Site owners who saw large percentages of pages no longer show as indexed in Google Search Console should now see the problem resolved. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

It looks like Google is testing showing a new type of image thumbnail in the mobile search results snippets. Some pages that have AMP Stories are seeing that their snippets in the Google mobile search have images showing off that there is an AMP Story available to be clicked on.

Something weird is going on with the Google search index. I am seeing wide spread reports of SEOs and webmasters complaining that their URLs and web pages are being removed from the Google Index

As you know, Google released a method of getting some forms of JavaScript content indexed faster last year named dynamic rendering. It has been a year or so since it was introduced, Google’s documentation on it was released in October and Google’s Martin Splitt is looking for feedback from those webmasters who have tried it.

An update to Google Assistant on Android devices will allow it to provide better visual responses and more complete information. The post Google Assistant to Return More Detailed Search Results on Android by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

In an update to Google My Business profiles, product catalogs will now appear in desktop and mobile search results. The post Google My Business Profiles Will Display Product Catalogs on Desktop and Mobile by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

CPG brands, in particular, are investing more in Amazon ads, but the marketplace is still a long way from catching Google and Facebook. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

I am seeing some webmasters and SEOs pick up on a new useragent potentially from Google named google-Read-Aloud. The useragent references a URL to Google’s useragent page but this specific one is not listed on that page.

Google has a solution for dealing with sites that exploit others through charging exorbitant fees to have unfavorable content removed. The post Google: Content on Sites With Exploitative Removal Policies Can Be Deindexed by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal