The month of August in Google organic land was not that slow, despite it being a summer month. We had a possible Google Panda reversal, Google announce app interstitials as being not mobile friendly, and a brand new interface for local results named the 3 pack. We also had many user interface changes from blue navigation links to new apps in search to tweets on desktop search.

That is not to mention a new Google logo and a new parent company for Google named Alphabet Inc.

So it has been a pretty busy month and based on the ongoing WebmasterWorld there is something heating up in the Google search results. I am not sure if it is just a long labor day weekend, where international SEOs are not picking up on the US holiday or something more. Time will tell there.

Of course, if you missed our last report, see the Google August Webmaster Report.

Here is a summary of the more important stories over the past month or so related to Google webmaster topics:

Google Algorithm Related Or Big Google Change:
Did Google Reverse The Panda 4.2 Update?
Google: Mobile App Interstitials Ads Can Hurt Your Mobile Rankings
Google Now Only Showing 3 Local Results Instead Of 7
New: Google Local 3 Pack Eye & Click Study
Google: HTTPS Content Mismatch Errors May Not Get Ranking Boost In Future
The Mysterious Disappearing Act Of Ripoff Report In Google, Again

Google Webmaster Topics:
Google Search Queries Report Removed For Some Webmasters
New: GoogleBot For Smartphones (iPhone) User-Agent
Google Search Console Index Status Drop Now Returns But…
Google Search Console Index Status Reporting Bug?
Google Search Console Bug With Sitemap Index Count Report

Google Core SEO & Search:
Watch The Google App Indexing Hangout
Google Talks About The Robots.txt Directive For One Whole Hour
Google: We Only Discover Links On Pages With 200 Status Codes
Google: We Never Index All Your Pages
Google: You Can Go Mobile Only, But Doesn’t Mean It Is The Best Approach
Google: You Shouldn’t See Negative Impact After Going To HTTPS
Google: It’s Wrong & Bad To Tell Your Clients Not To Go HTTPS
Google: We Have Algorithmic Diagnosis Tools So We Are Not In A Black Box
Google: We Can’t See All Lazy Loaded Content On Mobile
Google Looking Into Angular JS Changes In Indexing?
Google: User Actions On Your Web Site Are Not A Ranking Factor
Google: 404s Don’t Impact The Google Panda Algorithm
Google: Will Pipes In URLs Work?
Google: Even Links To Soft 404 Pages Are Not Counted
Google: You Can Use Pipes In Title Tags
Google: The Idea That 404s Lead To Google Penalties Is Utterly Wrong
Google News Publisher Center Adds Mobile Apps For App Inclusion In Google News
Google: If We Email You, Login To Your Google My Business Or It May Be Removed

Google User Interface:
Do You Like The New Google Logo?
It’s Official: Google Navigation Links Are Blue, No Longer Red
New Look For Apps In Google Mobile Search
Tweets Come To Google’s Desktop Search Results
New Google Mobile Sitelinks That Expand & Collapse
New Google Mobile Interface Makes It Hard To Find Organic Results
Google Now Part Of Alphabet, Inc. – No Joke

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