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.
Google said again that you don't need to worry about negative SEO. Google Maps is testing an overlay box for local listing details. Google local has browse by product and browse by store features. Google is testing a recent searches and trending searches in the search bar. Google's trusted store badge is now live in shopping search. I hope you like the new design of the newsletter, if there are issues, let me know.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Disavows Negative SEO Again
Google has once again disavowed that negative SEO is an issue for SEOs, publishers, site owners or Google Search. Google has been telling the world not to worry about negative SEO and that if you are worried, feel free to use the disavow tool - not that it was designed for that purpose. - Google Maps Testing Overlay Box Over Maps Interface For Local Listing
Google Maps is testing a new position for the local listings when you click on a specific listing from the search results on the left hand side. The local listing is overlayed on top of the map, hovering in its own position instead of positioned on the left bar. - Google Trusted Store Badge Now Live
A couple of weeks ago, Google announced the new Google Shopping "trusted store" badge. Well, now it seems to be fully live, as of just a few days ago. Also, when you click on the trusted store badge, it tells you what makes that specific store "trusted." - Google Local Search: Browse By Products & Browse By Stores
Google local listings have been pushing products for the past several years, in fact, it just recently added in-store products in the help document around improving visibility in Google local search. Google has been showing browse by products and browse by stores also recently - although, I am not sure how new this is. - Google Tests Related To Recent Searches & Trending Search In Search Bar Menu
Everyone now is seeing the people also ask and people also search for in the search bar menu area. Now, Google is testing related to recent searches and trending searches in that search bar instead of the people also ask related information. - Vlog #167: James Gibbons On How Search Has Changed, SEM Tools & Other Search Sources Of Traffic
In part one with James Gibbons, the senior customer success manager at Quattr, we mostly spoke about how search tools can help you make decisions, and we also spoke about his history... - Video: Googlers Lined Up On 1st Day Back At Google NYC Office
Here is a video from Instagram (see the second slide and click play) of the first day back at work last week at the Google New York City office. You can see these Googlers, who are required to come b
Other Great Search Threads:
- Interesting to see these options appear at the bottom of GBPs when scrolling through listings that don't have colored tabs. Seeing it consistently. New? Helpful, in any case..., Amy Toman on Twitter
- Chrome Web Store Is Introducing A Featured And Established Publisher Badge For Extensions, Saijo George on Twitter
- I am in Poland, at least till the end of this month, so we probably could call it home, Anton Shulke on Twitter
- MDN suggests they're also used for call-out's, which sounds more like it's a sign of important content., John Mueller on Twitter
- Nofollow for links to profile pages - should I use?, WebmasterWorld
- Suggestion for new SEOs, don't support industry people that are jerks just because they have a large name in the industry. If they steal content from the masses, treat people like crap, lie for attention, &/or are s, Melissa Fach on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Why your clients struggle with marketing reporting
- Mother’s Day 2022: 3 search trends to know
- 9 roadblocks to SEO success
- The Great Marketing Reshuffle: 618,000 marketers changed jobs in 2021
- Indexing: A tale of two search engines
- Twitter will let you leave a conversation through ‘unmentioning’
- Search Engine Land seeks editor to cover paid search marketing
- The latest jobs in search marketing
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- Google Poised to Dodge Sanctions in Records-Hiding Row With U.S., Bloomberg
- Explained: Why Google, Apple Might be In Trouble With India’s Antitrust Watchdog, The Quint
- Google Is Radically Changing the Way It Hires, Leaked Documents Reveal, Business Insider
Links & Content Marketing
- How to Incorporate Machine Learning Into Your Internal Linking Audit, Lazarina Stoy
- Optimize for Success with A B2B Influencer Marketing Strategy Checklist, Online Marketing Blog
Local & Maps
- The State of Spam Fighting: What We Learned From Analyzing 5,306 Listings in 16 Industries, Sterling Sky Inc
Mobile & Voice
- Google Discover feed tests showing like counts for articles, 9to5Google
- Google Assistant Routines can now be renamed, 9to5Google
SEO
- On-Page SEO Checklist: A Quick Guide to Content Publishing, The Blogsmith
- GSC Crawl Stats Downloader - Bulk Download Crawl Data From Search Console, tl;dr Marketing
- How to Do an SEO Log File Analysis [Template Included], Ahrefs
PPC
- Important PPC Statistics You Should Know (2022), DAGMAR
- Prepare your campaigns for Mother’s Day gifting, Microsoft Advertising
Other Search
- Large-Scale Matrix Factorization on TPUs, Google AI Blog
- Hounding scammers with litigation, Google Blog
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