I did this video outside a hotel in St. Louis right by a highway, so I apologize for the quality - I also exported it lower resolution so I can upload it on my slow internet speed. Google seems to be doing a search ranking algorithm update, it started about 36 hours ago. Google also has started penalizing domain leasing sections of sites, as they warned. Google said penalties can follow you even without redirects. Bing Webmaster Tools now lets you import you Google Search Console verified sites with a click of a button. Bing Places also syncs with Google My Business. Google Search Console removed some API features. Google has confirmed the featured snippets that anchor and highlight on desktop chrome. Google is no going to support the noindex in robots.txt starting September 1st. Google’s Danny Sullivan reacted to DuckDuckGo’s allegations, finally. Google said two waves of indexing is becoming less vital over time. Google is testing a new ad label, more spelled out. Google Ads launched seasonality adjustments for smart bidding. Google My Business added new service options for some industries. Google Image search removed the exact size and larger than size tool. Google AdSense is trying to improve ad quality which might impact some of your revenue. I posted the 13th vlog with Joy Hawkins this week on local ranking factors. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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