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 Knowledge Panel With Interesting Finds
We have seen the interesting finds section for AMP pages and other types of blocks in the Google mobile search results. But Google seems to be testing the interesting finds section in some knowledge panels on mobile search. - Google Ads In People Also View Carousel - A Test Or Bug?
Valentin Pletzer posted a screen shot on Twitter of Google testing a Google Ad in the people also view carousel. We've seen a "people also considered" ad carousel feature that Google was testing but now in the "people also view" box mixed with organic results as well? - Google Search Console Your Site Switched To Mobile-First Indexing Notifications Causing Confusion?
If you open Google Search Console and go to a property that has been switched to mobile-first indexing, you will get an alert slide up from the bottom right of the screen notifying you of the switch. Even if the switch happened several months ago and Google emailed you about it months ago, the alert will slide up. - Google Tests "Some Popular Queries" Feature
Some searchers in India are noticing that when you enter a query into Google that has no matches and Google has no idea what you are looking for, Google will show you a section called "some popular queries." - Google Dropped Bing Discover Pages From Index But Was There Traffic Drop?
The SEO community is buzzing about how Google seems to have removed Bing's Discover section from the Google search results index. Edd Wilson tweeted about it on July 4th and then several sites picked it up. Bing Discover is a portal on Bing.com that had a lot of Google referral traffic. - Oakland Raiders Visit Google
Last month, Google had the Oakland Raiders visit their office. I found this team photo of the team at Google on Instagram. In fact, you can see they even have the logo in the coffee if you look at m
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- GDPR: Data Breach Fine £183 Million for British Airways, WebmasterWorld
- Google is testing larger font sizes in search results: Titles: 20px vs 18px; URLs: 16 px vs 14px; Descriptions: 14px vs 13px. cc:@rustybrick… https://t.co/oEHYF6SnOQ, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- Google’s robots.txt interpretation is as flexible as a ballerina, Reddit
- Me: Fixing a minor typo in a help center in Google's production systems and pushing without review.…, Louis Gray on Twitter
- My feeling is that there's also an aspect of short-term vs long-term approaches. It's possible to take short-term tricks that work for ~affiliate sites which you swap out, and use them for long-term sites, where you should real, John Mueller on Twitter
- App Data Permission Circumvention in Android, WebmasterWorld
- Can i turn off mobile first indexing?, Google Webmaster Help
- Deindexed by Bing, BlackHatWorld
- Downloading TransferWise @googlewmc search analytics queries since 2015 when we first started to store GSC data via API. Over 100 MB worth keyword data in a csv, by adding only one country filter 🤟😍 If you don't u, Fabrizio Ballarini on Twitter
- I was working late and dug into this quickly. Couldn't find any direct swaps to knowledge graphs, and there's only a slight lift in mobile knowledge graphs that doesn't correlate to the drop in FS. Filtering markets didn't change, Eric Hedekar on Twitter
- Low hanging fruit SEO reminder: Check your top linked content to find old pages versions & refer to new ones (by cross-linking or 301-redirecting, depending on what makes better sense from a user standpoint) to send link populari, Aleyda Solis on Twitter
- R.I.P. Responsive Link Units, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- The need for speed in search: 5 speed types to master now
- PPC and machine learning: Where do we draw the line on automation?
- UX, Content and other secrets to Overstock’s SEO turnaround
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How can you improve your organization’s data strategy?, Google Blog
- How to Create a High-Performing Analytics Team, Business 2 Community
- KSQL in Football: FIFA Women’s World Cup Data Analysis, Confluent
Industry & Business
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Google Assistant gets new animation, gesture in Android Q, 9to5Google
- Google Assistant tests more compact interface ahead of next generation update, Android Police
- Google Messages gets an open beta program, how to join, 9to5Google
SEO
- The Best Ways to Analyze SERP Competitors: In Search SEO Podcast, RankRanger
- Weekly Wisdom with Ross Tavendale: How to Discover the ROI of SEO, SEM Rush
- Yoast SEO 11.6: HowTo Schema update and UI changes, Yoast
PPC
- A Different Way to Think About PPC Ad Copy, PPC Hero
- How to Fuel Cross-Channel Growth with PPC, PPC Hero
- Short and Long Term Tips to Improve Your CPA, Seer Interactive
- Perfect Targeting & Personal Messaging: The Dynamic Duo, PPC Hero
