Google Search News (Sept ’19) – changes in GSC, nofollow links, new meta tags, and more



Welcome to the very first episode of Google Search News, a news show for webmasters, publishers, and SEOs! Join us every few weeks for updates on what’s going on around Google Search. In this episode, John Mueller covers:

– recent updates to Google Search Console (0:39)
– change in the Webmaster office hours setup (1:20)
– revamp and expansion of the nofollow links (2:08)
– making review rich results more helpful (3:09)
– new meta tags (3:49)
– Webmaster conferences worldwide (4:40)

Documentation mentioned in this episode of Google Search News:
– Google Search Console → https://goo.gle/searchconsole
– Goodbye old Search Console → https://goo.gle/2kYQH8h
– YouTube community page → https://goo.gle/2mbdCxi
– Webmaster event calendar → https://goo.gle/2kDTRhk
– Qualifying outbound links → https://goo.gle/2LY13Qz
– Evolving nofollow → https://goo.gle/2maKF4D
– Making review rich results more helpful → https://goo.gle/2mHelGL
– Robots meta tags & data-nosnippet developer documentation → https://goo.gle/2kE60Tr
– Webmaster FAQ on new controls → https://goo.gle/2mIfi1p
– List of upcoming events → https://goo.gle/2mzezzt

Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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45 thoughts on “Google Search News (Sept ’19) – changes in GSC, nofollow links, new meta tags, and more”

  1. I think I already kinda NOFOLLOW LINK QUESTION. But, I just need a little more clarity from u. So, for example. I can put a HYPERLINK on my website at no cost?

  2. According to Google guidelines buying and selling links is forbidden and can lead to negative impact on the website. According to this, if you create "sponsored" content and link it with a tag rel="sponsored" is direct advertising to Google that you sold the link on a page and breached quality guidelines. This makes no sense, so Google, you need to decide whether website owner is allowed to create sponsored content or not. If you want to continue with this, then you need to update your quality guidelines as well.

  3. Stop just updating again and again. Just be straight forward that you all want to everybody spends money on Google ads. That's why all updates you are making so we don't do SEO easy. Lol. I know marketing very very well. 🙂

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