Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 2019

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 Begins Penalizing Domain Leasing
  Google issued a warning about sites that lease out its own subdomains and subfolders so that other companies can rank their content better on leased domains. Well, now it seems Google is taking action by penalizing those sections of sites that have these leased out sections.
• Google Ads Tests Green "Advt." Label
  Google is possibly testing a new ad label, this one goes back from the black "Ad" text, to a green outlined "Advt." label. This was shared to me by JaiKishan Raturi on Twitter, here is the screen shot.
• Google Reacts To DuckDuckGo On Why Not To Use Google Search
  Danny Sullivan of Google responded to the claims and allegations from DuckDuckGo around Google's biased search results.
• Bing Webmaster Tools Lets You Verify Your Site Using Google Search Console
  This seems weird at first site but Bing Webmaster Tools has a beta option to import your sites from Google Search Console. Yes, it seems the two search engines are working together to get more webmasters to verify their web sites in Bing Webmaster Tools.
• Google: Noindex Robots.txt Directive Won't Work After September 1st
  September 1st is just a few days away now and Google wants to remind us that those who depend on using the noindex direct in a robots.txt will be in trouble. Google is stopping supporting that starting September 1, 2019.
• Oakland Raiders Meet Stan, Google's Dinosaur
  The Oakland Raiders have stopped by Google's main offices, the GooglePlex, numerous times. Here is a photo from the rookie class of the Oakland Raiders meeting the Google's very own dinosaur, Stan. St

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

• The TLD doesn't play a role., John Mueller on Twitter
• This has nothing to do with indexing content in smaller parts., John Mueller on Twitter
• We're doing a short session about SEO for non-profits next week. What are some good references / guides we could link people to? Also, your favorite keyword research guides? Thanks!, John Mueller on Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

• The importance of an effective review management workflow
• Google moves to simplify, standardize content policies for publishers
• AI for small business is no longer an option. It’s a necessity.

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

• Analytics for your AMP Stories, The AMP Blog
• Linking Analytics and Ads: The solution to today’s marketing challenges, Google

Industry & Business

• Google’s legal chief, David Drummond, comes under the spotlight following new allegations about his personal conduct, TechCrunch
• US officials may block Google-backed undersea cable to China: WSJ, Business Insider

Local & Maps

• New Yelp Feature Personalizes Results Based On Diet & Lifestyle, Mond Body Green
• Yelp will allow users to personalize their search and home page options, CNN

Mobile & Voice

• Google Assistant Now Lets You Choose Family Members Through the Google App for Easier Interactions, NDTV
• Google Assistant rolling out 'Face Match' in settings, 9to5Google
• Huawei Mate 30 can’t launch with official Google apps, says Google, The Verge
• We’re still not getting voice assistants right, The Verge

SEO

• 9 SEO Strategies for Online Retailers in 2019, Search Metrics
• ASOS: Positive News for Search Visibility, SISTRIX
• Google Webmaster Hangout Notes: August 23rd 2019, DeepCrawl
• Is Google's Two Waves of Indexing Over?, Onely Blog
• The Ultimate On-Page SEO Checklist For 2019, RankRanger
• What to Consider When Allocating your SEO Budget, iPullRank

PPC

• Simplifying our content policies for publishers, Inside AdSense