Search Buzz Video Roundup
243 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA weekly video recap of search news, SEO advice and contextual tips from Barry Schwartz of the Search Engine Roundtable. Visit us at http://www.SERoundtable.com/
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search May Updates, Featured Snippet Testing, Fewer Manual Actions & Google Ads News
May 28, 2021 12:47 - 305 MB VideoThis week, we reported on another Google Search algorithm update, but only one, it was on May 22nd and it seemed really big. Google did not release a broad core update in 2021, but it will announce a future update when it is ready. Google mobile first indexing is still not fully done yet...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Updates, Google MUM, Page Experience Desktop & I/O News
May 21, 2021 12:22 - 196 MB VideoI was offline for two days this week but it was an insanely busy week with two unconfirmed Google algorithm updates. Google announced a ton of things at Google I/O including MUM, multitask unified model, basically a huge improvement to BERT...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Two Google Algorithm Updates, Machine Learning at Google, Google My Business Updates & More
May 14, 2021 12:27 - 203 MB VideoWhile we had our typical weekend Google Search ranking update, we also saw a ton of chatter on Thursday morning and that is unusual. So there may have been two updates to Google Search this past week, one between May 7th and 9th and the other on May 13th...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Tweaks, Evil Featured Snippets, Bing Content Submission API & More
May 07, 2021 12:34 - 295 MB VideoTo kick things off, I discussed my monthly Google webmaster report is out and that you can catch up on all the important Google news there. Also, Google seemed to have another unconfirmed update last weekend...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Web & Local Ranking Update, Reporting Indexing Issues, Recognizing Authors & A Bit Of A Rant
April 30, 2021 12:35 VideoThis past weekend, maybe around the 23rd of April, we saw another Google ranking update and also there has been a lot of local fluctuations as well. Google released a new tool to report indexing issues to the company...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Page Experience Update Delayed But We Gain New Reports, Product Reviews Update Done & Daily Mail Sues Google
April 23, 2021 12:30 - 250 MB VideoGoogle has announced that it is postponing the launch of the Page Experience Update that should have launched this coming May. Now this update won’t begin to launch until mid-June and then it will be a slow rollout finishing by the end of August...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Product Reviews Update Was Big, Soft 404s Causing Ranking Issues & Google Ads Auto Apply Recommendations
April 16, 2021 12:34 - 206 MB VideoThis week I spent a lot more time covering and updating the details around the Google product reviews update. I covered some of the early impact it had on some sites, and it was big...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Product Reviews Update, Discover Guidelines Update, Regex On Search Console & Google/SEO Adversarial/Evolutionary Thread
April 09, 2021 12:48 - 223 MB VideoThe big news this week is that a new confirmed Google search ranking algorithm hit the shelves today, Google named it the Google Product Reviews Update...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Page Experience FAQs, Google News Failures & Less Of A Local Pack
April 02, 2021 12:27 - 286 MB VideoThis past weekend we had yet another unconfirmed update from Google Search, this is while we wait for the core update to be released. Google has updated its FAQs document around the core web vitals and page experience update including...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Zero Google Click Study, Final Mobile First Indexing, Page Experience Rollout & Search Console News
March 26, 2021 12:25 - 239 MB VideoThis was an interesting week, let’s start with the Sparktoro study claiming 65% of all searches done on Google do not lead to a click to a website. Then Google responded saying this is a misleading statement. This all led to a lot of debate on...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Featured Snippets Return, Google Ads Blocked Tons Of Ads & Check The Status Of Google Reviews
March 19, 2021 12:27 - 159 MB VideoI am back in my real office after over a year of recording from home - it is weird but good to be back. After Google dropping featured snippets significantly in the Google Search results a few weeks ago, they returned this week, out of the blue and with no explanation from Google...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Web & Local Algorithm Updates, Free Hotel Listings & Microsoft Bing Visual Updates
March 12, 2021 13:10 - 171 MB Video2021 has been insane with unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm updates and this week is no different with one over last weekend and one kicking off on Wednesday through Thursday. Heck...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Two Google Ranking Updates, Core Web Vitals, Google Ads Notifications, Semrush IPO & Ginny Marvin Goes To Google
March 05, 2021 13:01 - 235 MB VideoIt was a busy week in our search industry on so many levels but I kick off this recap with the monthly Google webmaster report. Then I go into not just one but two different unconfirmed Google algorithm updates that were spotted this week...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Update, Page Experience Update Won't Be Massive, Mobile-First Indexing Deadline & Partner Program Changes
February 26, 2021 13:01 - 183 MB VideoGoogle may have pushed another algorithm update starting this past weekend, I almost did not cover it. There was also a possible local search ranking update by Google over the past two days. Google’s Danny Sullivan said...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Passage Based Ranking Impact, Google Update, Responsive Search Ads & Google Maps Spam
February 19, 2021 13:01 - 226 MB VideoI got to say, I am a bit frustrated with the release of Google passage based ranking. I rant on it for a while and clarify a lot of things around it, including how it seemed like a small update and the scroll to text misinformation...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Passage Ranking Live, Search & Image Algo Updates, News/Discover Manual Actions & Dark Theme
February 12, 2021 13:21 - 251 MB VideoThis was one heck of a busy week, so sit back, get a drink and enjoy the show (okay, it won’t be that exciting of a show but you should still subscribe and smash that like button)...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google About This Result, Googlebot Enforcing Cart Prices & Google Discover Chrome Data & Google Match Types Expand
February 05, 2021 12:56 - 193 MB VideoThis week in search, I posted my monthly recap of the Google Webmaster Report, I must say it is an excellent way to catch up on all things Google Search in a quick way. Google launched the "about this result" snippet feature that most...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile Search Redesign, Ranking Update, Web Stories Teasers, Google On Links & More
January 29, 2021 13:37 - 223 MB VideoThis week, on January 27th, there was an unconfirmed and somewhat smaller Google search ranking update. Google launched a new redesign for its mobile search results pages...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Indexing Storage Tiers, Language Diversity & Paying Bloggers
January 22, 2021 12:54 - 168 MB VideoThis week was a bit slower than a normal week but don’t you worry, it won’t last. Gary Illyes from Google spoke about how Google uses more expensive and faster storage for more important content. Google updated its crawl...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Subtopic System, Algorithm Update, SMITH & Search Console Updates
January 15, 2021 13:24 - 226 MB VideoThis week we learned that Google launched its subtopics ranking systems back in mid-November, which aligned to a few unconfirmed Google updates. Google may have pushed out a small Google ranking algorithm update on January 12th...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Question Hub Expands, Bing Webmaster Tools Crawl & Index Data & Google My Business Performance Reports
January 08, 2021 13:45 - 223 MB VideoI posted the monthly Google Webmaster Report for January 2021, it is a good place to catch up on the past month of SEO stuff. I am seeing some early signs of another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Christmas Google Update, Passage Indexing Interface & Search Interfaces
January 01, 2021 13:05 - 125 MB VideoIt has been a slow week or so in the search news space because of the holidays but hey - things are never sitting idle in our industry. There has been some speculation that Google did some sort of algorithm update over the Christmas weekend but it seems highly doubtful...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Christmas Day Edition: Google Search Algorithms, Passage Indexing, Local & User Interface Changes
December 25, 2020 13:05 - 142 MB VideoHappy Holidays and Christmas to all those celebrating...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google December Core Update Done, Google 8th Day Update, Structured Data Tool Sticking & Search Snippets That Expand
December 18, 2020 13:28 - 196 MB VideoThis week was again another busy week in search. Google has confirmed that the December 2020 core update is officially done rolling out and guess what, it looks like our site has recovered with this update...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google December Core Update Second Wave, Zero Search Results Again & Search Console API
December 11, 2020 13:01 - 161 MB VideoThis week, we covered more on the changes related to the Google December 2020 core update. Specifically, Google said it is still rolling out and it looks like on Thursday...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google December Core Update, Page Experience FAQ, News Showcase & 17 Year Anniversary
December 04, 2020 13:05 - 143 MB VideoThis week, I published the monthly Google Webmaster report, it is a good place to catch up and get a quick refresher on the month. Google has begun rolling out their third broad core update yesterday...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Fluctuations, Featured Snippets With Augmented Links, Google-Generated Web Stories Deindexed & New Crawl Stats
November 27, 2020 13:22 - 168 MB VideoAlthough this is the Thanksgiving holiday week, it was not slow at all in terms of search news and changes. First, we had an unconfirmed Google search ranking update earlier this week...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Core Update By Years End, Passage Indexing & Manual Actions
November 20, 2020 13:11 - 217 MB VideoThis week, we had another unconfirmed Google algorithm update on November 17th and 19th. Google said there may not be another core update before the end of the year. Google said some updates can be jarring...
