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:
Google’s Indexing Issues Continue But This One Is Different
Last night I reported that Google was having issues indexing new content again, yes – again. Danny Sullivan from Google said it seems like that was the case and said “We’ll post on @googlewmc if we confirm and have more to share.” Nothing was posted there – yet. But it does seem like indexing issues are happening for some sites – not all.
Vlog #12: Greg Gifford On Local SEO, Google Posts & Google Q&A
In episode #12 of the vlog series at the Search Engine Roundtable I interviewed Greg Gifford (@GregGifford). Greg is the Vice President of Search at Wikimotive. He is well-known in the local SEO space and been doing local SEO for about 13 years…
Google AMP Cache Pages Gets A New Share Icon
Andy Sternberg noticed that when you go to a Google AMP cache page, where it shows the google.com/amp cache URL and not your native URL, the share icon has changed. It is now showing the native sharing icon, as opposed to a drop down that shows you the site’s URL.
Google UI Bug Drops URLs From Search Results Page
Olivier Kyte is in that Google search favicon desktop results test and he noticed that for some search result listings that the snippets are missing the URLs from showing up. Instead you just see a favicon, a hashtag and an arrow down.
Google People Also View Images
Google seems to be testing the people also view carousel with images and icons in them. Here is a screen shot from Raman on Twitter that shows in the people also view carousel snippets the favicon, site name, title, description and an image. I don’t think I’ve seen images in the people also view snippets.
Google Adds Delivery Icons To Local Pack
Google has added delivery icons to the local pack listings that Google can send searchers directly to an online delivery service. If you search for [McDonalds] you might be able to see it, here is a screen shot.
Google’s John Mueller With Cheese
I believe it is known that John Mueller of Google likes cheese – it is also known that cheese and Switzerland kind of go together and that is where John is based. In any event, Gary Illyes from Googl
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Can you try now. We identified a bug that was stopping few users to complete the sign-in from the help page. Hope to see you back on https://t.co/OAm0h3tdZY 🙂 https://t.co/asdRmxyk1Z, Bing Webmaster Team on Twitter
PSA: GMB – Manage This Listing IS Intended for non-chain locations as well. We were previously led to believe it was chain only. #localseo @JoyanneHawkins @mblumenthal @rustybrick https://t.co/NxzYhYBHpb, Ben Fisher on Twitter
We’re super excited to share that we have a new VP of Product, @RobOusbey! Welcome to Moz, Rob!!! https://t.co/RnLNoZbaIo, Moz on Twitter
Changing URL of page while retaining content, WebmasterWorld
DA & PA has absolutely no effect at Google, we don’t use them at all., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Google may be having indexing issues again
The convergence of data quality to consumer discoverability
SMX East Super Early Bird Rates Expire Soon
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Android Quickstart With Google Analytics For Firebase And Google Tag Manager, Simo Ahava’s blog
Digital Debrief – Step by Step: Setting up an App + Web Event Tag in GTM, Krista Seiden
How to correctly configure goals and funnels in Google Analytics, Loves Data
Site Speed is (Still) Impacting Your Conversion Rate, Portent
Industry & Business
Digital Marketing Leader REQ Acquires Performance Marketing Agency IMI, REQ
Google stops sharing Android user data that helped carriers plan coverage, The Verge
Moz Expands Executive Team With Three VPs, Business Wire
Local & Maps
Does Using Unicode Help Click-Through-Rate?, Sterling Sky Inc
How to Deal With a Negative Review Attack, SEM Rush
Mobile & Voice
“Lite” but packs a punch: Google Go comes to Android everywhere, Google Blog
Smart Speaker Adoption in Italy Hits Double Digits in Online Panel with Amazon Echo Edging Out Google Home, Voicebot
SEO
Knowing which lever to pull: Creating SEO strategies that deliver ROI, State of Digital
SEO Click Loss Angst!? SOLVED- Now Quit Whining & Get Over It, Aimclear
6 Content and Domain Migrations Happening in the UK Right Now, SISTRIX
Excel Formulas for SEOs: Extracting URL Strings, Builtvisible
FAQ, HowTo, and Q&A: Using New Schema Types to Create Interactive Rich Results, Moz
How Google’s Entity Understanding Has Advanced [Case Study], RankRanger
How Voucher and Comparison Platforms use Publishers to Generate Huge Google Reach, Search Metrics
Why Google’s Knowledge Graph suffers from Human Bias, Dixon Jones
PPC
Ron Wyden calls on Facebook and Google to ban political ad targeting, CNN
Search Features
Google Lens may soon power reverse image searches in Chrome, XDA Developers
