It has been an interesting month with Google Search. We saw numerous bugs with Google Search around canonicalization, mobile-indexing, news-indexing, top stories carousel, and many of those may have been associated with my reports of possible Google updates. So check out the first section below named Google algorithms and indexing issues.

Google gave us more clues around broad core updates and recoveries. Google surfaced Anti-Semitic images before Yom Kippur. Google added support for new shipping schema, made Google Shopping free globally and added fact check guidelines.

There were some updates to Search Console, Google My Business and tons of Google user interface tests and feature launches. Oh, and Google celebrated its 22nd birthday in a socially distant manner.

The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread is mostly on the topic of the indexing bugs.

Here is the recap and you can check the September report if you missed that:

Google Algorithms & Indexing Issues:
Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On September 23rd
We Were Right: Google Had Indexing Bugs With Canonicalization & Mobile-Indexing
Google Shares Details On The Canonicalization & Mobile-Indexing Bugs
Pages Dropping Out Of Google’s Index With More Google Ranking Fluctuations?
Give Google Examples Of Canonical URL Issues
Were There Google Search Canonical URL Issues Around September 23rd?
Google Again Had An Indexing Issue With News Content Last Night
Google Search Top Stories Indexing Bug Lasted Four Hours
Google Search Algorithm Update On September 15th? Limited Chatter But Tools Spiking.
Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues But Is There A Google Update?
Google Discover Traffic Drop On August 10th
Google Local Algorithm & Ranking Weirdness Last Week

Google SEO:
Google Broad Core Updates Recoveries & How Google Reprocesses Core Update Scores
Anti-Semitic Image Search Results Pollute Google, Bing & DuckDuckGo
New Google Supported Shipping Details Schema Markup
Google Shopping Goes Free Worldwide In Mid-October
Google Search Fact Check Guidelines
Google: The Context Around Links Is Secondary But Anchor Text Is Primary
Google On Cookie Consent Banners Impacting Cumulative Layout Shift
GoogleBot To Crawl Some Sites Over HTTP/2 But There Is No Ranking Benefit
Google Mostly Treats Affiliate Links As Nofollowed Links
Google Wants Feedback On Wildly Inaccurate Site Command Counts
Google: It’s Unlikely Core Web Vitals Will Become The Primary Ranking Factor
Google Talks About Private Support For Google Search & SEO

Google Search Console:
Google To Drop Crawl Anomaly Data For Something More Useful
Google Coverage Report Now Back Up-To-Date
Google URL Parameter Tool Upgrade Will Be ‘Really Cool’ When Migrated To New Search Console

Google Local & Google My Business:
Google Updates Document On How Reviews Impact Local Rankings
Google Shopping Nearby Product Inventory & Shopping Options Updated
Google Local Panel Updates Section Gets Message Button
Google Local Inventory Ads Gain “Pickup Later” Feature
Google My Business Video Upload Reduced From 100 To 75 MB
Google My Business Announced New Performance Insights Metrics
Google My Business SAB & Virtual Offices Guidelines Updated
Google My Business Bug When Changing Addresses For Service Area Businesses (SAB)
Google My Business Adds Health & Safety Attributes
Google My Business Adds Adds Video Conferencing Integration
Google Local Panels Order Pickup Button
Google Local Listing Shows 20 Years In Business

Google User Interface & Features:
Google News Showcase: Timelines, Bullets & Related Articles
Google Search Tests New Product Carousels
Google Featured Snippets With How-To Schema
Google Tests Open Results In New Tab Toggle
Google Tests People Also Search For Within Google Autocomplete Search Suggestions
Google Tests Related Searches List View Format
Google Tests More Spacious Search Results Again
Google Tests Knowledge Panel In The Middle Of The Search Results
Google Asks You To Verify These Facts

Google Misc:
Google Celebrates Its 22nd Birthday This Sunday

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.