Google Algorithm Update, Core Update By Years End, Passage Indexing & Manual Actions
November 20, 2020 13:11 - 217 MB VideoThis week, we had another unconfirmed Google algorithm update on November 17th and 19th. Google said there may not be another core update before the end of the year. Google said some updates can be jarring...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Flutters, Page Experience Update May 2021 With Labels, Google Search Central & Machine Learning
November 13, 2020 13:01 - 194 MB VideoThis week in search I covered more chatter around tremors in the Google search results, a possible Google update. Google said the Page Experience Update will launch in May 2021...
Search Buzz Video Recap: 11/4 Google Algorithm Update, Google DeepRank & BERT & Dupe Detection Explored
November 06, 2020 12:50 - 182 MB VideoI start off this week’s video recap with the monthly Google Webmaster Report, where you can quickly catch up on the past month in Google webmaster topics. There may have been a Google search ranking algorithm update around November...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Apple Search Rumors Again, Microsoft Bing Indexing Issues & Google Search Update
October 30, 2020 13:14 VideoThis week was less about Google and more about Microsoft Bing and even Apple. The Financial Times wrote an article that says what we have been covering for a while, Apple is working on a search engine - but maybe now it is almost ready to go live...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Passage Indexing, Indexing Issues Resolved, Core Update Status & DOJ Sues Google
October 23, 2020 12:39 - 228 MB VideoIt has been an interesting week at Google, from being sued by the Department of Justice for anticompetitive practices to passage indexing questions and clarity. I first talked about how Google's new Passage Indexing is really Passage Ranking...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Big Changes Coming To Google Search, Indexing Issues Grow, New Quality Raters Guidelines & Bing Site Explorer
October 16, 2020 14:00 - 253 MB VideoIt was a super busy week in the SEM world this week, a ton of things to talk about this week. Yesterday, Google announced a slew up updates, I broke down what is important for SEOs to know about including BERT updates, passage indexing...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Bugs Status, Web Stories In Google Discover, Bing Changes Logo & Name
October 09, 2020 13:00 - 201 MB VideoThis week, I posted the monthly Google Webmaster Report, catch up quick there. Google shared more details on the canonicalization issue and mobile-indexing issues...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Issues With Canonicalization, Mobile-Indexing & News-indexing & Google Shopping Free Globally
October 02, 2020 12:54 - 182 MB VideoWell, well, well, this week we had not one, not two, but three different indexing issues that Google confirmed. The first was Monday night with issues indexing news content. The second was around canonicalization issues that I believe started on September 23rd...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Fluctuations, Bing Search Improves With AI & Google Local Ranking Information
September 25, 2020 13:10 - 156 MB VideoThis week in search we saw a lot of ranking fluctuations in Google Search starting around Wednesday. Bing talked about some big AI improvements it made that helped with autosuggest, people also ask...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Confusing Google Search Fluctuations, Many Google Bugs & How Google Core Updates Work
September 18, 2020 13:30 - 202 MB VideoThis week was an interesting one, we had a huge amount of Google search ranking fluctuations according to the tracking tools but overall the chatter within the SEO community was not all that much. Google had a bug with news...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Gets Ahead Of The Elections, Local Ranking Bugs, Bing Search Updates & More
September 11, 2020 13:33 - 223 MB VideoYesterday afternoon, Google posted information about some of the changes it has been making to improve the reliability of its search results. This announcement was mostly about Google getting ahead of the elections but we heard a few new things and confirmations. Google had some...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Quirks, Licensable Image Badge, Google My Business & Google Ads Hiding Keywords
September 04, 2020 13:25 - 174 MB VideoThis week was interesting, it seemed Google has some indexing or ranking issues outside of the US, but I was not able to replicate. I did post the monthly Google webmaster report. Google said it does not index links...
