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:
- Google Fixed The Indexing Issue Again & Again
Google has confirmed yesterday that they fixed the indexing issue that started Thursday night with Google indexing new content. It is a similar issue from the day prior to that where Google stopped indexing new fresh content as well. Both are now supposedly fixed and fully resolved. - Google AdSense Ads Not Displaying - Widespread Complaints
I am seeing widespread complaints over the past 24 hours or so from the Google AdSense community that their ads are not appearing on publisher web sites. There are many threads in the Google AdSense Help forums with this issue but one big one that sums it all up. - SEOs Enjoying Google's Favicon Mobile Search Results Interface
As you know, Google has started rolling out the new interface for the mobile search results that include the favicons at the top of the snippets. Most SEOs feel that this redesign once again makes the ads look more like the organic free results. So SEOs are now having fun with their favicons. - Google To Produce More Q&A SEO Videos #AskGoogleWebmasters
John Mueller from Google posted on Twitter that he will be creating more Q&A videos around SEO and webmaster related questions with Google search. He said you can submit your not site-specific questions to him via Twitter using the hashtag #AskGoogleWebmasters. Submit those questions there and he will compile them and answer what he can in those short form Q&A videos. - LinkedIn Says They Got Hit By A Google Algorithm Update In February 2017
It is incredibly rare for a public company to admit they got hit by an algorithmic update by Google search. But Eun-Ji Noh, the data scientist in LinkedIn's SEO department shared at SMX London that they did indeed get hit by the update and how they recovered. - Google Really Honors Memorial Day For The First Time
After years and years of doing absolutely nothing on the Google home page for Memorial Day or maybe just placing a simple US flag and ribbon lower down on the home page, Google has gone all out for Memorial Day this year. - Google Rainbow Staircases
Here is a photo from the Google Dublin office I found on Instagram. It shows one of the staircases all light up and bright in a neon rainbow array of colors.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Having normal HTML pages reported as being blocked by robots.txt sounds like a real issue, not just a UI quirk. Sometimes that happens when a hoster blocks access to robots.txt, a staging site is made live incorrectly, or when, John Mueller on Twitter
- I Had Supposed SEO GURU Say I Was Messing Up His Clients SEO Work., Local Search Forum
- That doesn't really matter -- unless it's your primary content on the pages :).…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Update: I determined that Google shows “Updates” to the listing owner but “Posts” to the public…, Mike Blumenthal on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- What’s new and crucial in SEM
- Google has fixed the indexing issue from Thursday night
- Google moves hotel pricing chart into the SERP
- What clients expect from their PPC agency
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Get actionable data from Google Analytics to enhance your UX design, Medium
- How to Add Google Optimize A/B Testing to Your React App in 10 Lines of Code, Medium
- Using Attribution Modeling in Google Analytics, Practical Ecommerce
Industry & Business
- Poland files complaint with EU's top court over copyright rule change, Reuters
- Google Invests $670 Million to Expand Its Data Center in Finland, Bloomberg
Local & Maps
- 120 Ancient Maps Overlapped on Google Earth Reveal the Growth of Cities Across the World, ArchDaily
- All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It, Wired
- I tried to navigate Singapore using Google Maps' new AR feature - here's what happened, Business Insider, Business Insider Singapore
- [Update: 8 icons in a row] Google Maps to speed up discovery of nearby hotels, parks, and other places, Android Police
Mobile & Voice
- Google Assistant's Best New And Upcoming Features, Lifehacker Australia
- Your guide to a smart garage, CNET
- YouTube gets smarter voice search and starts playing videos immediately after your query, Android Police
SEO
- SEO: Can Ecommerce Sites Win the Answer Box?, Practical Ecommerce
- How APIs Make SEO Analytics Less Burdensome, MarTech Advisor
PPC
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