Daily Search Forum Recap: March 19, 2019

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 March 2019 Core Update Myth Busting From Google
I felt it was important to make sure you all read my article on Search Engine Land with statements from Google around the March 2019 core update that started on March 12th. In that article, Google responded do a number of questions we sent them and some questions they just saw lingering on the web.

Google My Business New Spam Form Response Time A Couple Weeks
Last month we reported Google launched a new form to report Google My Business/Google Maps spam. After a few weeks in, local SEOs are reporting how fast you can see action after a spam report is submitted. It seems it currently ranges from 1.5 weeks to a bit over 2 weeks right now.

Google: Our Algorithms Don’t Get Angry
Emotions often get in the way of objective and clear thinking, that is why Google builds robots and algorithms to have no emotion. Well, at least not the emotion of anger. John Mueller of Google said Google’s algorithms don’t get angry at web sites.

Google Knowledge Panel Shows In Different Language Than Main Search Results?
I am hearing from some international searchers that the Google knowledge panel is showing up in a different language than the rest of the search results. So if you search in English, Google returns English search results, but the actual knowledge panel on the right side is coming up in the local regional language instead of English for them.

Google Survey On What Google Search Console API Features Do You Want?
Google has posted a survey asking SEOs, webmasters, developers, etc to let Google know which Search Console API features they want that is currently not available. Mariya Moeva posted the survey on Twitter and wrote “site owners, SEOs, and developers! What Search stats or functionality is your most wanted to get via API?”

First Work Day At Google Yoga Pose
I’ve seen many photos of Nooglers, new Googlers, joining Google on their first day but this is the first time I saw an aerial yoga pose to celebrate ones first day. Ida Mayer posted a photo on Instag

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Just spoke with the dev at @Adthrive about the iframe situation. Really glad he submitted a change request. All sites using prebid .js now have the iframes removed from the head and moved into the body. Big win for those publishers, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
As long as we have signals for that URL (even if it’s just a random link somewhere), we’ll keep trying it from time to time.… https://t.co/2moFEJ7nFI, John Mueller on Twitter
Another thing to consider is the purpose of your page; what’s the user-intent you’re trying to cover? If you’re adding random information to a category page, is it still an ecommerce page for users with "shopping" intents? Make, John Mueller on Twitter
Anyone want to be a quality rater? I’m guessing this is for Google since they want you to be an experienced Gmail user –> "Work from Home as a Rater for Lionbridge – Non-Phone Roles" https://t.co/H0g9cwrnZu #seo https://t.co/QZkP, Matt McGee on Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

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