This month was somewhat typical but we did have a lot of updates to the Google Search Console. We saw the Search Analytics API get 16 months of data, so did the Data Studio later in the month. Google released a new cool URL inspector tool and updated the PageSpeed tool to show origin level data. Google also segmented out how much of your traffic comes from web light results in Google. So a lot happened on the tools end with Google.

Google had some algorithm tweaks earlier and later last month. Google also made some clarifications around the speed update coming this month and mobile-first clarifications.

They shared their success is fighting search spam, while also releasing a new indexing API for job posting URLs. Plus there were a ton of Google Maps and local updates, so check out that section below.

Overall, the current and ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is pretty quiet and I am not seeing any significant signs of any update going on right now.

Here is the recap for the month:

Google Algorithms:
A Google Algorithm Update On Friday, June 8th?
Google Search Algorithm Update Signals & Chatter
Google Speed Update Clarification: Making A Fast Site Faster Won’t Help Your Rankings
Google’s New Speed Update Works On Gradual Scale; Small Improvements Matter
Rumors Of A Google Search Algorithm Update Coming Soon

Google SEO:
Google Report: We Reduced Link Spam By Almost Half
Google Search Spam: Over 6 Million Manual Actions Last Year
Google Releases Indexing API, Well Just For Job Posting URLs
Google Clarifies Seven Points On Mobile-First Indexing After Much Confusion
Google Sitemaps URL Order Does Not Matter
Google: We Ignores Most Links Within Press Releases
Google: Every URL Indexed Has A Canonical URL Assigned
Google John Mueller: Keyword Stuffing Should Not Warrant Removal From Index
Google: Using The Meta Keywords Tag Won’t Cause A Search Penalty
Google: Web Light Does Not Impact Your Google Rankings
Stars, Ratings & Surveys Not A Google Ranking Factor
A Google Lead Ranking Engineer Talks About Philosophy Behind Search Ranking
Google News Confirms Killing Off Several Publisher Features

Google Search Console:
Search Console Search Analytics API Gets 16 Months Of Data
New Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool
Google Search Console URL Inspector Tool Is Still Rolling Out
Google Data Studio Gains 16-Months Of Search Analytics Data
Google Search Console Now Shows How Much Of Their Traffic Is Over Web Light
Google PageSpeed Insights Now Aggregates Speed Data For Origin Site
New Google Index Report Doesn’t Show Blocked URLs From Sitemaps
Google Search Console Crawl Errors For News Publishers Gone
Google Search Console May Consolidate Properties Automatically
Google Search Console Internal Link Report Feedback Wanted
Google Search Console Meta Descriptions HTML Improvements May Go Away

Google Maps & Local:
Google My Business Launches Subjective Attributes In Insights
Google My Business Insights Adds Queries & Keyword Report
Google My Business Agency Dashboard Now Live
Local SEO Agencies Not Happy With New Google Agency Dashboard
Google My Business FAQs & Feedback On Agency Dashboard
Google Posts For Products Has Its Own Tab
Google Posts Adds Product & Offer Options
Google Local Edits May Ask If You Are An Employee Or Customer
Google Shows Dynamic Filters On Local Pack Results
Google Local Pack “Your Past Visits” Filter
Performance Card In Google My Business
Google Local Adds Good For Watching Sports Attribute
Google Local Pack Shows Query Dependent Dynamic Business Categories
Google Local Panel With In Store Savings & See What’s In Store
The Google Project Beacon – Did You Get Your Beacon?
Did You Get Your Google Local Posters? I Did.

Google Search:
Get Google Knowledge Panel Verification
Google Assistant Gets More Natural “Continued Conversation”
Some Google Knowledge Panels Looking More Like Featured Snippets?
Google Snippet Shows “Must Include” When Query Doesn’t Match
Google Tests Making URL In Search Results Snippets Clickable
Google Cannot Process Verbatim & Custom Date Range Searches
Google Launches Islamic Prayer Times Answers Again

For last month’s recap, read here.

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