Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update/Instability Over Weekend

Over the weekend there are a nice amount of chatter from the SEO community around the Google search results rankings being all over the place. The chatter was unusually high for the weekend and some of the tools have also picked up on the fluctuations in the search results.

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Google on Choosing the Best Anchor Text via @martinibuster

Google's Mueller describes how to choose the best anchor text for links

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If Google Can't Fetch/Read Your Sitemap File? Try A New File URL.

Google's John Mueller was asked about an error with Sitemaps files. The question was around Google not being able to fetch and read two of the few XML Sitemap files but those files are perfectly valid. John said it can be a lot of issues but there is a trick you can try.

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Microsoft Bing Search More Visual Updates

Microsoft Bing announced a slew of "visually immersive" upgrades to the search results interface. This includes updates to how it shows recipe results, image search similar looking items, expandable search result carousels, infographic knowledge panels and the local answers details.

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Google: We Won't Build Alternative Identifiers To Track Users Across The Web

Google announced last week that while other companies are planning to replace third-party cookies with alternative user-level identifiers, Google will not. Google said "we will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will we use them in our products."

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Google Physical Web Net

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