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 My Business Dashboard Adds Map To Address
The Google My Business dashboard typically by default only shows the address without a map on the info tab when you are looking to edit your address. But it seems Google is changing that to show a visual map even before you edit your location.
Google Search Algorithm Updates Impact Sites That Didn’t Have Ranking Changes
Google’s John Mueller said that most Google Search algorithm updates will have an impact on every site, even if the site did not see any ranking changes. John said on Twitter “our algorithms generally affect all sites in the search results, though not all of them might see changes in how they’re shown in search.”
GoogleBot Favicon: Google Has A New Favicon Crawler
Google may have a new web crawler that specifically looks for Favicons, the little icons you see in your browser bar next to the URL. Favicons are associated with a particular website or web page and can be customized by the site owner.
Google My Business Insights Queries Report One Quarter Date Range Available
Google My Business Insights which gives you analytics around how well your Google local listings are doing, added a quarter filter date range to the new queries report. Google added a queries report back a few months ago, it only offered a week and month for date filters, now it offers a quarter as well.
Google Halloween Zombie Makeup Class
Looks like a bunch of Googlers are getting ready and preparing for Halloween. This photo from Instagram shows a workshop at the Google office aimed at teaching Googlers how to do makeup that looks a
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Should I link to https://www.seroundtable.com/ from Google+?, Google+ – John Mueller
Interesting knowledge graph card “kc:/music/recording_cluster:billboard_songs” strangely enough the numbering begins with 3 not 1… https://t.co/mcOlSJ71yY, Valentin Pletzer on Twitter
Anyone else seeing an increase in website servers blocking SEO crawlers over the past 2 months? (SEMrush, Moz, Ahrefs, Majestic, etc) Seems to be an increase in “lost links” reported across the board.… https://t.co/VYYoVNFEj0, Cyrus on Twitter
Bing Places – Get our latest Android app, coming soon for iOS, Local Search Forum
Now you can navigate to your favorite restaurants right from your car. We’re still working on the ejecto seato… Saved Lists on Maps now available on CarPlay.… https://t.co/ZgU3OL5q3w, Google Maps on Twitter
DuckDuckGo CEO Explains How To Make Money Without Creepy Tracking, WebmasterWorld
Interview for one of the biggest sites on the planet, would like some advice from a seasoned professional, Reddit
Massive 404 attack on my website, Reddit
Statement from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the passing of Paul Allen:…, Microsoft on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Google Ads Report Editor gets two new landing page reports
Developing a schema strategy for local business: An interview with Schema App’s Martha van Berkel
Google updates Shopping Insights for product search data and trends
Opinion: Google can’t resist China’s 800 million internet users
From funnel to flywheel
Why Google Cache lies to you and what to do about it (if anything)
Other Great Search Stories:
Industry & Business
2018 Search Market Share: Myths vs. Realities of Google, Bing, Amazon, Facebook, DuckDuckGo, & More, SparkToro
Google’s CEO Says Tests of Censored Chinese Search Engine Turned Out Great, Wired
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Fighting Conspiracies and Bad Search, Variety
Links & Promotion Building
Agencies: Stop talking about links, and start talking about ROI, Builtvisible
Mobile & Voice
The voice shopping boom is here – but what does it mean for marketers?, Vertical Leap
SEO
‘site:’ Search Operator now showing old domains?, Brodie’s Blog
5 Ways We Improved User Experience and Organic Reach on the New Moz Help Hub, Moz
bingbot Series: Maximizing Crawl Efficiency, Bing Webmaster Blog
Google + Is Shutting Down. How Does It Impact Your SEO?, Cognitive SEO
How Often Google Crawls and Indexes, Search Engine Journal
The September 27, 2018 Google Algorithm Update And October 4 Tremor – Google Experiments, Relevance, Trust Signals, Reversals, and “Staying in your lane”, GSQI
PPC
Are Amazon responsible for Sears bankruptcy?, Adthena
Helping shoppers buy effortlessly from Best Buy, Nike, and Sephora over the holidays, Google Blog
The Future Of Search Has No Keywords, AdExchanger
Other Search
Discover trending products and brands with Shopping Insights, Google Blog
