So far, the Google Speed Update algorithm has had no impact on rankings in the mobile search results, says one study. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Woman Chess Master Lyudmila Rudenko was born 114 years ago, and Google remembers her today with this doodle.

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Sometime this morning, Google has abruptly removed the Search Quality Raters Guidelines PDF for the internet. It is supposed to be at this location but it 404s and nothing comes up

A nice number of people are seeing Google testing a new design and layout for hotel search results in Google. The new look looks more compact and modular as opposed to the card based list view in the current design..

Posted by KameronJenkins Being able to pinpoint the reason for a ranking drop is one of our most perennial and potentially frustrating tasks as SEOs. There are an unknowable number of factors that go into ranking these days, but luckily the methodology for diagnosing those fluctuations is readily at hand

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

After testing a white local panel with circle buttons design in Google for 10 months…

Combining a tablet-like display with a high-quality speaker, the Lenovo Smart Display incorporates Google Assistant into an interactive screen for a richer visual experience.

Yesterday I reported how Google suggested that some SEOs make up theories to suit their own agenda. So someone asked John Mueller of Google to debunk one of those theories in which John said debunking all the theories across the web is not a scalable solution…