Google recently posted a new help document around JavaScript and SEO. Google received some early feedback from the SEO community around the doc and as of this morning has updated the doc to address those questions and concerns

Posted by KameronJenkins Search for information about SEO, and you’ll quickly discover three big themes: content , user experience , and links . If you’re just getting started with SEO, that last theme will likely seem a lot more confusing and challenging than the others

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

What is the ultimate goal for any business or marketing unit?  There are many valid answers to this question. But I think the subject of Maria Pergolino ’s REVTalk on Tuesday morning at B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange (B2BSMX) in Boston offers a worthy aspiration for just about any organization: creating a category.  Brands that are universally held in high esteem and pointed to as shining examples of marketing mastery – such as Uber, Salesforce, and Starbucks – often share this distinction. Their names ring synonymous with what they do.  As a seasoned marketing executive who’s overseen this outcome at a number of different companies over the years, Maria has developed acute expertise on category creation, and offered us a glimpse of her process.

Google is adding three more types of structured data to the rich results report in Search Console.

Yesterday Google posted an explanation or post mortem of the indexing issues the company has experienced over the past few months. I am happy the company posted something but to be honest, I find it to be a weak post mortem at best.

A recent report reveals YouTube launched a significant algorithm update in July – and creators aren’t happy about it. The post YouTube Updated its Algorithm in July, Upsetting Many Creators via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Automattic Inc., owner of WordPress.com, has acquired Tumblr for what is reported to be very low sum. The post WordPress’ Parent Company Acquires Tumblr for Shockingly Low Sum via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

This is probably super obvious to most of you but this may be the first time I’ve heard Google comment about this. Amazon has this Alexa rank feature, they had it since like 1996, a super long time. Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google uses it for ranking sites and he obviously said no.

Read on and learn how to prep for the 2019 holiday season. The post SEO for the Holidays: 2019 Edition via @beanstalkim appeared first on Search Engine Journal .