Like a bad penny, there are certain local SEO myths that keep turning up. Contributor Joy Hawkins lists a number of misconceptions and explains why things like bogus suite numbers will not work. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Check out the out-of-this-world Google doodle honoring Mary G.

Yesterday I reported about the index status report update in the Google Search Console reporting tools. I mentioned how Google added a note to the report that says “Google Search Update: An event has occurred in Google Search that might affect your site’s data..

In Part 2 of this series on Bing Webmaster Tools, contributor and Bing Chief Evangelist Christi Olson reviews four BWT sections: My Sites, Dashboards, Configure My Site and Reports & Data. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google has confirmed the date shown in the Google Cache is the date Google last indexed or reindexed a specific page. It is not the date GoogleBot last crawled the page.

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

Bing has rolled out new “intelligent search” features designed to overcome challenges when searching for hotels, home services, and coupons. The post Bing Improves Search Experience for Hotels, Home Services, and Coupons by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google is now letting those who were banned from showing event rich snippets in search submit a reevaluation request. This will then be reviewed by Google and if accepted, may let you show up again for event rich snippets.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Some SEOs are seeing more fluctuations with the Google rankings now, but Google has confirmed the August 1 update has been fully rolled out. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.