Search Buzz Video Recap: SEOs Brace For The Next Google Core Update, Search Console Updates & New Structured Data
August 28, 2020 12:38 - 243 MB VideoI did this video from my home office desk location, I figured I’d change it up a bit. This week, SEOs are beginning to brace themselves for the next big core update - it can be out any day now. Google has a new way to report false positives...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Another Google Search Ranking Glitch, Search Console Insights & Google Headers With Images
August 21, 2020 13:26 - 194 MB VideoIt was another exciting week in the search world, with this past Saturday kicking off yet another Google search ranking or indexing bug. John Mueller from Google would not give me more details on this issue...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing System Failure Caused Major Search Result Fluctuations
August 14, 2020 13:18 - 224 MB VideoWell, this was an interesting week, to say the least. Monday afternoon we saw some insane Google search ranking fluctuations with really unusual search results coming from Google. It turned out it was a glitch with Google's indexing system that trickled down to...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Microsoft Bing, Google Algorithm Shifts & More SEO Topics
August 07, 2020 12:32 - 155 MB VideoWelcome back to another weekly video recap, I hope you like the videos and please drop feedback in the comments so I can try to keep improving them from home. I did this one during a black out after Tropical Storm Isaias hit here on Tuesday. First I reported about...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Bing Webmaster Tools Relaunched, Links Not Most Important Google Factor & Google Rankings With Negative Reviews
July 31, 2020 13:26 - 185 MB VideoThis week I covered a bunch of topics including an interesting topic on do negative reviews on the web hurt your chances or ranking well in Google. Google’s John Mueller also told us to forget everything we’ve read about link juice...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile-First Indexing Deadline, Twitter Is Back, Google Breaks Again & Apple Ranking Factors
July 24, 2020 12:53 - 178 MB VideoIt looks like you all need some relaxation, so this week I took you to the beach - not that I ever go to beaches but hey, it is a green screen. In the search news, it seems like we have a Google search ranking update yesterday and today...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Drops Twitter Carousel After Hack, Google Updates Discover Document & New Google Ads Policies
July 17, 2020 12:54 - 176 MB VideoIt was a bit of a slower week, with the big news this week being that Google dropped, for now...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Small Google Ranking Update, Image Search Knowledge Panels, Structured Data Testing Tool & Google Ads
July 10, 2020 12:45 - 161 MB VideoThis week we saw signs of a smaller Google search ranking algorithm update - it was not huge but it seemed to impact a smaller set of niches. Google's John Mueller said "it would be wrong to say all link building is bad." Google said spam reports are not going to...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Bing Webmaster Guidelines & Ranking Factors, Google Shopping is Free & Search Console Insights
July 03, 2020 12:01 - 188 MB VideoI pre-recorded this one, not using my normal camera, hope it came out okay and hope I am back to the normal routine next week. In any event, I published the monthly Google webmaster recap, you can catch up there...
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Unconfirmed Update, Disqus Indexed, Structured Data & EAT & Google Analytics With Search Console
June 26, 2020 12:43 - 185 MB VideoI got my normal camera back and with it, we went to London - again, let me know your thoughts on the camera and if you want a specific background. I covered two Google algorithm updates...