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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 3, 2022

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February 4, 2022

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.

Google Maps documented some of its review spam and enforcement practices and policies. I published the monthly Google webmaster report, which is chock full of details. Google is testing the Google Lens button in web search. Google Search Console domain properties can now show as a snapshot in web search. Google’s new partner program has gone live after two years of delays.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

February 2022 Google Webmaster Report

This month was packed with a handful of unconfirmed Google search algorithm updates, as you will see in the bulleted list below. In fact, there may be a more subtle update going on now…

Google Maps Details Review Spam Policy Enforcement Systems

I believe for the first time, Google has provided more detail on how it handles review spam policy enforcement for Google Maps. The search company wrote a blog post, accompanied by a short video, describing what they do to tackle issues with reviews in Google Maps.

Google Search Console Domain Properties Can Now Be In Search Results

Google announced on Twitter yesterday that the Search Console snapshot in the search results now also supports domain properties. This is a snapshot card of some of the higher level data for your site from Search Console directly in the search results.

The New Google Partners Program Is Here

After a lot of saga, postponements and changes, Google has finally launched the new Google Partner program details. Google also launched a new Premier Partner status for the top 3% of partners.

Google Tests Lens Button In Search Bar On Desktop Search

Last November, we spotted Google testing adding the Google Lens icon/button to the mobile search bar. Now, according to 9to5Google, Google is testing adding the Google Lens icon/button to the desktop search results on google.com.

Highlighters For Google For Education Swag

Google is sending out swag to some of the administrators or maybe top contributors for Google for Education in the Google Workspace group. The swag includes highlighters, pen, pad, t-shirt, folder,

Other Great Search Threads:

I’ll pass this feedback on to the team., AdsLiaison on Twitter

Everybody makes a mistake sometimes… 💡 @JohnMu dives into the two ways Google handles honest mistakes regarding webmaster guidelines and web spam policies in this episode of #AskGooglebot. → https://t.co, Google Search Central on Twitter

Heads-up, Chrome 98 rolled out. Here’s what’s new: *Opting out of auto-dark mode *COLRv1 font support (wild fonts) *Emulate Chrome 100 in the UA string In DevTools: *set longer timeout for user flow recording *Back/forward cac, Glenn Gabe on Twitter

How does https://t.co/JXVbiJGDq2 use content updates to retain and grow their Google rankings? [CASE STUDY] For example https://t.co/ewOIuvsTmJ: – Published: Sept 21, 2020 – First update: Jul 22, 2021 – Second update: Oct 7,, Alex Buraks on Twitter

You don’t have to look at that from an SEO point of view. Who’s your audience, how do you – literally – speak their language, and how do you want to reach them?, John Mueller on Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

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