds -- it sounds like you might be embedding your competitor's videos in that case.
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) January 1, 2021
I have a hard time these days finding stuff specific in the Google Search forums but I am sure he posted there.
I am also being told through some birdies I have that John has been messaging some folks privately with well wishes for the new year.
John has a tradition of helping webmasters both on New Years and Christmas. He did new years last year, the year before also, and has done it year after year prior to that. He did it on Christmas 2020 and in 2019 and in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007.
He is off today and does not need to take time from his family to help on New Years or Christmas - but year after year he does.
Thank you John!
Danny Sullivan also responded to some issues today:
Apologies for this. It sometimes happens for people with the same name. I’ll pass it on, and it sounds like Wikipedia added a picture now? That may help with search. But I would encourage you to also claim your panel and submit a preferred image: https://t.co/H1g3UfTZcZ
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) January 1, 2021
Happy New Years!
Forum discussion at Twitter.
