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:
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Broken Search Results, Google Buying Links, GDPR Issues & More
This week, we spotted another Google search algorithm update around September 11th. Google was unable to return search results foe a query for about 12 hours last night. Google also…
Google Search Broke For 12 Hours On A Query
It is rare to see Google bug out, not work, when you try to use it. But yesterday starting around 3pm EDT through this morning at 3am EDT Google could not give you search results for the query [compare the market]. It is not clear why it was broken, but it was.
Google Tests Color Drop Down In Shopping Panel For iPhone
It looks like Google is testing a new look for the drop down to select a color in the shopping panel. Tauqeer Aziz shared a screen shot of him bringing up an iPhone in the Google web search results and when you click on the drop down, it shows the colors and a photo of the phone in those colors.
Google Ads Tests Headlines & URL Without Descriptions
Google seems to be testing an ad format on mobile search where they remove the description section from the ad. The ad copy is removed, the only thing you see are the headlines and URL. This was being tested on mobile in the bottom ad units.
SEO Vet On The Negativity In The Search Community
Martin MacDonald, an SEO who has been in the community for 15 or so years, posted an excellent video that is worth watching. It discusses the negativity around our search industry and why we should just be nicer to each other.
Google Hosts Balloons Bubbles Social Event
I saw a few pictures from the Google office in Mountain View around a social event that has a lot of balloons. It just looks like Google hosted a party, not the Google Dance because they didn’t do th
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Portuguese community – Today we just released a video introducing Auto ads! ‘Anúncios automáticos: Descubra o que é e sua importância’. Next we’ll show you how to implement Auto ads. The video is also available in English, Google AdSense on Twitter
Apple’s New iPhones XS, XS Max and XR, WebmasterWorld
Hello #SEO community, I’m putting together an article for Halloween, looking at some of the worst advice they’ve seen when inheriting accounts from other SEOs/consultants… Not intending this to be a witch-hunt and I won’t be nam, Dan Taylor on Twitter
New Ownership: Joy Hawkins’ Company Sterling Sky, Inc. Has Acquired the Forum, Local Search Forum
Participating in Shopping ads as a Comparison Shopping Service Watch this video to learn more about participating in Shopping ads as a Comparison Shopping Service ➡ https://t.co/MYZyc6FtPZ… https://t.co/y7GIq9aT6c, Google Ads on Twitter
Take Care Our Southern Brothers and Sisters, WebmasterWorld
Well, that’s conflating a lot of things, they’re not WP-related. Yes, WP does a lot of things really well out of the box (and it’s possible to break them with bad plugins/themes), but it’s not a website panacea. Don’t be religi, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
New report from MarTech Today: Enterprise Customer Data Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide
How the hospitality industry should approach online reviews and citations
Google debuts Shoppable Image ads, video in Shopping Showcase ads
Google My Business testing future opening dates in the local panel for new businesses
You can break Google search by searching for ‘compare the market’
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Cleaning Data with Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics, Luna Metrics
What is (Other) traffic in Google Analytics — and how do you fix it?, Whole Whale
Your alternatives to PDF export for Google Data Studio dashboards, medium.com
Industry & Business
Google employees are reportedly resigning over China search efforts, CNET
Senior Google Scientist Resigns Over “Forfeiture of Our Values” in China, theintercept.com
Links & Promotion Building
Why isn’t my fabulous content attracting quality links?, Marketing Land
Local & Maps
Google Tests Future Store Openings, Brandify
Mobile & Voice
In Two Years, Users in Canada Will Spend More Time with Mobile than TV, eMarketer Trends
Mobile Searches For ‘Like’ Brands And Stores On The Rise, MediaPost
SEO
Exploring Google’s new carousel featured snippet, STAT Search Analytics
Google on How to Improve Sites that Don’t Rank, Search Engine Journal
SEO Maturity: Evaluating Client Capabilities – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
Why Your Website Needs Faster Loading Speed And How to Do It, KobeDigital
PPC
Navigating the Algorithmic Learning Period in Google & Facebook Ads, WordStream
6 Smart Bidding tips that will take your Google Ads to the next level, SEM Rush
Search Features
Gboard bug breaks glide typing for some Android users, Engadget
Other Search
Compare images on AMP pages with amp-image-slider, Accelerated Mobile Pages Project
