Daily Search Forum Recap: August 1, 2018

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 Search Algorithm August 1st Update Rolling Out Now; Might Be A Big One
  Google may have done a large algorithm update, impacting the search results. The SEO community is currently chatting about the results and bracing for the impact on business. Were you impacted?
• Google Datasets Schema Now Live In Search Results
  Google launched datasets schema in the search results, which now enables them to show pretty charts and tables of data right in the Google snippets. I thought this launched a few years ago, more on that in the story.
• Google Posts Insights Announced
  Google Posts has announced new insights, or analytics, to see how well your Google Posts are doing in search and Google Maps. The insights provide data on an individual post, a week of posts and a month of posts.
• Google Tests Image Icons In Related Searches
  Google is testing showing image icons in the related search box. They look like the expandable featured snippets but again, within the related search box.
• Google Search Adds Deep Breathing Meditation Exercises; Maybe For SEOs?
  Google has quietly launched a new search box answer for searches like deep breathing, breathing exercise and more. It asks you to take a minute and concentrate on your breathing.
• Dog Using A Google Ball Pit
  Here is a photo of a dog using a ball pit at a Google office. We actually have a photo of this ball pit sofa from a few years ago from the Google London office. I guess dogs are allowed in the ball
• Gerda Taro, German Born & Jewish War Photographer Get A Google Doodle
  Google is honoring Gerda Taro on her would be 108th birthday with a doodle. She was a German war photographer, regarded as the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war and to die while doing so.

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Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

PPC

Other Search

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