10 biggest announcements from Google Search On 22
Here's a recap of the biggest updates from Google Search On 2022 event, including Multisearch, Lens, autocomplete, search filters and more.
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.
Google’s September 2022 core update hit fast but was less significant than previous updates
The data is in from the tracking tools and here is what these tools are showing with the latest Google algorithm update.
Google releases September 2022 product reviews update
This is the fifth Google product reviews update that comes out about a month after the last update.
Google launches new HTTPS report in Google Search Console
This new report now shows why some pages are not being served as HTTPS.
Google expands enhanced product experiences to more ecommerce sites, releases new Search Console reports
You no longer need to be in Google Merchant Center, websites that implement structured data will also gain rich product experiences in Google search results.
Google prohibits incentivizing customers to remove or modify negative reviews
Now you can't offer incentives to ask people who left negative reviews to revise their reviews.
Google’s Search On event is on Sept. 28
Google's big search event will focus on how Google is transforming Search to help you make more sense of the world’s information.
Google releases September 2022 broad core update
This update will take about two weeks to complete and follows the helpful content update that completed last Friday.
Google helpful content update is now done rolling out
The update started on August 25th and completed 15 days later on September 9th.
Google Search Console reports may be impacted by review-type changes made in Google Search
You may see changes in your clicks and impression data within the performance and rich result reports.
Bill Slawski’s SEO by the Sea website to live on
Bill Slawski recently passed away but his hosting company will continue to ensure his website lives on.
Google: Best to have a primary language one a page and not mix languages
Plus, there is no meta tag to tell Google which language you are using on the page.
Google helpful content update is now rolling out
The update can take up to a couple weeks to roll out, so keep an eye on your Google visibility over the next week or so.
Google Search Console to remove International Targeting report
Google said it will continue to hreflang and the recommendations for managing multilingual and multiregional sites.
Google Search Console’s video indexing report now live for all
You will only see it if you have videos on your site that Google can detect.
Google to release August 2022 product reviews update in coming weeks
The fifth version of the Google product reviews update will be rolling out after the helpful content update.
Google’s new helpful content update targets sites creating content for search engines first
Google will soon rollout a change to its search ranking algorithm that may prove to be one of the most significant changes in over a decade.
Google Search Console reported pages as being indexed when they were not indexed
This affected "many" Google Search Console properties, so make sure to check your reports in the next couple of days.
Google Merchant Center will no longer remove listings missing return or refund policy and insufficient contact information
Google may however limit the visibility of listings with these issues.
Google reenables the validate fix feature in Search Console and adds new classifications
As expected, Google has launched the new classifications for the coverage report with a tour to walk you through the changes.