COVID Week 27 - Google Said What?
Google says a lot of things. Sometimes the search engine\u2019s spokespersons are incredibly transparent and sometimes they\u2019re bizarrely opaque. Sometimes they contradict each other and sometimes the effects of technologies being innovated on the far side of the Googleplex aren\u2019t as well known by their spokespersons around the world. Today Jim and Dave discuss a number of things Google\u2019s said in the last week that directly contradict things they told webmasters previously, focusing on core-update recoveries and the importance of core web vitals as potential or future ranking signals. We also talk about a terrible case of negative SEO, the Change.org petition for Google to restore hidden search term data for SEMs, and congratulate John Mueller for being named Search Personality of the Year. We also noted the panel hosted by Ginny Marvin, \u201cThe SEO Gender Gap and How to Close It\u201d, being held online, Sept. 11, 2020.\n\nSupport this podcast at \u2014 https://redcircle.com/webcology/donations\n\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands\n\nPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy