Hope you all had a nice July 4th weekend, here is the July 2022 Google webmaster report to catch you up on the past month. We had two confirmed algorithm updates this past month and many unconfirmed. We also had changes to Search Console, SEO documentation updates, local and maps features and tons of user interfaces.
The May 2022 core update finished in June but we saw many tremors before and also after that update. Google also confirmed a title link algorithm update last month.
Google announced new product rich results guidelines that is upsetting a whole set of industries. Google updated a ton of its help documentation this past month, links below. Google previewed the video page indexing report in Google Search Console, updated the error types and more. Google News has a big new design and there is just so much more.
If you missed the previous recap, go here and here are the top headlines for the past month:
Google Algorithms:
Google May 2022 Core Updates Continue But We’re Probably At The End
Google May 2022 Core Update Not Done Yet…
Google May 2022 Core Update Done Rolling Out On Day 15
Google May 2022 Core Update – Big Tremors After It Was Complete?
Google Juneteenth Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors?
Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Update Spiking June 23rd
Google Search Ranking Update Brewing Again June 27-28th
Google Title Link Algorithm Update For Multi-Language Or Transliterated Titles
Google Product Reviews Update Still English Only, For Now…
Google SEO:
New: Google Rich Results Not Allowed On Prohibited, Regulated Or Harmful Products
New Google Documentation On Vary: Cookie Support For Signed Exchanges
Updates To Google HTTP Status Codes, Googlebot & Job Posting Help Docs
Google Clarifies 15MB Googlebot Limit – It Is A Huge Limit
Google Clarifies How To Use Product Rich Results On Product Variants Pages
Video: 8 Tips On E-Commerce SEO From Google
Google Picks First HTTP Result Codes When More Than One Is Provided
Google Says Content Not Visible On Page Is No Longer Less Important
Google: Hyphens Still Recommended Over Underscores In URLs For SEO
Google: Keywords In Domain Names Are Overrated
Google Explains How To Inject Canonical Tags Using JavaScript In Updated Doc
Google: It’s Safe To Delete Your Disavow Link File If No Manual Actions Or History Of Link Schemes
Google Search Console:
Video Page Indexing Report Beta In Google Search Console
Google Search Console Reports Now Show Invalid Or Valid Classifications
Legacy Google Search Console Messages Going Away August 1, 2022
Google Search Console Link Counts Keep Falling A Lot
Google Updates Crawl Stats Report Help Docs
Google Local & Maps:
Google Adds LGBTQ+ Owned Business Attribute For Business Profiles
Google Search Find Places Through Reviews
Business Losing Google Maps Reviews Again
Google Maps Tests New Local Panel With Images At Top & Tabs For Reviews
Google Tests Local Pack Within An Expandable Menu
Google Tests Expandable Local Related Carousels Within Snippets
Google Business Profile “Profile Strength” Widget In Search Results
Google User Interface:
Google News Launches New Design
Google Search Tests Explore Section
Google Adds Pros & Cons To Search Result Snippets
Google Top Stories Grouped In Topic Sections On Desktop
Google Tests Rounded Favicons In Mobile Search Results
Google Tests Two Rows Of Brand Story Boxes Under A Snippet
Google Tests Bolding Domains In Search Results AGoogle Featured Snippet Cards Layoutgain
Google Search Expands Scrollable Right Panel
Google Search Tests Shopping Filter Button
Google Search With Both Short Videos & Visual Stories (Within An Accordion)
Google Expands Browse By Search Features: Material, Product Line & More
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