It was a pretty hectic month in the Google SEO/search world. Despite Google claiming they would confirm major updates – we did have a major update on 6/25 which they call random chatter and won’t confirm. I did try to analyze the update but came up blank. Google said there was no Fred update even after giving tips on recovering from Fred.

The mobile-first index won’t launch until 2018 and it will launch in batches. Google launched Google Posts to most Google My Business users. They also launched new job posting schema as expected.

The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has discussions of that update we mentioned above, and ongoing fluctuations in the Google results.

For last months recap, see the June 2017 webmaster report.

Here are the topics I pulled out for your review:

Google Algorithm:
June 25th Google Search Algorithm Update Legit
Google Won’t Confirm The June 25th Update; It’s “Just Random Chatter”
Google Algorithm Update Brewing? Maybe.
I Failed: The Google June 25th Update Shows No Patterns
Google: There Was No Fred Update From Our Point Of View
Google’s Gary Illyes: Hit By Fred? Read Our Quality Guidelines To Recover.
Was There A Small Google Algorithms Update This Week?
Google: Mobile-First Index Many Quarters Away, Sometime In 2018
Google: We May Smear Desktop Signals Into Mobile First Index
Google: We Won’t Launch The Mobile First Index On One Specific Day
Google: We Will Communicate About Major Search Algorithm Updates
Google: Maybe We’re Messing With The Algorithm Tracking Tools
Google Confirmed The Mobile Interstitial Penalty Did Roll Out

Google SEO:
Google Officially Launches Job Postings Schema For Job Search Inclusion
Google: Plan On Moving From M-Dot To Responsive? Do It Before Google’s Mobile First Index.
Google: Make Your Mobile & Desktop Pages Equivalent
Trigger A Google Suggested Clip Video Answer
Google: Prepare For Mobile First Index By Looking For Noindex & Faulty Redirects
Hint: Google To Display More Featured Snippets; Maybe Expand In Other Languages?
Google: Use 301 Redirects When You Have A 1:1 Replacement
Google Updates Structured Data Developer Docs
Google: Our Quality Algorithms Don’t Use Machine Learning In A Targeted Way
Google’s Two Pronged Approach To Search Spam: Ignore vs Penalize
Google Site Move With New URL Can Take 3 Months; Not 2 Weeks
Google: Buying Links Is Like Throwing Money Out The Window
Google Explains What Near Duplicate Content Is
Google: We Can Ignore Links On Any Site Including Forbes & Entrepreneur
Google: No New Machine Learning Algorithms Coming To Search Soon
Google: We Penalizes Egregious Link Manipulation; Otherwise Ignores The Link
Google: Status Quo With Google’s HTTPS Ranking Boost
Google: We Are Rewriting Our Page Speed Algorithm For Mobile
Google: Those Spammy Links Aren’t Benefiting Your Competitors
Google Can Rank Pages When The Query Isn’t Present On The Page
Google Can Index Content In iFrames
Google: Bots Might Like Bold Text But…
Google: Parameter Handling In Google Search Console Is A Big Gun, Watch Out
Google Safe Search Filter On URL Level
Google May Skip URLs That Repeat The Same Path Many Times
Google: Debug Fault Sitemaps With Server Logs
Google: We Like Breadcrumb Navigation Links On Your Site
Google: Content Stitching Or Quilting Is Not Near Duplicate Content
Googlers Submit 20-50 Search Result Complaints Per Day
Google: Search Algorithm Does Not Look At Google Analytics Data
Google Does Not Share An Index With Bing Or Other Search Engines
Google: Moving A Site Won’t Help A Site Impacted By Panda
Google To Remove Your Personal Medical Records From Search Results

Google Search Console:
Google: We Will Bring Voice Search Analytics To Webmasters
Google: We Can’t Release Featured Snippets Analytics Due To Internal Politics
Google: Use The Google Search Console API? Refresh The Last Day Of Data.
Google Search Console Index Status Takes 4-6 Days To See Data
New Google AMP Video Error Notifications

Google Local:
Google Tests Large Images For Hotel Listings
Google Related Services Carousel Shows Competitors For Your Brand Name
Did Google Launches Local Highlight Icons & Hotel Price Labels?
Google Local Panel Tests Three Tabs: Overview, Rates & Reviews

Google Posts
Google Posts Now Live In Google My Business For All Businesses
Google Posts Expire In About 7 Days
No Way To Schedule Or Automate Google Posts, Yet…
Not Seeing Google Posts In Your Google My Business Console?
Google Posts Now Within Google My Business

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.