Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update This Week
Normalcy makes us happy, even if that normalcy is change. And that is what we seem to have this week with another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update this week. This update may have started on Monday, March 16th and continuing through today.
Vlog #55: Martha van Berkel On Structure Data Adoption & How Schema Helps With Google Rankings
Martha van Berkel is the CEO of Schema App, which is a platform that does structured data and schema at scale. She worked at Cisco for 14 years starting at the beginning doing customer support…
Are Emojis In FAQ Schema Going Away?
Eliav Lankri asked me yesterday if Google is now preventing emojis from showing up in the FAQ schema rich results. I had a hard time finding any examples of emojis showing in these FAQ results but I did find one. Did you all notice a reduction in emojis in FAQ rich results?
Bing: We Will Continue To Update & Improve Ranking Models
Yesterday we reported that 58% of SEOs would like to see Google stop with the Google algorithm updates during this time. But 42% said Google should continue. Google really has not commented but Bing’s Frederic Dubut said Bing will continue to update its ranking models.
Google Event Schema For Virtual, Postponed & Canceled Events
Google has added some timely new properties for event schema. You can now mark your events with these additional properties. These new properties are for the eventStatus property sets under schema.org.
Google Samba Bateria – Good Old Days
Here is a video posted on Instagram from two weeks at at the Google Boston office. A bunch of Googlers dancing to music. The post says it is The Samba Bateria.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Online is gonna be the place where commerce takes place — for a few months at least. Who knows, maybe people will get used to it too :)., John Mueller on Twitter
Rawr! #AskGoogleWebmasters is back! Today, @g33konaut and @JohnMu discuss ⚙️JavaScript SEO⚙️questions around pre-rendering, crawl budget and more! Qs by @ruth_hearn77, @m_karg and @GOMaonaigh 📺 Watch →, Google Webmasters on Twitter
We’re launching a Transcribe feature in Google Translate that can convert speech into another language as it’s happening. Starting in 8 languages, rolling out to Android today, more to come soon. #GoogleAI https://t.co/IMW, Sundar Pichai on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Brands, especially restaurants, need FAQs and ‘coronapages’ fast
SMX Overtime: Creating great content, FAQs and how to navigate approval limitations
Sellers start feeling the strains on Amazon’s fulfillment systems
Yahoo and other Verizon-owned search sites favor Verizon media properties [Study]
Schema.org adds COVID-19-related structured data types in version 7.0
Questions to ask before you buy an enterprise SEO platform?
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
A Guide to Referrer in Google Tag Manager, Analytics Mania
Industry & Business
Yahoo!, AOL, OneSearch results biased in favor of parent company Verizon Media’s websites, Ctrl blog
New malware protections for Advanced Protection users, Google Blog
Local & Maps
Facebook updates Map With AI service, adds Microsoft Buildings support, ZDNet
Galaxy S20 users report GPS lock on issues in Google Maps and Waze, XDA Developers
Mobile & Voice
Amazon Alexa is Removing and Limiting Coronavirus Skills, Voicebot
SEO
Schema for Coronavirus special announcements, Covid-19 Testing Facilities and more, schema blog
What is E-A-T? Why It’s Important for SEO, Ahrefs
How to Keep SEO Clients and Survive in Time of Crisis, Search Engine Journal
How to Query the Google Search Console API, Moz
SEO Reputation Management: How to Monitor SERP Brand Sentiment, RankRanger
PPC
PPC Management Tips for when You Must Work From Home, Adalysis
Search Features
Google Search adds sorting for dictionary definitions by topic, 9to5Google
Now you can transcribe speech with Google Translate, Google Blog
Other Search
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Website Performance, Nick LeRoy
