Co-Host: Bucky Helms + Sophie Allen

– Google Enforcing Physical Addresses For Some GMB Listings
– Google Tests Affordable Picks Carousel In Mobile Search
– Google Says Each Core Update Can Affect Search Ranking Differently
– Google Says Linking To Lesser Websites Doesn’t Make Your Site Less Relevant

And So Much More!

4:24 Web 2.0 Ranker Weekly Update
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26:23 SEO News For The Past Week
– Possible Problem With Indexation – Pages Are Dropping In And Out Of The Index – None Persistent Issue, and Google Has Yet To Confirm If It Is An Issue
– Google Sharing Data Handling Details On Search Console Insights Reporting – Published A Blog Post, With New Details On How Data Security Is Tailored To Content Creators And Website Owners

SERP Changes/Tests
– Google New Affordable Picks Carousel Showing In Mobile Search – Google Is Now Showing A New Carousel To “help shoppers find lower-cost, cheaper and more affordable products.”.
– Google To Restrict Ad Targeting On Children – Google Recently Listed Changes It Is Making Around Children And Search – SafeSearch Assistant Will Be Automatically Enabled For Accounts 18 And Under
– Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm – The SEO Community and Certain Tools Are Seeing Fluctuations – Google Has Yet To Confirm Anything
– Google Enforcing Some Physical Addresses For Some Google My Business Listings – Google Is Now Requiring Some Businesses To Add A Physical Address And Not Be A Service Area Business In Google My Business

Google Says
– Google: Linking To Lesser Websites Doesn’t Make Your Site Less Relevant – John Mueller Of Google Stated “Does a link to a “lesser” website make a result less relevant? Do links on Wikipedia make it less useful? Not at all.”. Now if links are spammy and manipulative then Google won’t trust said links.
– Google Search Console Doesn’t Filter Out All Bot Traffic – John Mueller confirmed that the Google Search Console does not filter out all bot traffic.
– Google: Alt Text Is Important For SEO – Google’s Martin Splitt said that “alt text is important for SEO too.”
– Google: Each Core Update Can Affect Search Rankings Differently – John Mueller clarified that when Google pushes out new core updates that each one can impact Google’s core rankings differently. – Each Update Could Impact Your Site Differently, Or It Could Not

Q&A:

12:27 What tools or resources do you all use to make your life easier meaning tracking reports GMB clients. Clients payments renewals Etc?
52:07 Have you guys played or have any insights on Google Web Stories?