It is that time of the month again, where I recap the most important topics (in my opinion) for webmasters related to Google core organic search topics.
The biggest item by far is the launch of the Google Panda 4.2 update. Many didn’t notice, it was confirmed on the record and it is the slowest rollout of Panda ever. It isn’t slow to confuse webmasters but just for technical reasons. And those that doubt it, I see a Panda recovery based on data on this site.
Outside of Panda, we had Google announce the new Search Analytics API, which is a huge upgrade for webmasters. We had Google send out two new webmaster notifications including cannot access CSS or JavaScript and incorrect hreflang implementation. Finally, Google told us they have a hard time giving advice on algorithmic issues.
That being said, here is my best effort to sort the topics for the past month in priority order:
Google Panda & Some Penguin:
Google Releases Panda 4.2 & You Didn’t Notice
Google Panda Refresh Confirmation Posted By Google’s Gary Illyes
Data On My Google Panda 4.2 Recovery
Google: The Slow Panda Roll Out Is Not Designed To Confuse Webmasters
Did Google Push Out A Spam Algorithm Update This Weekend?
No, Google Did Not Refresh Panda Yesterday
You May Be Too Late To Save Your Site With The Next Google Panda Refresh
Google: Penguin Refresh Is Months Away
More Important Google Topics:
New: Google Search Console Search Analytics API
New Google Warning: Googlebot Cannot Access CSS & JS
Google Incorrect Hreflang Implementation Search Console Notifications
How To Quickly Unblock Google From CSS & JavaScript, What Google Looks At & Number Notified
Google: We Don’t Give Advice On Algorithmic Penalties
Was That A Google Phantom Update Last Week?
Google SEO & Webmaster:
Google: New TLDs Have No Magical SEO Bonus
Google: We Check To See If Your Mobile & Desktop Site Are Vastly Different
Google Schema Now Supports Movie Critic Reviews In Knowledge Graph
Google: We Won’t Index Dynamic Content Behind Tabs
Google: display:none May Backfire; Google Weighs It Less
SPA (Single-Page Application) Web Pages & Pre-Render Services Is Okay With Google
Google Search Console Search Analytics Report Missing July 28th
Google: Incorrection hreflang Implementation Won’t Hurt You
Google: Again, Rich Snippets Don’t Generally Belong On Home Pages
Google Mysteriously Drops The App Interstitial Notice In The Data Anomalies Page
Google Hints At Removing App Interstitials Again
Google: Bad HTML Validation Doesn’t Hurt Rankings But Can Impact Structured Data
Google Increases Their Index Capacity; GoogleBot Indexing More URLs
Google: We Mostly Ignore The LastMod Tag In XML Sitemaps
Google: We Don’t Recommend Changing Your Links To HTTPS, Redirects Are Fine
Google: Links Within PDF Documents Pass PageRank
Google: Top Ten Verified Web Sites Go Over HTTPS
Google Feedback Requested: How Would You Improve The Search Console Messaging
Google Sitemaps Shows Declines In Index Count, It’s A Bug
Google Image Search Dropping Images From The Index?
Google: Do Not Even Ask For Links!
Google: Sorry, We Meant Don’t Ask For Links That Violate Our Guidelines
Google’s “People Also Ask” Search Feature Going Live?
Google Industry:
Google’s German Spam Fighter Johannes Mehlem Interviewed
Google Is Hiring SEOs To Help Them Rank Better
Google’s Matt Cutts Went Undercover At Search Conference
Here is the recap from last month.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
