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

Google’s Martin Splitt continues his JavaScript SEO video series with an episode explaining when JavaScript is worth worrying about. The post Google Explains When JavaScript Does and Doest Not Matter for SEO by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Did you know that Bing has tasked BingBot, their crawler, to not just crawl the web but also to be used to verify your web site in Bing Webmaster Tools? Yea, if you use the meta tag verification method, BingBot will be the one who goes and checks for that meta tag.

Voice search is trending downward in terms of how likely people are to use it for looking up information. The post Voice Search is Less Popular in 2019, According to New Study by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

I sound like a broken record but I am once again seeing chatter and signals of yet another Google search ranking algorithm update.

Available on Pixel phones, it will be rolling out to other Android and iOS users in the near future. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Should you disavow unnatural links you didn’t build to avoid a ranking drop? Here’s what Google’s Gary Illyes said.

Instagram is set to roll out a new ad format for sponsored posts published by influencers. The post Instagram is Working on a New Ad Unit for Sponsored Posts by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Learn how to test web performance using Lighthouse and understand the five metrics that comprise Lighthouse’s Performance score. The post A Technical SEO Guide to Lighthouse Performance Metrics by @Jammer_Volts appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Intelligent automation allows SEOs to schedule tasks and immediately activate data to inform smarter optimizations. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.