This week we had two unconfirmed updates from Google rollout after the helpful content, and link spam update finished. Google said quality updates could impact crawling and indexing. Google Search Console updated the performance report for product tracking. Google also updated the video indexing report for better error reporting. Google will ignore robots.txt rules if they are served with a 4xx status code. Google said publishing frequency doesn’t make something spam. Google’s John Mueller spoke more about the head section. Google will not make changes to the quote for request indexing in Search Console. Google Ads is rolling out Performance Max experiments. Google Business Profiles is testing adding more details to attributes in local. Google Business Profiles has an image server bug. Google Search is testing moving the order online button to the top. Google has a check local wait times button. Google discontinued Google Posts insights. Google Maps has new posting restrictions for user-generated content. Microsoft Bing is testing topics in the search bar. Google Search dropped podcast snippets in list view. Google Search is testing perspectives and opinions. Plus, Google announced massive layoffs as I was recording – 6% of their workforce. And if you want to help sponsor those vlogs, go to patreon.com/barryschwartz. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Search Topics of Discussion:
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On Wednesday?
Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update – Saturday, January 14
Google: Google Quality Updates Can Impact Crawling & Indexing
Google Search Console Search Performance Product Results Clicks & Impressions Spike
Google Search Console Video Indexing Report Improves Thumbnail Indexing Issues
Google Will Ignore Robots.txt Rules If It Serves A 4xx Status Code
Google: Publishing Frequency Does Not Make Something Spam
Google’s John Mueller: More About Head Section & JavaScript
Google Unlikely To Increase Request Indexing Quota In Search Console
Google Ads Rolling Out Performance Max Experiments
Google Business Profiles Attribute Details Beta
Google Business Profile Image Server Rejected Upload Bug
Google Search Tests Order Online Button At Top Of Snippet
Google Local Check Wait Time Button
Google Discontinues Google Posts Insights
New Google Maps Posting Restrictions For User Generated Content (Reviews, Photos & Videos)
Microsoft Bing Tests Topics Search Bar Refinements Like Google
Google Search Drops Playable Podcast Rich Snippets
Google Search Perspectives & Opinions
Google Announces Massive Layoffs

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