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:
Navigation Removal Trick Impacting Google Rankings Algorithm?
An SEO, I believe his name is Alexander, asked John Mueller of Google in this morning’s video hangout if Google is aware of a trick some sites are using to combat any negative impact from the August 1st medic update. John was unaware and confused by the strategy, saying he would only see a downside to removing a site’s navigation in terms of how it would hurt the site’s ranking in Google.
Poll: Do Google Posts Help Your Google Local Rankings?
A thread at the Local Search Forums has different local SEOs saying different things about how Google Posts helps their local rankings in Google Maps and local. Some say it helps, some say it doesn’t help and some don’t know either way.
Google’s Paul Haahr: Search Engines Consider Spam Fighting A Competitive Advantage
Google’s Paul Haahr, a ranking lead in the search department, said on Twitter that he believes that “web search engines have considered spam-fighting a core competency (and competitive advantage) since the early days.”
Google Uploads Last JavaScript SEO Video: Dynamic Rendering For JavaScript Sites
Google’s Martin Splitt has uploaded his last video in the series of videos around JavaScript and SEO yesterday, this one was on the topic of dynamic rendering. It goes over how and when to use dynamic rendering on your JavaScript sites.
Google AdSense Notification: Your payment amount is higher than your chosen form of payment
Yesterday, tons of Google AdSense publishers noticed alerts and notifications in the AdSense console that read “Your payment amount is higher than your chosen form of payment.” They didn’t know what to do and I saw tons and tons of complaints from publishers. It seems as of this morning the notification went away but I have yet to see a confirmation from Google on this issue.
John Mueller “I Love Cheese” Tweet On A T-Shirt
I don’t fully get it but apparently someone sent John Mueller of Google a new t-shirt that highlights one of his tweets from a month ago that reads “i love cheese.” Gary Illyes from Google posted a p
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
+ @JohnMu and agreed, this would be useful.…, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
Excited to announce the release of AMP plugin version 1.2-alpha including support for AMP Stories. Grab it now: https://t.co/fN7Tv71NzE #AMPConf #WordPress, Pascal Birchler on Twitter
Haven’t looked at this feature in a while, but is the map here and the ability to save new? cc: @rustybrick #SEO…, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
Leaked Facebook Documents Show How They Leveraged User Data, WebmasterWorld
Sure, you could do it like that. Keep in mind that hreflang is per-URL, not just a single connection between domains.…, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Track Quality Score daily with this advanced Adwords script
Google: Google News indexing bug has been resolved
Choosing a marketing automation platform
Yoast offers revamped Schema markup with 11.0 update
Google adds short names and URLs to Google My Business listings
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
6 Brand Musts for an AI World, Jim Sterne – Medium
Turn Your Google Analytics Data into Actionable Tasks, Zapier
Using data integration to rethink the customer journey., Google
Campaign Manager & Attribution: Set up a Data-Driven Model, Periscopix
Data Studio: Q1 2019 best new feature round-up, Builtvisible
Industry & Business
Google hit by global login outage affecting Gmail and Google Docs, The Guardian
The Fractured Web, SEO Book
Idealo sues Google for 500 million euros. EU Commissioner puts Division the Agenda., SISTRIX
Presenting search app and browser options to Android users in Europe, Google Blog
Links & Promotion Building
How Do I Improve My Domain Authority (DA)?, Moz
Local & Maps
Google Maps Could Be the Do-It-All Restaurant App of the Future, Skift
Google Maps crowdsourcing train conditions for commuters, Android Community
Google Maps will use a core Waze feature to improve public transit, BGR
Mobile & Voice
Alexa can finally control Apple Music on Sonos speakers, Engadget
Spring into healthy habits with help from Google Home, Google Blog
With the Roav Bolt, use your Google Assistant safely when driving, Google Blog
SEO
SEO, Content and Linguistics: A Case Study, Search Metrics
8 Ways You’re Wasting Money on SEO Without Knowing It, Search Engine Journal
Four excellent case studies of structured data for SEO, Econsultancy
Look Out for These 5 Signs of Black Hat SEO, Entrepreneur
PPC
Council Post: Why It May Not Pay To Scrimp On Ad Spending, Forbes
Google pulls popular Chinese Android apps over large-scale ad fraud, Engadget
Survey: PPC Advertisers Must Be More Mindful of B2B Buyers’ Search Intent, KoMarketing
Search Features
Federal Election 2019: Helping Australians explore trends and fight misinformation, Official Google Australia Blog
