Daily Search Forum Recap: December 17, 2021
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.
Google’s search results are fluctuating like mad still…
Google Maps Dock To Bottom Feature
Google Maps seems to be rolling out or testing a new feature to dock locations and businesses to the bottom of the map page. You may see a “dock to bottom” button in blue that lets you quickly reopen a place your docked later. When you click it, it pla…
Confirmed: Google November 2021 Google Local Search Update
As we reported a week ago, we saw a possible Google local search ranking update starting around a week prior to that – well, Google has now confirmed it. Google said on Twitter “Our November 2021 local search update has concluded. It began Nov 30 and r…
Google Business Profile Video Verification Now When You Add A New Profile
Ben Fisher notified me that now when you add a new business to Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business), Google now by default asks you as part of the verification workflow if you want to do the video verification.
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors Continue & It’s Big
Are you dizzy yet? The Google search results are still super volatile and we are seeing high levels of chatter spike back up over the past 24 to 48 hours and the tracking tools are also running incredibly hot. There is just so much going on right now…
Google: The Number Of Links Is Not A Useful Metric
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that the number of links, for SEO purposes, is not a useful metric. He also said by the time you calculate all your links, that number has probably already changed – so it is not a good use of your time.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Issues, Pre-Christmas Ranking Volatility & Local Update, Full Width Interfaces, Log4j & More
This week we had some fun bugs with both Google Search having some massive indexing issues and Google Ads going offline for a couple of hours. Google has confirmed that they ran a November 2021 local search ranking update between November 30 and Decemb…
Google Search Console Still Down For Many SEOs
Starting at about 1:30pm ET, five hours ago, Google Search Console is still down for many SEOs. It might work for you but for many, Google Search Console is not loading. Google is aware of the issue and is working on addressing it but there is not ETA…
Google Seems To Be Not Indexing Or Serving New Content This Morning (Update Confirmed)
It seems like Google is having a major indexing or crawling issue this morning – again. Google seems to have not picked up on new content in the past hour or two. You can see sites like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and niche publishers li…
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2021
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.
It was a busy day today, we had a massive Google some big indexing or serving issue today…
Google Ads Console Was Offline For A Couple Of Hours This Morning
Not only did we have a two hour Google Search indexing outage this morning, but between around 3am ET and 5am ET the Google Ads interface and advertising console was offline as well. We saw numerous reports from advertisers about the outage this morni…
Google AdSense Support Team Going Offline For 18 Days For Holidays
The Google AdSense support team will be offline from December 17, 2021 to January 4, 2022 – a full 18-days. Google said the team is going offline for the holidays and that you should use the help forums and self help during that 18-day period.
Google: You Can’t Tell Which SEO Efforts Led To Ranking Success
John Mueller from Google shared something both funny and mostly true about SEO tasks. He basically said that it is often hard or even sometimes impossible to know which SEO tasks led to ranking success, even after it is all set and done. John said on …
Google December 2021 Products Reviews Update Will Roll Out Until Right Before Christmas
Google started to roll out the December 2021 product reviews update on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Google said then it would take about three weeks to fully roll out, which means probably around December 22nd, a couple days before Christmas eve.
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New: Google Analytics 4 Supports Google Search Console Data
Google announced that now Google Analytics 4 supports data from Google Search Console. This was something Google has supported with the original Google Analytics since 2011 and now has brought over support for with the new GA4.
Google SEO Tips On Taking A Site Offline To Fix Log4j Security Vulnerability
I previous wrote about how Google Ads is not impacted by the Log4j security vulnerability but many sites and servers are. So if you have a website that needs to have updates because of the Log4j security issue, do you have to worry if you need to take …
Google: Special Characters Do Not Affect Google Search
Google’s John Mueller said that special characters on your page “doesn’t affect Google” Search rankings. This is in regards to like checkmarks such as ‘” or other special characters.
SEO Who “Learned A Few Tricks” Landed Large SEO Publisher Job Now Asks How To Do SEO On Reddit
This is somewhat both sad and funny and I thought I should share it here. Via Joe Youngblood, an SEO who has said he “learned a few tricks” was able to sign a contract for SEO work with a big publishing company. But the sad part is, it seems he has “no…
Google: We Won’t Penalize Your Site For Not Nofollowing Affiliate Links
Google’s John Mueller confirmed again that Google won’t likely penalize or give your site a manual action if you do not add a nofollow or rel sponsored attribute to your affiliate links. He said this at the 31:58 mark in this past Friday’s video.
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Google Local Maps Spam Big Cleanup Or Big Mess?
There has been a lot of local SEOs talking about the big shake up in the local results over the past week. It might be related to a local search algorithm update (Google has not confirmed it yet) or might be some spam fighting efforts. But I am seeing…