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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Bug, New Snippet Controls Live, Linking Out, Google Ads, Bing Hires & More
This week, Google had yet another indexing bug with fresh content, yes... - Google: Manual Actions Are Immediate But Take Time To Process In Search
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that when a manual action is removed, the site is immediately free of any manual actions. But, sometimes it can take time for search to process the manual action. He said however, the effects of that might take a bit of time to be reprocessed." - Google Ads Now Adds Conversions By Time (Click Or Conversion)
Google announced it now lets you see conversion by time, that means you can not just see the date of the click that led to the conversion (even if it was a week later) but also the date of the actual conversion (not just the date of the click). - Bing Hiring A Core Ranking Program Manager
Want to work inside a search engine? Well, this might be your chance. Microsoft is hiring a Program Manager for Bing's core ranking team. The job specifically AI Product Managers, who know a bit about machine learning. - Google Video Structured Data: Use interactionStatistic Instead Of interactionCount
Lizzi Harvey from Google posted an update to the video structured data page at Google. Now Google is recommending you use the interactionStatistic instead of interactionCount. Google will support both for some time, but if you are using interactionCount, you should probably swap it out for interactionStatistic. - GooglePlex Pumpkin Patch
It is almost Halloween and the pumpkins are coming out at the GooglePlex, Google's Mountain View headquarters. Here are some photos I found of various Googlers with pumpkins and the Google pumpkin pa
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Glad you like it! I can't take credit for the design 🙂 the design team changed it for the entire https://t.co/wHaYgayTKZ site, Lizzi Harvey on Twitter
- If I don’t have the right to vote then I won’t pay my taxes,” wrote Kita Kusunose in the first-ever public petition sent by a Japanese woman. Reprinted in newspapers, her 1878 letter spurred advocacy for women’s r, Google Doodles on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- A deeper look at Google Search Console Speed Reports
- Google Ads debuts ‘conversions by time’ reporting
- Facebook’s Campaign Budget Optimization is coming. Are you ready?
- Advanced Google Ads script to forecast ad performance
- Bing spotted showing domain sources in image carousels
- The future of search begins with a ‘V’
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Google Data Studio - Internal links, Mehdi Oudjida's analytics blog
- How to Track Outbound Links with Google Tag Manager (2019), Analytics Mania
- Training TensorFlow.js models in Data Studio • Analytics and Apps, Michael Whitaker
Industry & Business
- Google appoints Karen DeSalvo of Obama admin to chief health role, CNBC
- My notes from the Gary Illes Q&A @ Bay Area Search, Kevin Indig
- Mary Davies Wins Search Engine Journal Community Award, Search Engine Journal
- Paid Search Association Created By Experts To Focus On Industry, MediaPost
Links & Promotion Building
Local & Maps
- New ways to report driving incidents on Google Maps, Google Blog
- Google Maps on iOS will soon let you report speed traps and traffic slowdowns, The Verge
- [Update: Live] Google Maps rolling out detailed voice guidance for walking directions, Android Police
Mobile & Voice
- 64% of Americans Interested in Ordering Food Via Voice Assistant: Survey, Voicebot
- Google Voice users can start calls and send messages with Siri, Engadget
- Thousands of Google Actions Mysteriously Disappeared from Online Directory and Are No Longer Available, Google Says it Could Take Weeks to Resolve, Voicebot
- Verizon's Hum brings a Google Assistant speaker to the car, 9to5Google
- [Update 2x: Original story correct] The new Google Assistant only works with gesture navigation, Android Police
SEO
- Baidu SEO: Content Delivery, Speed & Accessibility, Search Engine Journal
- Googlebot Updating User-Agent String: What Does This Mean For SEO?, Botify
- Is Bing Spamming Google, Or Is Google Too Dumb To Notice?, fastfwd Insights
- Seer Solves It: Website Migration Support Leads to 126% Increase in Traffic, Seer Interactive
- Who’s winning the Battle for Brexit on Google Search?, Search Metrics
- After Schema.org Change: Searchresults with Rating drop by 13%, SISTRIX
- How Much Content is Not Indexed in Google in 2019?, Onely Blog
- Intro to SEO Competitive Analysis 101 - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
PPC
- More States Exempted in Google Policy Gambling Ads Changes, Gambling News
- PPC Marketing: How to Reach Quality Leads and Prospects, PPC Hero
Search Features
- 15 years of Google Books, Google Blog
