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:
Reddit Thread On PBNs Caught Google’s Attention
There is a thread at Reddit on the topic of someone building out a PBN, a public blog network. These are often used to manipulate Google’s search results through link schemes. Well, Google’s John Mueller commented on the thread saying “Sounds like an interesting plan.”
President Donald Trump Says Google’s Results Rigged Against Him & Republicans
President Donald Trump said on Twitter yesterday that the search results for his name, specifically [Trump News], is “rigged” and this “very serious situation-will be addressed!” Google responded saying “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology.”
Google Tests Grouping Two Search Results In One Box
Google is testing showing two different search results from the same domain name in a single search result box. Alex Quaye sent a screen shot, he is in the UK and searched for [eis tax relief] and Google returned two gov.uk results in a single outlined box.
Google Image Search Not Enlarging Image On Click
Starting yesterday I started noticing many many complaints in the Google Web Search Help Forums about Google Image Search. In short, some users were unable to trigger the preview to show a larger image, even after clicking on the image. Google is aware of the issue and is working on a fix.
Google Search Console August 19th Query Report Drop Clarified
Remember we reported that Google dropped anonymous queries from the Search Analytics and Performance reports in Google Search Console on August 19th? Well, Google is now clarifying that the data was never displayed but the queries they hide were previously used in the total sum but are now being removed from the total sum.
Poop Emoji Plush Toy At Google Office
Here is a pretty large sized plush poop emoji toy at one of the Google offices. Maybe this is to inspire the designers who create the emojis for Android and Chrome OS? Satyajeet Salgar posted this on
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Google PageSpeed Insights Algorithm Changes Since May, WebmasterWorld
Multiple things could be updated there 🙂 – thanks for the ping, I’ll take a look at that with the team! 👍… https://t.co/ukUCHhZKt7, John Mueller on Twitter
New YouTube tools to help with your digital wellbeing, YouTube Help
OMG. You can shift click tabs in Chrome to select many tabs at once, and drag them out into a new window. I’m sure this has existed forever. But I discovered it today. And it’s great. Thank you @googlechrome, Josh Estelle on Twitter
Starting October 31st, 2018, Bing Ads will no longer be supporting the ability to edit or create destination URLs at the keyword level. Learn more today: https://t.co/tPMpFYtULN… https://t.co/mZqaaZU2Ad, Bing Ads on Twitter
We don’t always bold everything in the query, that’s kinda normal. It sounds like it’s findable though?…, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Planning and creating the perfect landing page
How to find good writers and other content marketing struggles
There is no reason to manage bids manually
Why following SEO trends guarantees SEO budget waste.
Take our Amazon advertising survey — Enter to win a ticket to SMX
A kickback stampede: Why Google’s EU comparison shopping program may carry risk
Google clarifies Search Console query report data changes from August 19th
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Google launches a course for Google Analytics Power Users, PPC Land
How to Build Effective Google Analytics Dashboards, pagely.com
How to share Google Data Studio Dashboards and Reports., Helpfullee
Industry & Business
SEO Community Resists Threats to Regulate Google Search, Search Engine Journal
Links & Promotion Building
A Quarter-Million Reasons to Use Moz’s Link Intersect Tool, Moz
The 7 Worst Link Building Myths Holding Back Your Campaign, Search Engine Journal
Local & Maps
How Does Google My Business Penalize Keyword Stuffing: 50 Examples [Case Study], Sterling Sky Inc
The Real Estate SEO Race: No One Brand Dominates, GEO Marketing
Mobile & Voice
How AMP Pages Increase Google Search Traffic for Trending News, Bluebird Day Solutions
Protecting your home with the Google Assistant, Google Blog
SEO
Avoiding Hreflang Issues by Following a 6 Steps Implementation Process, Aleyda Solis
How to Map SEO Keyword Research to the B2B Buyer Journey, KO Marketing
How well do you understand Google? – The Content Myth, SISTRIX
Unwrapping the Secrets of SEO: The Ultimate Guide to Website Speed – Part 2, Search Metrics
Updates: The New Google Search Console, MegaMikeJr
7 Ways to Fail at International SEO, SEM Rush
Do 404s Hurt SEO and Rankings?, Cognitive SEO
Google Webmaster Hangout Notes: August 24th 2018, DeepCrawl
Top 5 Reasons SEO Is Critical for Your Startup Business, KobeDigital
PPC
Online retailer Notonthehighstreet is investing more in Google Shopping ads than text ads, Digiday
