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 BERT Update Impacts 10% Queries & Has Been Rolling Out All Week
This morning Google announced that starting earlier this week, throughout the week, Google has been pushing out what it calls "biggest leap forward in the past five years, and one of the biggest leaps forward in the history of search." That is the BERT algorithm update, which is Google's way at better understanding one out of ten queries, in a way humans understand them. - Search Buzz Video Recap: Google BERT & Algorithm Change, Recipe Rich Results & Microsoft Advertising Redesign
This week, well - this morning - Google announced the biggest change and improvement the company made to search in five-years, they said. It is called BERT and impacts 10% of all queries... - Google Knowledge Panel Has A Countdown Widget
Did you know that the Google knowledge panel can show a countdown widget? Valentin Pletzer showed me a screen shot yesterday of Google counting down to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare release date. Instead of it showing the date, which is October 15, 2019 (today), it showed the hours and minutes counting down. - Google Corporate Contact Markup For Knowledge Panels Deprecated
Google has officially deprecated the corporate contact markup for knowledge panels. Lizzi Harvey from Google posted about it on Twitter, she said "Corporate Contact markup for Google knowledge panels is deprecated. If you're verified as an official rep of a Google knowledge panel, you can suggest a change directly." - Google My Business Tests Auto Replies For Reviews
Google My Business seems to be testing a new feature to help business owners respond to reviews left by customers in Google Maps. Cordell Crowley posted this GIF of it in action in the Local Search Forums, where Google is auto-suggesting replies for reviews left on your business. - Google Beekeepers
Here is a photo / video Google shared on Instagram of some project Google is partnering up on to help save bees. These may be Google beekeepers working on this project. There are more details on thi
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How Does Google Identify Thin Pages, WebmasterWorld
- Microsoft Q1 2020 Revenue Up 14pct to $33.1 Billion, WebmasterWorld
- Sometimes PDFs are a great way to help users with a specific question / problem they're facing. There's no inherent advantage or disadvantage, they're just different (kinda like vid, John Mueller on Twitter
- Twitter 2019 Q3 Revenues 9pct Growth at $824 million, WebmasterWorld
- If you change the site structure significantly, that can affect search. That's expected (and that's what you'd want to have happen when you significantly improve the site structure too). Also, changing a C, John Mueller on Twitter
- We've been looking into this. We are not injecting cookies via clicks on search. As best we can tell, some reporting tools (including the one you used) will get our *first-party* cookies but show th, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Welcome BERT: Google’s latest search algorithm to better understand natural language
- E-commerce ad spend on search and social product ads keeps growing
- How to find your ideal SEO agency
- Deliver More Relevant Website Experiences by Leveraging Analytics
- Microsoft search, LinkedIn revenue growth remains slower than a year ago
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to use Conditional Formatting in Google Data Studio, Michael Howeely
- What Filters should I use for Google Analytics?, The Coloring In Department
Industry & Business
- Apartments are planned near downtown San Jose Google village, Mercury News
- Google moves into new Madison office with sweeping views of the Isthmus, Madison
- Yandex Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results, Yandex N.V.
Links & Promotion Building
- Beyond link quantity: four ways content contributes to your brand -, Builtvisible
- New from Majestic: Related Sites brings you breathtaking Backlink Analysi, Majestic Blog
Local & Maps
- Meet the most loved restaurants on Google, Google Blog
- Appeals court tosses slip-and-fall award because of admission of Google Maps image, ABA Journal
- Why police are concerned over new Google Maps ‘speed trap’ location feature, WTOP
Mobile & Voice
- Apple Will Launch AR Smart Glasses in 2020: Report, Voicebot
- Google Assistant on the Pixel 4 can be 'brief' with its answers, Android Police
- Pixelbook Go review: Faltering on Google Assistant and apps, VentureBeat
SEO
- How Site Search Data Can Inform On-Site Optimizations for E-Commerce Sites, Seer Interactive
- How to Target International Users with SEO, Portent
- Machine Learning 101 - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
PPC
- Condé Nast CEO wants the feds to rein in Facebook and Google, NY Post
- Global ad spend has slowed but 2020 looks set to be a bumper year, CNBC
- Google Ads to Improve the Optimization of App Campaigns, Search Engine Journal
- Is it Time for Marketers to Invest in Amazon Ads?, CMSWire
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