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 Local Panel Adds See Other Locations Link
Google has added a link in some of the local knowledge panels, including the hotel ones, that say "see other locations." So when you are viewing a specific location, it lets you click a link to see other locations from the same or similar brand. - Google: Just Link Naturally
Google just wants you to link naturally and not worry about linking out. If you want to link to a site because it is something your readers would find useful, then link away. John Mueller from Google said on Twitter "Just link naturally, no need to do anything fancy when linking to other articles in an organic way like that." - Google Opens web.dev To Measure Your Site
Google has launched on web.dev a beta of various web site reporting tools that show you how well you are keeping up with best practices around your web site. Google said "With actionable guidance and analysis, web.dev helps developers like you learn and apply the web's modern capabilities to your own sites and apps." - Google My Business Insights Has No Plans To Give Longer Periods Of Data
Google My Business said on Twitter that while they are reviewing the feedback around expanding the data in the Insights tab, there are no current plans to give more than a quarter worth of data in that analytics section. It doesn't mean it won't happen but it means as of now, getting longer term data is not in the works. - Google News Publishers Complaining About Indexing Issues
In the past few days there has been an uptick in complaints from Google News publishers around Google not indexing their new news content. Gary Illyes from Google did a rare appearance on Twitter to say he passed along the feedback to the Google News team to investigate. - Google Opens Detroit Office
Last week, Google opened a new office in Detroit. Here is a photo of the outside of the office from The District Detroit paper. They wrote on Twitter Google has officially joined in on Detroit’s res
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Fascinating! Google is creating a carousel when related entities are searched for in sequence! The carousel extends the search sequence by presenting multiple related entities. @rustybrick have you ever seen anything like thi, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
- Forging Court Orders Is No Way to Delist Bad Reviews, Local Search Forum
- Google Traffic diverted by Russia / China, WebmasterWorld
- Just a guy who wrote comic books. RIP Stan Lee, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- With so many choices, which SEO tool is right for you?
- Google opens developer preview of AMP URLs showing publisher domain names
- With the Google’s exact match change rolled out, here’s what advertisers are seeing
- IAB: Mobile drove paid search growth in first-half of 2018, desktop revenue flat
- Google launches portal to help developers build modern web sites
- 5 SEO trends that will matter most in 2019
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- 3 Ways to Use User Explorer in Google Analytics, Whole Whale
- Using Filters & Exclusions to Improve Google Analytics Data, Meticulosity
Industry & Business
- Google Internet Traffic Is Briefly Misdirected Through Russia, China, Wall Street Journal
- A new report on the convergence of TV and digital video, Google Blog
- Google CFO Expects to Double New York Staff Over the Next 10 Years, Wall Street Journal
Links & Promotion Building
- How to Generate Content Ideas for Link Building, The Upper Ranks
Local & Maps
- Best Google Maps alternatives for everyday use, The Windows Club
- How to use Google Waze for directions and avoiding traffic, CNBC
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- How site speed influences SEO, Yoast
- In Search [Ep 3] - Do Multifaceted Featured Snippets Have a Real Impact? Is RankBrain Over-Hyped?, RankRanger
- SEO Contest Exposes Weakness in Google's Algorithm, Search Engine Journal
- The Advanced Guide to Keyword Clustering, Moz
- What’s the ROI of SEO for eCommerce Websites?, Go Inflow
PPC
- Outbrain Campaign Optimization Tips That Works, Outbrain Blog
- 10 Most Important PPC Trends You Need to Know in 2019, Search Engine Journal
- [VIDEO] Copyright infringement policy, Inside AdSense
Search Features
- Developer Preview of better AMP URLs in Google Search, Accelerated Mobile Pages Project
