Thursday, February 28, 2019

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 28, 2019

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On February 27th?

I am seeing some new chatter and most of the tools are backing up the chatter around another Google search ranking algorithm update that started around yesterday, February 27th. The chatter is pretty limited and fresh but I suspect it will pick up soon in the ongoing WebmasterWorld forums.

John Mueller's Greatest SEO Success Story Was...

A Reddit thread is asking folks to share their greatest SEO success story and there are some good ones. But Google's John Mueller chimed in and said his was as simple as instructing someone to remove the noindex from their site. He said "sometimes good things come in small checkboxes."

Multiple Google User Interface Tests Including People Also Ask Icons

Over the past several days I have been inundated with reports from SEOs about Google testing different interfaces. I'd say 80% of them are interfaces we've reported on before but here are some new ones I haven't seen before including an icon for the people also ask section in Google Search.

Google My Business Launches New Spam Report Form

Google announced they have launched a new form to submit spam reports about Google local, maps and Google My Business related spam. Google calls it the Business Redressal Complaint Form and is for fraudulent activity.