Well, it has been an interesting month to say the least. I mean, tons of COVID-19 related changes have been made to Google search and local – tons. Besides for that, Google’s search results are incredibly volatile the past month, just look at all the update stories we wrote this month – Google has not confirmed any of them.

Google said it will switch all sites to mobile first indexing by September. Currently the nofollow change was a policy change and nothing was really implemented yet. Google is working with official health organizations to get them more visibility in search.

Google Search Console added new email preferences and the ability to hide the performance report in the search results. Google has stopped displaying right side featured snippets.

It was a weird and busy month and the chatter in the WebmasterWorld forums is still around algorithm updates. To see last month’s report, go here.

Here are the more important stories over the past 30 days if you want to catch up quickly:

Google Algorithm Update:
Google Search Volatility & Fluctuations Super Unusual
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility
Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update This Week
Possible March 10th Google Search Algorithm Update
Google Says It Should Continue To Improve The Search Results

Google SEO:
Google To Switch All Sites Mobile-First Indexing By September 2020
Google: Nofollow Change Was A Policy Change; No Action Was Necessarily Taken By Googlers Yet
Google Says More Granular Levels Of Speed May Become A Ranking Factor
Google: No Such Thing As Two Waves Of Indexing Or Crawling
Google Initiative To Help Health Organizations Become More Visible In Search
Google Event Schema For Virtual, Postponed & Canceled Events
Google Structured Data For COVID-19 Announcements
Google On How To Technically Pause Your Online Business
Google Releases The Webmaster Conference Product Summit Videos
Google: Start With Fewer Pages For New Sites
Google: Heading & Titles Help A Little With Pagination But Links Help Best
Google: Hreflang Annotations Not Processed Until All Pages In The Set Are Crawled & Indexed
Google: We Can Look Up Internal PageRank But Toolbar PageRank Is Gone
Google: Indexing Search Result Pages Is A Watering Down Indexed Pages Issue
Google People Also Ask Sees Large Reduction
Google Changelog For Google Search Developer Documentation
Google 3D & AR Images: More Technical Details & How To Request Inclusion

Google Search Console:
Google Search Console New Email Preferences – Screen Shots
Hide Search Performance For This Query In Google
Google Search Console Sends Out Notices Of Event Markup Issues

Google User Interface:
Google Stops Displaying Almost All Top Right Featured Snippets
Google Knowledge Panel Displaying A Large Video
Google Featured Snippets Not In Position One
Google Featured Snippets Showing YouTube Timestamp Links
Is Google Bringing Back Magnifying Glass To Searches Related To Section?
Google In This Video Key Moments Shows Multiple Times?
Google Now Shows PDF Image Thumbnails In Search

Google My Business & Google Local:
Google My Business: Car Dealerships Now Can Have Multiple Listings
Google My Business Management Box For Profiles You Manage In Search Results
Google My Business Support During Uncertain Times
Google Posts With Special COVID-19 Updates
Google Temporary Closed Status Now Doesn’t Hurt Your Search Rankings
Google Posts In Google My Business Now Back After Being Disabled
Google Tests Dine In, Take Out & Delivery Attributes For Local Results
Google Search Takeout & Delivery Discover More Places Cards
Google My Business Offers Tips For Clinics & Medical Offices
Google My Business Adds Mark As Temporarily Closed Option
Google My Business Not Functioning Properly During COVID-19 Crisis
Google Suspends Local Reviews & Q&A During Coronavirus Outbreak
Google Local Showing Review Mentions By People
Google My Business Using Duplex To Call Businesses To See Hour Changes Or Closures
Google My Business: Is The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Affecting Your Business?

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