Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Day: January 31, 2022
Google Clearing Out The Manual Actions Backlog?
Earlier this month we reported that Google said there is a backlog with the manual actions in the queue, some as far back as over several months ago. Well, I am seeing some reports from SEOs that some of those …
Reminder: Some Google Ads Search Terms Report Query Data Being Removed Tomorrow
As a reminder, Google Ads will be removing some query data from your search terms report on February 1, 2022. Google warned us of this change in September 2021 and tomorrow is the day where historical query data that was …
Google Search Console Launches URL Inspection API
Google this morning launched a new API for Search Console – the URL Inspection API. This API lets you programmatically interact with the URL Inspection Tool that you would manually interact with within Google Search Console, but with code. SEOs …
Breadcrumb & HowTo Google Search Console Errors Reporting Changed
Google has said it changed the error and issues reporting in Google Search Console for Breadcrumbs and HowTo structured data. This may result in new errors, warnings and issues or changes to the severity of the issues already reported by …
Google Penalizing News Publishers With Manual Actions For Discover & Google News
About a year ago, Google first introduced guidelines around manual actions for Google Discover and Google News. In the past week, I have seen numerous news publishers, both large and small, receive such manual actions. …
How Does Location Of Internal Links On A Page Matter For SEO & Google Search
Google’s John Mueller said the location of internal links, links you place on your website to other parts of that same web site, does not necessarily matter if they are in the body content, footer, header or other sections on …
Google: No One Infected By Untitled Search Spam Issue
Danny Sullivan of Google said that no one was infected by the search spam issue around untitled documents. He said this is a spam issue, not a malware issue and “no one is infected with anything.” Sullivan added that the …
Vlog #157: Brian Wallace On Infographics Helping An NBA Player Land A $64 Million Contact
Brian Wallace is the Founder and President of NowSourcing, an industry leading infographic design agency and he was in my neighborhood, which is actually his old neighborhood and stop by to talk shop. He now kind of jumps between Louisville, …