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 Asks You To Verify These Facts
Google is asking some searchers with some queries to “verify the facts to help others.” Brian Freiesleben shared an example of this on Twitter this morning and Mordy Oberstein shared on Twitter a couple months ago. It seems to be on some knowledge panels.
Google Search Console Coverage Report Delay & Stuck
Google Search Console seems to be having another data issue. This time with the coverage report. The last it was updated was around August 31st or September 1st, from the reports I am seeing. Normally it is about 2-3 days delayed but not over a week delayed.
SEO Companies Can Sabotage Your Web Site & Maps Listings
Sadly there can be pretty immoral people in the world, including a lack of business ethics. It seems an SEO company and their client got in a disagreement about a work contract and the client wanted to part ways. The SEO company allegedly decided to completely sabotage the company in Google Search.
Google image:loc URLs Are Not Counted Towards 50k XML Sitemap Limit
The same question was asked both on Twitter and on Reddit, asking do URLs in the image:loc tag also count towards the 50K XML sitemap limit? The answer is no, it does not count to the 50,000 URL limit in the XML Sitemap files.
Google: No A Way To Limit Visibility Of A URL By Country In Search
Google’s John Mueller said that within Google Search there is no way to limit the visibility of a URL in the search results by country. So if you do not want a specific URL to show in Google UK but you do want it to show in Google Ireland, there is really no good way to do that.
Microsoft Advertising Xbox Prize
Looks like Microsoft Advertising sent out some prizes. Well, this prize is an XBox One X and it was sent to Mabo Media in the UK. The letter says congratulations, this package has been supplied by M
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
This seems new – Google Discover Hashtags, Jason Mandragona on Twitter
Nope, John Mueller on Twitter
You can now correct issues with Google Optimize experiments that started running https://t.co/hrWGZ5WY8j good job @googleanalytics team, Andrea Cruz on Twitter
(1) My schema.org code is in ‘http’ and not https’. Big deal or no?, Reddit
Search Engine Land Stories:
Video: Part 2 with Kevin Lee on nofollows, 302 redirects, branded content
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
6 Ways to Use Google Analytics You Haven’t Thought Of, Search Engine Journal
Industry & Business
Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox probed over ‘unfair’ T&Cs in Italy, TechCrunch
Google pulls out of talks to lease 2,000 office spaces in Dublin, Independent
Australia’s Investigating Apple and Google’s App Store Practices Now, Gizmodo
EMEA Retail Week not to be missed!, Microsoft Advertising
Links & Content Marketing
How to Build an Effective Content Marketing Funnel, SEM Rush
White Hat Ways to Build Links: SEO Podcast, RankRanger
Local & Maps
Apple Maps cars use LiDAR, Mac Pro to capture street data, Appleinsider
Mobile & Voice
Google Assistant Hits 50,000 Smart Home Device Milestone, Voicebot
SEO
SEO For SaaS: How To Compete With Capterra, Go Fish Digital
PPC
Drive engagement with Multi-Image Extensions, Microsoft Advertising
The Travel Industry PPC Landscape in 2020, PPC Hero
Search Features
5 New Mobile Search Bar Tests in Google Search, Brodie Clark Consulting
