Scott Services: Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2018

Monday, 17 September 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 Responds To Auto-Translated Content Spam Issue; It’s About Intent
Since 2010 we knew that using Google Translate or other automatic machine translation services to convert content from one language to another and to rank it in Google was against Google’s guidelines. But recently some are saying with Google Translate getting much better, it has been harder for Google to discover what is machine vs human translated.
Google: We Index & Rank Content In Accordions & Tabs Fully Despite Some Studies
So here we have Google’s Gary Illyes again defending what Google has said in the past, when SEOs say what he said is not true. This is around Google giving full weight to content on mobile within accordions or tabs. Some reports say Google does not do this but Google is saying they do give this content full weight.
Google Ads Adds Videos To Shopping Ads With Showcase Shopping Ads
Google has added more videos to their Google Ads platform, this new one is called Showcase Shopping Ads where videos can now show for Google Shopping Ads. This format is available to advertisers already running Showcase Shopping ads.
Google Maps Showing Future Open Dates For Businesses
Google is now able to show the date a business will open in the future, if the business owners enters such information into Google My Business. It can show the exact date or the month and year directly in the local panel on web search or Google Maps.
Google My Business Reviews Can Now Be Edited In Local Panel
Now you can edit the reviews and responses you leave for local businesses in Google Maps and Local directly in the local knowledge panel when you expand the reviews. Google has added an “edit” button to reviews or responses you have left directly in this reviews overlay.
GooglePlex Soccer Field
If you ever go to the Google campuses, you can see nearby there are these open fields with soccer fields, basketball courts and more. Here is a photo of one of the soccer set ups at the Google office

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

“authoritative”…, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Be careful of conflating crawling with ranking, they’re very different things. JS-based sites can rank just as well as HTML sites. Also, WP is awesome, but there’s no WordPress ranking advantage.… https://t.co/jsu1l1paPd, John Mueller on Twitter
Google displays donate-onebox in hurricane florence search serps #google #serp…, Valentin Pletzer on Twitter
No, SC is on a per-request basis, whereas (as far as I understand it) the others measure on a per-page basis (what it takes for everything to load, including whatever requests are needed for embedded content). It’s “curl” vs “l, John Mueller on Twitter
No. But in general, if you can link directly, that’s always a good idea…, John Mueller on Twitter
Outside attempts to pressure google into changing its algorithm, WebmasterWorld
Great ranking content != Long content Please don’t read this as “it’s okay to strip all the content back”. Long content ranks better because of more context, relevancy & chance to provide an answer. When spammy content ranks (sti, Chris Green on Twitter
Google map issue, WebmasterWorld

Scott Services

Monday, 17 September 2018

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2018

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