Google Webmaster Hangout Notes: January 7th 2020
https://www.deepcrawl.comDeepcrawl’s notes from the Google Webmaster Hangout on the 7th of January 2020.
- Google Will Usually Drop Session IDs from URLs
- Reconsideration Requests Are Reviewed in Batches & Grouped by Issue Type &
Country - Google Tries to Detect User’s Language Preferences if Using Default Version
of Chrome - Technical Issues Can Cause Content to be Indexed on Scraper Sites Before
Original Site - Keep Old Domain & 301 Redirects for as Long as Possible After Domain
Migration - Average Position in GSC Can Vary Depending on Whether Viewed on Per-URL or
Per-Query Basis - Rel=”sponsored” & Rel=”ugc” Attributes Aren’t Essential
- Site: & Other Unnatural Queries Can Be Dropped From GSC Performance Reports
- No Need to Disavow Links From Sites that Have Decreased in Traffic or
Popularity Over Time - Keywords Are Still Important Despite Search Engines Focusing More on Intent