Daily Search Forum Recap: November 9, 2021

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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.

We some signs that maybe one of the things Google went after with the November spam update was cloaking content spam with injected links in that content. Google spoke about being on the edge of indexing and how improving quality matters there. We dug into a Twitter thread about why the Daily Mail doesn't rank as well as it should, it might be about the author bylines. Google keyword planner tool added year over year change columns. Microsoft Bing launched a bunch of shopping features including departments, stores, editors picks, deals, price tracking and more. I am also very sad to report the passing of a legendary SEO, John Carcutt.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Google November Spam Update Target Cloaked Spam Content With Injected Links?
Last week, Google announced the rollout of the November spam update, which Google said targeted types of content spam. Glenn Gabe said it may have targeted cloaking content spam that had links injected in that cloaked content.
Why The Sun and Mail Online Don't Rank As Well As They Could In Google Search
Matt Rogerson, the Director of public policy at Guardian Media Group, posted a Twitter thread dissecting why he believes the claims from The Sun and Mail Online about Google Search mistreating them, are false. He then spent time going through why Google does not rank them well - and it might be heavily around author bylines.
Google Keyword Planner Tool New YoY Change Column
Google Ads has added to the keyword planner tool a new column for YoY, year over year, change. Last month, Google added three month percent change and three month trend type to the report, and now we have the YoY change column.
Bing Shopping Adds Departments, Stores, Editors Picks, Deals, Pricing Trends & Amazon Integration
Microsoft announced it has added the ability to browse Bing Shopping by department, store tabs, editors picks, insights on item popularity, price across multiple stores, and deals. Microsoft said "these enhanced options provide useful hover menus and informative page guides which highlight choices, deals, and trends."
The Industry Mourns The Loss Of John Carcutt - Legendary SEO
I am so sad to report that John Carcutt, an SEO many of us have known, has suddenly passed away. John Carcutt has been in the SEO industry for two decades, not only doing the work day in and day out but also sharing his knowledge with the SEO community at large.
Feats Of Engineering Google Award Comes Apart
We've seen the Feats Of Engineering Google award before but here is a photo of the award being taken apart to reveal the G logo in the center. I found two recent photos of it on social media but the

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