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…

Happy new years everyone, but there may have been a Google search algorithm update on New Years, I doubt it…

Walmart Media Group named four initial advertising partners to support sponsored search campaigns. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Keyword cannibalization happens when multiple pages on your website target one keyword or phrase. Here’s how to fix it. The post How to Identify & Eliminate Keyword Cannibalization to Boost Your SEO via @ab80 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

The perfect solution to create content that leads to conversion involves combining the arts of SEO and writing. The post SEO Writing: Top 47 Tips to Master a Combined Art via @ronlieback appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Brian Freiesleben posted a screen shot, that I can replicate on mobile, of Google adding to a snippet “list includes.” Google is showing the listed items but titling those lists in the snippet with “list includes.” This is not on desktop, but right now just on mobile.

It is more important than ever to update your research methods since the release of BERT and the evolution of natural language processing. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Improving the customer experience and improve your business operationally means keeping up with the many ways customers communicate with you. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Start using and optimizing header tags properly. Here are seven SEO best practices to follow. The post How to Use Header Tags: SEO Best Practices via @amelioratethis appeared first on Search Engine Journal

In the coming year it will be interesting to see how Google balances the priority of verticalization against the growing popularity of Google Maps as the first choice among searchers. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.