Google Search Console Core Web Vitals Boundaries Changed On February 17th

Google made a small change to how it plots the core web vitals data in Google Search Console. The change goes into effect on February 17, 2021 and using less than as a boundary, Google is using less than or equal to.

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Google: WhoisGuard Does Not Impact SEO & Rankings

Google's John Mueller said on Reddit "no" WhoisGuard, the NameCheap domain privacy setting, does not impact your SEO or rankings on Google. Google does not care if you use domain privacy settings or not when you register your domain name.

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Google Image Search Tests Explore More Compass Icon

Google Image Search seems to be testing a compass icon in the image search results that trigger a search refinement feature. When you click on it, it takes you to a section to "explore more" images by showing you related searches.

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Google NYC Wall: Keep On Going, You Are Almost There

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Wix vs WordPress? Mueller Says Solve Content Issues via @martinibuster

Google's John Mueller suggested content issues are important for small businesses to solve in a discussion of Wix versus WordPress for local SEO

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Facebook Blocks Australian News via @martinibuster

Australian news organizations had their posts removed from Facebook in a retaliatory action that also affected unintended pages.

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YouTube Shorts Launching in USA in March via @MattGSouthern

YouTube Shorts, a stories-like vertical video format that allows users to create clips of 15-seconds or less, is coming to the USA next month.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 17, 2021

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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