Learn how to create an effective local search strategy and connect more patients to care. The post 7 Local Search Tips for Health Providers to Take Care of Patients by @abbynhamilton appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google has one again made updates to the QA page content guidelines, this time providing dos and don’ts with more detail.

Bing’s Frédéric Dubut posted on Twitter that his company, Microsoft, is looking to hire a new project manager to work on the “secrets of the Bing ranking algorithm.” Specifically they are hiring a PM to work on the 10 blue links that show up in the Bing search results. He calls them Bing’s crown jewels.

Google’s Gary Illyes has provided a matter-of-fact explanation of how the RankBrain algorithm works.

Posted by DiTomaso Search results are sophisticated enough to show searchers not only the content they want, but in the format they want it.

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

Facebook has come out swinging against those perpetuating a myth that its news feed displays a limited amount of content. The post Facebook Fights Back Against Myth That News Feed is Limited to 26 Friends by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Facebook will soon be rolling out two new ways for businesses to communicate with customers via messaging and groups.

Joost de Valk announced at YoastCon that the popular WordPress plugin, Yoast SEO, will provide live indexing with both Google and Bing starting next month. I’ll be honest, I am a bit confused on how this will work with Google but I assume with Bing – they are working with their new submit URL API

Google announced pretty big news for most of the readers here related to the performance report in Google Search Console. Starting the end of next month, the data in the performance report will be based on the canonical URL, which means the AMP, mobile, etc will all be counted towards the main URL’s data in the performance report.