SearchCap: Google mobile-first index expanding, Google reviews spam & Gboard update

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

• Google to move more sites to mobile-first index in coming weeks
  Feb 21, 2018 by Barry Schwartz

  Google plans to roll more sites into the mobile-first index in the near future. Are you ready?

• Google Search Console blocked resources report had processing error
  Feb 21, 2018 by Barry Schwartz

  You may notice decreased counts of pages with blocked resources in Google Search Console. Google has fixed it, but the reports may be off for your site.

• Making your first AMP Story: Google’s answer to Snapchat and Instagram
  Feb 21, 2018 by Paul Shapiro

  With Google ready to launch AMP Stories soon, Contributor Paul Shapiro shares how to build your own AMP Story and get in front of the latest content trend.

• Law firm that used contest to solicit Google reviews sees all but one disappear
  Feb 21, 2018 by Greg Sterling

  Incentivizing reviews individually or ‘in bulk’ is a bad idea.

• Latest updates to Gboard for Android include a ‘search all media’ feature
  Feb 21, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues

  Reports indicate the latest refresh for the Google-designed keyboard comes with a new interface that allows users to search all categories.

• What does it mean to be Agency of the Year?
  Feb 21, 2018 by Search Engine Land

  How the 2017 SEO and SEM Agency of the Year Search Engine Land Awards winners approach success and what the recognition has meant to their agencies.

• Google’s growth in online local reviews continues to dominate, but…
  Feb 21, 2018 by Jamie Pitman

  Contributor Jamie Pitman shows us why we should keep an eye on TripAdvisor and Facebook when trying to increase online reviews.

Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Measuring real-world foot traffic results from 3 quick-service restaurant campaigns
• It’s here! ‘Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide’ is all new for 2018.
• Over a year out from PG’s ultimatum: Are brands any safer? Is programmatic ad buying any more transparent?
• Tapad launches a Customer Data Platform
• Google AdSense launches new type of ad format that optimizes placements

Search News From Around The Web:

• Benchmarking SEO: competitive analysis, Yoast
• Google Plans On Porting All Old Search Console Features To New Version, Search Engine Roundtable
• Google’s European Union Antitrust Troubles Are a Lobbyists War, Bloomberg
• How To Master The New Google AMP Stories (Free Guide), ignitevisibility.com
• JavaScript SEO: The Definitive Resource List, State of Digital
• Publishers warm to Google, but still worry about getting crowded out in search results, Digiday
• SEO for PR Professionals: What They Should Know, Stone Temple

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