https://www.SERoundtable.com/ – We reported this morning that Google may be doing an algorithmic update, so check in on your rankings. Google said they launched close to 2,500 changes in search last year. Google sent out tons of mobile-first indexing enabled notices this week. But many sites are still not on mobile-first indexing and that is okay. Bing finally now shows AMP results in some of their search results. Google said they do index content in tabs for mobile indexing, even some say they don’t. Google said it is about intent when it comes to spamming Google with translated content. Bing has dropped their public submit URL to index tool. Can you hypnotize someone for links, is that against Google’s guidelines? Google is testing a blue badge icon for government sites? Google image search is testing image search refinement buttons with images. Google sitselinks carousels now also show images. Google is testing tabs for branded knowledge panels. Google Maps is showing future open dates for businesses. Google My Business reviews can be edited directly in the local panel. Google added videos to shopping ads. Google Maps is now supported on Apple CarPlay. I am offline Monday and Tuesday of this and next week, I do hope to have stories scheduled. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

Google Search Algorithm Shifts Around September 19th? : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-algorithm-shifts-26402.html
Google Search Launched 2,453 Changes In 2017 : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-launched-2-453-changes-26385.html
Google Sends Out Many Mobile-First Indexing Enabled Notices : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-first-indexing-enabled-notices-26392.html
Google Mobile First Indexing Migrations Not Done – Will Takes Years : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-first-indexing-not-done-26400.html
Bing Finally Adds AMP To Search Results : https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-adds-amp-26399.html
Google: We Index & Rank Content In Accordions & Tabs Fully Despite Some Studies : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-index-rank-content-in-accordions-tabs-fully-26379.html
Google Responds To Auto-Translated Content Spam Issue; It’s About Intent : https://www.seroundtable.com/auto-translated-content-spam-google-26380.html
Bing Also Drops Public URL Submit To Index Tool : https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-drops-public-url-submission-tool-26393.html
Google Guidelines: Can You Hypnotize Someone For Links? : https://www.seroundtable.com/hypnotize-links-seo-26387.html
Google Blue Shield Icon In Snippets For Some Government Sites? : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-blue-shield-icon-gov-snippet-26391.html
Google Image Search Tests Image Refinement Buttons : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-image-search-image-refinement-buttons-26383.html
New Google Sitelinks With Image Thumbnails : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-sitelinks-with-image-thumbnails-26384.html
Google Tests Tabs On Branded Knowledge Panels : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-tabs-on-branded-knowledge-panels-26394.html
Google Maps Showing Future Open Dates For Businesses : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-maps-future-open-dates-26377.html
Google My Business Reviews Can Now Be Edited In Local Panel : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-my-business-reviews-edit-26376.html
Google Ads Adds Videos To Shopping Ads With Showcase Shopping Ads : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-showcase-shopping-ads-26378.html
Google Maps Now On Apple CarPlay & It’s Okay : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-apple-carplay-26395.html

Key news from Google’s John Mueller on the mobile-first index rollout. Google plans to notify websites when they switch from desktop to mobile indexing. Flowchart at http://bit.ly/2pCw68H will help you prepare your site to be mobile-ready to be switched.

Google has started mobile-first indexing of web pages from 1 July 2019. What is mobile-first indexing and how does that change the way you access the web? We explain.

Martin Splitt, Search Advocate at Google, goes over how mobile-first indexing works, challenges that can occur with mobile-first indexing on one’s website, and best practices to avoid these. Watch this lightning talk to better prepare for when Google switches to mobile-first indexing for all websites later next year!

Mobile-first indexing best practices → https://goo.gle/2HayU5I
Prepare for mobile-first indexing (with a little extra time) → https://goo.gle/2DFgISI

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