The past month or so was one of the most active months I’ve seen with Google Search in a while. We had a confirmed Google June 2021 core update, several unconfirmed algorithm updates including the big May 22nd update, Google announced MUM (it’s not live yet), and Google told us the page experience update will come to desktop as well.

Google shared its news trust ranking signals – which is about transparency. Google hinted they may come down on UGC spam, while it sent far fewer manual actions last year than previous years. Google added new video markup options and launched the Schema.org validator tool. Google Search Console updated the CLS metrics for the better, announced it is dropping rich result types but added more specific rich results to the report.

We also covered tons of user interface changes and local maps related changes and a heck of a lot more.

Most of the chatter going on right now in the SEO space is related to the core update, as you’d imagine.

For last months recap, see the May 2021 Google webmaster report (clever name).

Here are the more important stories you may want to catch up on:

Google Core Update
Google June 2021 Core Update Is Live – So Far, We Are Not Noticing Much
Google June 2021 Core Update Tremors But It’s Still Early

Google Unconfirmed Algorithm Updates
May 22nd Google Algorithm Update Is Off The Charts
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update May 19th & 20th – Not Confirmed
Mid-May Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Continues
May 13th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update (Not Confirmed)
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors On May 7th & May 9th

Other Google Google Algorithms
Google Announces Multitask Unified Model – MUM
Google Will Announce When MUM Is Added To Google Search
Google Page Experience Update Coming To Desktop As Well

Google SEO
Google News Article & Site Wide Factors Trust Signals
Google May Increase Enforcement On User Generated Content Spam With Penalties?
Google Sent 2.9 Million Manual Webspam Actions In 2020; Less Than Previous Years
Google Video Key Moments Clip & Seek Markup
Schema.org Markup Validator Is Now Live
Google Mobile First Indexing Still Not 100% Yet
Google Supports Six New Math Solver Problem Types Rich Results
Google On Internationalization, Languages & What It Takes To Succeed In SEO
Google Says Search Traffic Changes Aren’t Always Indicative Of Technical Issues
Google Can Lose Track Of Tons Of URL Parameters; Why Canonicals Are Important
Google: Redirecting A URL To A New URL Will Redirect The Core Web Vital Metrics
Google: Creating Unrelated Content To Build Links Is A “Wasted Opportunity”
Google: You Don’t Need All Three Good Web Vital Scores For Ranking Boost
Signed Exchange Reports May Come To Google Search Console
Google: We Do Not Use The Trust Project Directly For Search Rankings
Google Talks Hypothetically About Speed As A Ranking Factor – It’s Small

Google Search Console
Updated Cumulative Layout Shift Metric Is Live In Google Search Console
Google Search Console Performance Report To Drop Rich Result Type
Google Search Console Changes Event Structured Data Reporting
Google Search Console Regular Expressions Gets Exclusions Support
Practice Problems Search Appearance Filters Now Available In Search Console Performance Report
Google Search Console Stops Reporting On Scroll To Text

Google User Interface Tests
Google Search Results With Hear This Out Loud Button
Google Featured Snippets Tests Also Covered On This Page Links
Google Search Tests Learn More Instead Of People Also Ask
Google Tests Expandable More Specific Searches
Google Tests Trending Searches On Google Mobile Home Page
Google Video Results On Right Side Of Search Results
Google Search Tests Super Wide Image Results Box

Google Local
Google Maps Will Tailor Results For You & Time Of Day
Google Maps Showed Distances For Service Area Businesses
New on Google Local Search Results Label
Google My Business Removes Ability To Edit Or Create Short Names
Hey Google, Bring My Business Online Feature In Google My Business Assistant App
Google Bug Displayed Hidden Business Addresses In Google Local Shopping Search
Hide Your Phone Number In Google My Business / Google Local
Google My Business Performance Report To Add Direction Requests & Website Visits
Google 10 Local Pack – A Bug?
Google My Business Call History Feature Now Showing Call Data
Google My Business Insights Now Shows Bookings Reporting Data

Other Google Search
Google Podcast: Deeper Insight Into Serving & More Fun Tidbits
New Google Merchant Center Website Needs Improvement Policy Status
Reverse Google Image Search And Google Lens Coming Closer Together
Google Search Advocates Aren’t Suppose To Know About Ranking Anymore
Google About This Result Expands Worldwide For English Queries

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