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...
Friday, January 31, 2020
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update May Have Hit Forbes, Favicons Reverted, Featured Snippet Questions & More
This was a pretty busy week, we may have had a Google search algorithm update this week and maybe, just maybe, Forbes got hit hard by it. Google is probably going to revert the favicon and black ad label user interface, lots of tests are going on now...
Google: Schema Markup Won't Get Any Easier; Will Get Harder
Google's John Mueller said in a Google webmaster hangout video at the 34:30 mark that he believes implementing schema markup for rich results won't be getting any easier. In fact, he said over the next few years he feels it will continue to get harder and more complicated.
Google: We Do Not Prioritize Crawling For US Sites
Google's John Mueller said that sites based in the United States do not get crawling priority from Google. It doesn't matter where the site is located in terms of what priority Google will crawl the site. He said on Twitter "we don't prioritize crawling of sites in the US."
Fun: Google People Also Ask Sponsored Ads; Not Really
Here is something that someone shared with me that I found funny and thought might make you all smile. A people also ask snippet that looks like a Google Ad but really is not. It says "sponsored ad" but really, Google is just pulling from the content on the page.
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