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: Mobile-First Indexing Goes By Root Domain; Your Subdomains Move Over With Root
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that when your root domain is moved over to mobile-first indexing, that means all your subdomains move with it. I suspect that this is the case for (a) sub-domains that are not like hosted... - Google: Keep Your Site Up To Date; No One Drinks Sarsaparilla
Google updated one of its documents on how to help people find your site on Google. In that document, they added a line that reads Keep your site up to date: If your restaurant website hasn't updated... - Google: Don't Let Your Dynamic Rendering Timeout
Google has been talking about dynamic rendering as an option for Google to index the content on some of your JavaScript pages for over a year now. Some have been trying it and one person said he is having issues because... - Google Search Snippets Showing Tags Section
Back in 2017, Google use to show "tags" for some types of search results snippets. They really didn't do anything outside of add content to the snippet but you couldn't click on them or interact with them in any... - Did Crawling Changes Come Before The Google's Core Update?
Google has actually said numerous times that changes in crawl rates do not mean an algorithm update is coming. But before this Google June 2019 core update, I've seen some chatter of crawl declines and spikes... - Google Updating Office Sign For Pride Month
Every year Google swaps out the sign hanging on the GooglePlex for Pride month to make the Os in the Google logo have a rainbow color. Here is a photo from Peter the Greeter of the workers...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- From Target Search Page Location and Outranking Share to Target Impression Share, Google Ads Help
- New! ¡Nuevo! Neu! Live from Google Lens in more than 100 languages: 📖 Point your camera at text 🔎 Lens automatically detects the language 👀 See the translation right on top of the original words… https://t.co/N0edsQJBsM, Google on Twitter
- GMB Insights report now provide average review score in spreadsheet export…, Thibault Adda on Twitter
- I shared this with the Local Search Forum earlier, where this entire Search Query (Local Pack + Organic) has changed. IP - Chester, UK Query - Airport Transfers Happened before official "update" - All local businesses removed. #Lo, Tim Capper on Twitter
- Here's another weird "People Also Search For" test. This time when you hover over you get a series of thumbnails. Pretty stupid if you ask me having just a thumbnail w. no names- "Who are these people" cc: @rustybrick Hey @Ita, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
- New person responsible for AdSense, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Campaign-level conversion actions now live for Google search, display campaigns
- Experts tout voice search as study ties answers to top 3 organic results
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Analytics Maturity Self-Assessment, Bounteous
- At airBaltic, evidence-based marketing takes flight with Google Data Studio, Google
- Break Up Big Tech? Some Say Not So Fast, Wired
Industry & Business
- 'I've paid a huge personal cost:' Google walkout organizer resigns over alleged, The Guardian
- Five ways Google could be vulnerable to a Justice Department probe, The Verge
Local & Maps
- Hands on with iOS 13 'Look Around' in Apple Maps, Apple Insider
- New views of beauty and fragility in underwater Street View, Google Blog
Mobile & Voice
- Best Google Assistant Headphones you can buy today, 9to5Google
- [Update: Possibly fixed] Google Homes are having an identity crisis as Assistant mixes US and British accents, Android Police
SEO
- 9 SEO Analogies to Tell Your Client or Boss, Search Engine Journal
PPC
- Managing PPC for Franchise Businesses, Metric Theory
This post was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline.
