December 2021 Google Webmaster Report: Algorithm Updates Galore

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What an insanely busy month we had with Google in November 2021! We had a big core update named the November 2021 core update, we had a spam update named the November 2021 spam update, a products reviews update and Google said the page experience update is coming to desktop in February 2022. Google also said it will promote more local news publishers in search more.

Google said enough with mobile-first indexing warnings, it will no longer threaten any deadlines. Google did say it will test using IndexNow for indexing. Google had a crawling issue that it said was not a big deal but there was a bug with SiteGround impacting crawling as well. Google did release the IP addresses Googlebot crawls with.

Google Search Console has a new look and so does PageSpeed Insights. Google My Business is now known as Google Business Profiles. And just so much more news.

So while the November report was slow – this December report was insanely busy. The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is still buzzing on all these topics.

Here is what you may have missed this past month:

Google November Core Update Updates:
Google November 2021 Core Update Rolling Out Later Today
Google November 2021 Core Update Is Live – What We Are Seeing Now
Google November 2021 Core Update Tremors On Thanksgiving
Google: The November 2021 Core Update Done Rolling Out (Updated)
50% Of SEOs Not Seeing Impact From Google November 2021 Core Update
Most SEOs Saw No Changes With The Google November 2021 Core Update

Google November Spam Update:
Google November 2021 Spam Update Rolling Out
The Google November Spam Update May Have Legs
Google November Spam Update Rollout Completed After 8 Days

Other Google Updates:
December 2021 Google Product Reviews Update
Official: Google Desktop Page Experience Update Coming In February 2022
Google Confirms Intrusive Interstitials Ding Will Apply To Desktop Sites
Google Says It Is Promoting More Local News In Search Results

Google SEO:
Google Drops The Deadline For Mobile-First Indexing
Google May Use IndexNow Protocol For Instant Indexing
Google Confirmed Crawling Bug But Said There Were No Negative Effects
Googlebot Slow Crawling The Web From November 11 – November 17?
Google: Sites Can Be Stuck In Algorithm Penalty Limbo For Several Years (Rare)
SiteGround Sites Begin To Return To Google Search After Crawling Bug
Googlebot’s IP Addresses In JSON File Officially From Google
New Google Help Docs On Translated Search Results & Ad Networks With Google Translate
The Google Interactive SEO Checklist For Business Owners/Marketers, Developers Or SEO
Google: Only Pure Spam Or Adult Old Domains Can Be Problematic For SEO
Google On Embedding Videos On Your Pages: Speed Vs Video Ranking
Google: Maximum Video Exposure By Creating A Dedicated Page For The Video
Google: Semantic HTML Is Not A Google Search Quality Signal
Google: We Don’t Hold A Grudge For Technical Issues
Google On Being On The Edge Of Indexing Is A Quality Issue
Google Chart Teetering On The Edge Of Core Web Vitals Field Data
Google On The Future Of SEO