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 Notification Of Removal Of Snippets For European Press Publications
Google now has to comply with the new French law and remove snippets from their search results for European press publications. Google wrote about it in French over here. With that, some publishers are getting…
Google Ads Recommendations Get Upgraded
Google announced three new updates to the Google Ads recommendations feature. Google now provides improved keyword recommendations, now offers a recommendations table view, and enabled bulk …
Google Search Tests Side Bar Filters New Design
Google seems to be testing a new design interface for the Google desktop search results. Here Google is filling in the white space you normally see on the left and right side of the desktop search results with more options. On the left side…
Google Stops Using MapReduce: This Does Not Impact Google Search
Urs Holzle, the senior vice president of technical infrastructure and Google Fellow at Google and Google’s eighth employee, announced Google is not using MapReduce anymore. But don’t you worry, this has zero impact on Google Search and your rankings.
Google My Business To Remove SMS Messaging
In July 2017 Google launched a messaging feature within the Google My Business platform. One of the options was to respond to messages via SMS, a text message. That is going away on November 15th and you…
The 20th Google Intern Class
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, posted a photo on Instagram of the 20th intern class that worked at Google this past summer…
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5780 – Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year
This is a programming note that Monday and Tuesday is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline Monday and Tuesday, September 30th and October 1st…
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Chatbot rewrite of title being indexed – how to block, Reddit
I try to do these every other week, in English on Tuesday afternoon & Friday morning (Europe-time). They’re listed on https://t.co/G3Vxc9DvKu in the calendar once they’re scheduled (about 1-2 weeks ahead of ti, John Mueller on Twitter
Those are speed testing tools? Generally measuring speed is "easy", if you know what you’re measuring and what it means. Tools try different aggregate approaches, sometimes they lead you to low-hanging fruit, som, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
In response to Google change, Yoast SEO will opt users into all snippet features by default
Google Sept. 2019 Core Update ‘weaker’ than June core update
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
App Distribution, Extensions, and Web App Analytics coming to Firebase, XDA Developers
Industry & Business
Alphabet Waymo valuation cut 40% by Morgan Stanley to $105 billion, CNBC
Links & Promotion Building
5 Link Building Truths that will help you build backlinks in 2019 and beyond, Majestic Blog
Local & Maps
Here’s why RBC is bullish about Google Maps, Business Insider
iOS 13 brings CarPlay changes, here’s what’s new, CNBC
Mobile & Voice
Competing in the Voice Market: Brands Struggle with Strategy, Voicebot
Google Assistant crashing issue plagues some Android users, 9to5Google
SEO
Google’s REAL news update, Searchmetrics
PPC
Beyond the ad: Conversion Optimization, Google Blog
Why is Google Phasing Out Average Position and What Does It Mean For You?, Metric Theory
Note: This story was pre-written before the Rosh Hashanah holiday. I am currently offline for the holiday and unable to respond to comments on this site, social, media or other platforms.
