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:
- Health & Medical Sites Ranking Too Well For Non-Medical Queries?
There are some interesting complaints that Google is ranking medical and health related sites well for non-medical queries. The theory here is that since the Medic Update Google has given some sites more authority to not just rank for the site's expertise but other topics it may write about. - Google Search Removes Job Training Rich Results
I believe this is a temporary change but Google has updated the job training rich results structured data documentation to say "this appearance isn't available on Google Search right now." The job training experience on Google Search is designed to help people discover a new career path and acquire skills for their next job. - Google Ads Insights Tab Rolling Out To More Advertisers
Google has been dripping out the insights page and section to Google Ads advertisers since November 2020. Now more and more advertisers are seeing it over the past couple of weeks. - New Google Ads Editor Downloads Raise Your Budget Recommendation
Greg Finn posted a screen shot on Twitter of what happened after he downloaded and ran the latest version of Google Ads Editor. He showed how it was downloading the recommendation to raise your budgets. He said on Twitter "Shame. Shame. Shame." - Google Local Review Summaries Now Grouped By Place Topics & Displays 3rd Party Reviews
Mike Blumenthal posted about two changes to review summaries within the Google local listings. Review summaries are "three abbreviated sentences that attempt to capture a snapshot of your business," Mike said. What is new is that Google is now testing grouping these summaries by place topics and also can show third-party reviews in these summaries. - Unauthorized Access To A Googler Only Coffee Machine
Here is a photo from a few years back of a non-Googler, a non-Google employee, using a coffee machine that is only authorized for Googlers to use. It says "Googlers Only - please don't touch."
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I'm pretty sure it's also documented that way. Most restrictive rule wins. One way to think of it is that the default = index, follow, and you only track the settings that, John Mueller on Twitter
- You have to do it manually. There's no mechanism for doing it on that scale, and there's no plan to add such a mechanism, John Mueller on Twitter
- There's more to the world than SEO, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- DuckDuckGo’s focus on privacy-minded users pushes it past 100 million searches in a single day
- The SMX Report agenda is live!
- Google crawl stats report now showing more crawls
- Video: Phillip Thune on finding good writers and writing good content
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Google launches suite of AI-powered solutions for retailers, VentureBeat
- What Is Google Analytics, and How Is It Measured?, Make Use OF
Industry & Business
- New global publications sign on to News Showcase, Google Blog
- Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business, POLITICO
- Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyright, Reuters
- Google asks U.S. judge to move states' antitrust lawsuit to California, Reuters
Links & Content Marketing
- 4 Useful Content Types For Business Success, Didit
- Adding Data Tables to Link Graph, Majestic Blog
- When Should You Love Linkable Content Over Tasty Google Positions?, SuccessWorks
Local & Maps
- Google Now Shows Older Posts in the Knowledge Panel, Local University
- Restaurant Warning - Touch 2 Success - Ownership Requests for Business Listings, Online Ownership
Mobile & Voice
- Everything you can ask HomePod and HomePod mini's Intercom to do, AppleInsider
- Android Auto Voice Assistant Issue Finally Under Investigation, AutoEvolution
SEO
- 5 Free SEO Tools to Help Increase Site Rankings and Traffic, Jeff Bullas
- A primer on JavaScript SEO for WordPress, Yoast
- The importance of SEO and developer relationships (and how to get it right), DeepCrawl
- What No One Tells You About Industrial Automation Marketing Part 6: SEO and Content Marketing, Smokehouse SEO
- 4 SEO Strategies for Programmatic Sites, Moz
PPC
- New warnings for missing energy efficiency class, Google Merchant Center Help
- How to use custom labels in Google Shopping, Vertical Leap
