392 | News from the EDGE | Week of 2.8.2021

[00:06:00] Google News and Discover Abuses Targeted by New Manual Actions

When a site is reviewed by humans for alignment with Google’s webmaster guidelines, a manual action might be the result for violations, and there’s a whole new set of those manual actions.

By Barry Schwartz

 

[00:11:02] No Difference by Site Type in Google Core Web Vitals 

When Google provides a Core Web Vitals score for a site, it does not differ according to the type of site, although Google’s John Mueller understands why it might feel that way sometimes. 

By Barry Schwartz

 

[00:16:59] New “About This Result” Feature in Google Search

Users will soon be seeing three little dots on the top-right corner of a search result snippet they can click on to learn more about a specific result before following the link in the result.

By Barry Schwartz

 

[00:21:31] Can Google and Australia Avoid a Bad Breakup?

Australia wants Google to compensate some Australian news publishers for linking to their content. Google says a deal is in the works, but will it satisfy the Australian government?

By Roger Montti