Scott Services: Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2019

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2019

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:

December 4th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update. Maybe?
Some of the tracking tools are spiking up and showing signals of a Google search ranking update over the past couple of days – maybe December 3rd or 4th. There is some limited chatter, nothing crazy, but some chatter at WebmasterWorld. Some are saying they saw…
Google My Business Reviews Select Rated Highly For Tags
Google is now letting Local Guides and maybe other Google users to select a tag to describe why you like the business you are reviewing. So not just leave a star rating and a review and photos but also select a descriptive tag that Google can use in a more structured fashion.
Simple Video On How Google Search Works
Google posted on their Google Webmaster YouTube channel a nice very clear and simple beginner video on how Google Search works as it relates to how you, webmasters, can make your web sites better. This might be one of those videos you share with new, newbie, clients?
Google: Only Insane CPU Usage Will Limit How It Renders JavaScript
Google is good, really good, at rendering JavaScript these days, even pretty inefficient JavaScript. So much so that Martin Splitt from Google said the only time you really need to worry about CPU usage being a problem is when it is such a big issue that your users CPUs get so hot the fans on the computer sounds like it is going to “lift off.”
Google Search Console Updates Messaging Interface
As we reported, new stuff has now come to Google Search Console’s messaging. Google announced a new method for viewing messages in Google Search Console. You can now access these messages in the bell icon at the top right, it will have a red indicator when there are new messages for you to view. You can even view the messages by category.
GoogleBot Hits Tel Aviv
Here is a photo from John Mueller of Google who brought his 3D printed GoogleBot to Tel Aviv, Israel. It is the Google Webmaster Conference in Tel Aviv, so I suspect he brought a handful of these to

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Genius sues Google and LyricFind alleging anticompetitive behavior and that song lyrics on its service were stolen, asking for over $400M in damages (@danideahl / The Verge) https://t.co/C9MUsmQyjC https://t.co/SOIvifF0lH, Techmeme on Twitter
Mojeek gets investment, 100 new servers deployed, WebmasterWorld
Google Spam & Hacked Machines, WebmasterWorld
I chatted with the @ycombinator podcast about the early days of Google, and the US Digital Service: https://t.co/y6IRTHdIHt We’re looking for great product managers, engineers, and designers! Apply here: https://t.co/DhPlLOtRP2, Matt Cutts on Twitter
Instagram Now Requires Birth-dates For Sign-ups, WebmasterWorld
It’s not so much about parity (though that’s useful to know too), but more about understanding the whole web. For example, we wouldn’t realize that a site now has m-dot pages if we don’t check how a desktop user s, John Mueller on Twitter
Optimization score now includes Display campaigns, Google Ads Help
The top stories section is an organic search feature — not all pages show up there that’s normal., John Mueller on Twitter

Scott Services

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2019

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Search Engine Land Stories:

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