Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- The Google January 2020 Core Update Is Global
Danny Sullivan from Google has confirmed that this January 2020 Core Update is global and pretty much all core updates are global - as we knew already. But it is good to have another confirmation that this past update is a global release. - Froogle Is Back - Well, Kind Of, With Free Google Popular Product Listings
Remember Froogle, Google's free product search engines from the early 2000s? Well, Google eventually turned all of product search into a Google Ads paid search product. But now, Google is bringing back free product search in the form of "popular products." - Microsoft Advertising To Also Sunset Average Position
Microsoft announced it will be deprecating the average position metric from Microsoft Advertising reporting starting in April. Google did the same thing last year and now Microsoft is following suit. - Google: Cookie Banners Are Fine For Search
Google's John Mueller was asked if adding cookie acceptance banners are going to cause an SEO problem for Google search. John said "Cookie banners are fine." He added that you want to avoid "replacing your page's content with an interstitial." - Bug Alert: Google Search Console Unparsable Structured Data
Google has confirmed that some may see a spike in unparsable structured data errors within Google Search Console. This spike should be ignored if it happened between January 13 and 16th of this year. Google said "This was due to an internal misconfiguration that will be fixed soon, and can be ignored." - Google Bubble Chair
Yesterday we saw that Google had ring chairs in the Austin office. Well, in Google's Chicago office, they have bubble chairs, which offers a bit more support than the bubble chair. :)
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- "Search for Beginners: Ep 6 - is Google Search Console a great free tool to help you make better business decisions in 2020? - What kind of insights about your website can it provide? #SearchConsoleEverywhere, Google Webmasters on Twitter
- Farewell Win 7 updates, January 14, WebmasterWorld
- Well, if you change your content significantly, we'll try to reflect that in search when we reprocess the pages -- that can mean changes in the organic search features we use to highlight the page., John Mueller on Twitter
- New Microsoft Edge 79 Browser Ready to Download, WebmasterWorld
- Study: GDPR Cookie Consent Undermining E.U. Privacy Rules, WebmasterWorld
- The ones i checked are google cloud (or fiber?) VIPs. the sites need to fix this themselves i believe., Gary Illyes on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google rolls out organic ‘Popular Products’ listings in mobile search results
- Up your email marketing game in 2020
- Video: John Morabito on uncovering opportunities in branded search
- Microsoft Advertising to deprecate average position after all
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- “Up and to the right” with Data Studio, Google Blog
- How to add Google Tag Manager to an Angular application, IT Next
Industry & Business
- Google beefs up Boulder presence, Longmont Times-Call
- Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue, TechCrunch
- Support for bushfire relief efforts, Official Google Australia Blog
- Google opens research and development center in Ukraine, KyivPost
- Google Solar Deal for Nevada Data Center Would Be Largest of Its Kind, Data Center Knowledge
Links & Promotion Building
- How to Use Guest Blogging for Natural Link Building, Search Engine Journal
Local & Maps
- Take another look—almost all search is local search, DAC
- 8 Apple Maps tricks you've probably never heard of, Komando
- New Apple CarPlay iOS 13 reviewed, CAR Magazine
- The best free and open-source alternatives to Google Maps on Android, Android Police
Mobile & Voice
- The State of Mobile in 2020: The Key Stats You Need to Know, App Annie
- Google Assistant routines haven't worked on Android Auto for over a year, still no fix in sight, Android Police
- This Guy Put a Google Nest Hub Max in His Wall, Droid Life
SEO
- 5 Overlooked Places to Monitor Your Online Reputation in 2020, Go Fish Digital
- How Google May Annotate Images to Improve Search Results, SEO By The Sea
- Remote SEO Management For Your Web Team, Hobo Web
- 3 SEO Trends for 2020 You Can't Ignore, Red Canoe Media
- How The Google Game is Changing For Good, David Melamed
- SEO Insights on Salesforce Community Cloud Behavior, Distilled
PPC
- Tips For Successful PPC Analytics Projects, PPC Hero
- Why You Should Bid on Your Brand Name … and When You Shouldn't, JumpFly Digital Marketing Blog
Search Features
- A new way to find clothes, shoes and more on Search, Google Blog
- How to create a collection of Bing search results, OnMSFT
Other Search
- Moving Forward from Chrome Apps, Chromium Blog
- Google results for probiotics are totally unreliable, Popular Science
