A quick heads up that I am offline for Shavous and this video was prerecorded yesterday and scheduled to go live today. In this week’s video recap I covered the Google Page Experience update that is going live next year in Google’s ranking algorithm, I spent a lot of time talking about the specifics and the changes also to AMP and Top Stories. I also covered how many are disliking the Google search results after the May 2020 core update, and our poll said that 62% said the search quality had a negative change. Google’s Search Console speed report is now the core web vitals report. Google’s PageSpeed Insights report also is now using the Core Web Vitals. Google said if you have indexing issues, it may be related to the core update. Google does monitor link selling forums and private groups. Google seemed to have an indexing issue on Wednesday night. Google Image Search’s swipe up AMP feature does have a good CTR and improves traffic to publishers sites, said Google. Google now shows a hotline number for rehab and addiction related queries. Google is testing a larger font for grouped snippets. Google is testing a people also search for ad carousel. Google Ads has a new retail category report. And Gary Illyes from Google did a poll on SEOs and COVID-19. Oh and if you want to help sponsor those vlogs, go to patreon.com/barryschwartz. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Google Page Experience Update - Google's Next Algorithm Update Coming Next Year
- Google's May 2020 Core Update Mess Up Google's Search Results?
- Poll: 62% Say Google's May 2020 Core Update Had A Negative Change In Search Quality
- Core Web Vitals Replaced Speed Report In Google Search Console
- Google PageSpeed Insights Now Has Core Web Vitals Metrics
- Indexing Issues In Google May Be Related To May 2020 Core Update
- Google Does Monitor Link Selling Forums & Facebook Groups
- Google Seemed To Have Had More Indexing Issues Last Night
- Google Tests New How To Schema Results On Desktop
- Google: Image Search Swipe Up Feature Increases Your Site Traffic
- Google SAMHSA National Hotline Box For Rehab & Addiction Queries
- Google Tests Larger Font Title For Grouped Snippets
- Google Tests People Also Search For Ads Carousel
- Google Ads New Retail Category Reporting Tool
- Google To SEOs: How Has COVID-19 Changed SEO Work?
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This post was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline.
