Google Replace, Cell Pleasant Enhance & RankBrain Particulars

https://www.SERoundtable.com/ – This week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable, we covered a possible Google update earlier in the week. We also reported that Google will be boosting the mobile friendly ranking signal in early May. Google is replacing the smartphone user agent with Android vs iPhone. Google warned bloggers not to do product reviews for freebies without nofollowing the link. Google added more details on RankBrain, that is is query specific ranking, doesn’t impact crawling and doesn’t replace links or other signals. Google said they don’t understand text in an image. Google confirmed they use site authority signals for new web pages. Google Search Analytics in the Search Console now lets you bookmark relative/dynamic date based URLs to save you time. Google said you can use the nosnippet tag to not show in the featured snippets section. Google now has app streaming in mobile search ads. Google’s transparency report now shows HTTPS adoption rates. Google image search launched their colored filter buttons. Google launched Google Analytics 360 Suite. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

A Google Update Brewing? Showing Some Signals. : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-update-brewing-21788.html
Google To Boost The Mobile Friendly Ranking Factors In May : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-friendly-algorithm-to-get-a-signal-boost-in-may-21794.html
Google Smartphone Crawler Will Drop iPhone User-Agent For Android : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-smartphone-crawler-to-drop-iphone-user-agent-for-android-21784.html
Google Warning: Get A Free Product To Review, Nofollow That Link & Disclose : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-blogger-product-reviews-nofollow-21773.html
Google: RankBrain May Adjust Weights Of Existing Search Ranking Signals : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rankbrain-new-ranking-signals-21797.html
Google: RankBrain Does Not Currently Affect Crawling : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rankbrain-has-no-impact-on-crawling-21786.html
Google’s Gary Illyes On RankBrain Replacing Links & Other Ranking Factors : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rankbrain-links-21781.html
Google: No, We Don’t Understand Text In Images : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-text-in-images-21787.html
Google Confirms They Do Use Site Authority Signals For New Pages : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-confirms-site-wide-signals-for-new-pages-21772.html
Google Search Analytics Let’s You Save Dynamic Date Range URLs For Reports : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-analytics-lets-you-save-dynamic-urls-for-reports-21778.html
Opt Out Of Google Feature Snippets With nosnippet Tag : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-out-of-feature-snippets-nosnippet-tag-21799.html
Google Opens Trial Run Ads To Search Ads With App Streaming : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-expands-trial-run-ads-to-search-with-app-streaming-21780.html
Google Report On HTTPS Adoption Within Google & The Top Web Sites : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-https-adoption-rates-21785.html
Google Image Search Launches Colorized Filter Buttons : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-image-search-color-filters-21798.html
New: Google Analytics 360 Suite : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-launches-google-analytics-360-suite-21779.html

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