Google has confirmed that the July 2021 core update is now “effectively complete.” Google wrote on the Search Liaison Twitter account “the July 2021 core update rollout is now effectively complete.” The announcement. Here is the tweet: The July 2021 core update rollout is now effectively complete. — Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) July 12, 2021 July…
When Eric Enge came to Search Engine Land with the idea to start a mentorship program for the search community, we thought we’d be lucky to forge five partnerships between mentors and mentees. However, as usual, the search community blew us out of the water. Over 1000 people applied to be mentors or mentees in…
Google changed how it handles soft 404 detection and classifications, John Mueller, a Google Search Relations Advocate, confirmed this morning. The search company now looks at each page by device type and potentially can assign the soft 404 classifications differently across the same URL on mobile versus desktop. What are soft 404s? A soft 404…
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For the most part, search engines have operated the same way for the last two decades. They’ve improved at determining intent, providing relevant results and incorporating different verticals (like image, video or local search), but the premise remains the same: input a text query and the search engine will return a mix of organic links,…
On July 1, Google began rolling out the July 2021 core update, this came about one-month after the June 2021 core update. While the June 2021 core update took more time to roll out and be felt, this July 2021 core update was felt almost immediately in a big way. It is hard to know for…
With summer in full swing, Microsft Advertising has been diving in head-first in expansions that benefit advertisers the retail, travel, automotive, and entertainment industries. The latest announcements today follow suit. The beta for dynamic remarketing in Microsoft Advertising will now be expanded beyond just Retail (Hotels/Vacation Rentals), and will now be available for Automotive (listings), Entertainment…
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The Google July 2021 core update is now rolling out, today July 1, 2021. This update will take about one to two weeks to fully roll out. Google said on the Search Liaison account “the July 2021 Core Update, previously announced, is now rolling out.” “These typically take 1-2 weeks to finish,” Google added. We…
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