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Apr 08, 2019 Good morning, search marketers, is the glitch fixed? Numerous SEOs and webmasters reported large numbers of pages being de-indexed from Google late last week. On Saturday, Google’s John Mueller said that it had fixed a “technical issue” and everything should be back to normal, though some continue to report seeing deindexing issues. Don’t expect further detail on the glitch; Google’s not saying. Are you seeing this issue? Let us know: editors@searchengineland.com. On the Assistant front, Rich Answers are coming to Google Assistant on Android devices. Google appears to be trying to harmonize Assistant and mobile search results, writes Greg Sterling. Snippets, onebox, knowledge panel and direct answers will all begin to surface from Assistant, which is now on more than a billion devices. Paid search may be losing some luster among small businesses. A new poll pegs paid search near the bottom of a list of 2019 marketing priorities. Paid social and website/landing pages topped the list — and even traditional print slightly outranked paid search among small, local businesses. Paid search may be struggling because of the complexity of self-service campaign management, the report said. That’s something Google has been trying to address with initiatives like the new Google Ads interface and campaign types that are nearly completely automated. (To the chagrin of many more sophisticated advertisers.) Lots more below including a Pro Tip on tracking engaged users in Google Tag Manager and more. Ginny Marvin Editor-In-Chief Quick links to stories mentioned above: + Google: De-indexing problem now fixed, result of ‘technical issue’ + ‘Rich Answers’ coming to Google Assistant + Paid social, even print, tops SEM as marketing priorities for SMBs, survey finds   Pro Tip   Learn how to track engaged users in Google Tag Manager “GTM’s new Trigger groups open up new possibilities for tracking users based on multiple points of engagement with a site,” explains Tim Jensen of Clix Marketing. “For instance, you can create a YouTube trigger for individuals who have watched an embedded video, and a scroll trigger for individuals who have scrolled through most of the content on a page. This trigger group will fire a tag when a user completes both of these actions. The tag could fire an event into Google Analytics, which you could then use to build a remarketing audience. Or you could fire a Facebook Ads event to create an audience in that platform.” Read More »   Live Webinar: Build Brand Authenticity Using Customer Generated Content - Apr. 9 Sponsored by Bazaarvoice Today’s buyers are more informed than ever. With so much information available, shoppers often turn to trusted sources for recommendations. Social media posts from friends or family, Q+A and ratings and reviews can make or break a potential sale. How can you harness the power of this customer generated content? Join us as we explore how brands can better leverage customer generated content that inspires people to buy. Read More »   Search Shorts   Drop those pages & beat that spam Pages dropping. There may be a bug with pages dropping out of the Google index.  We are trying to get more details from Google and when we do, we will post it on Search Engine Land. google-Read-Aloud useragent. Google renamed the google-Speakr useragent, this one is named google-Read-Aloud. Dynamic rendering feedback.Are you using dynamic rendering for Google? If so, Google wants your feedback on it. Spam pinata. Did you know that former Google spam lead, Matt Cutts, use to make spam pinata’s for team building events? Exploitive removal practices. If you feel a site used exploitive removal practices in Google, you can report them if you like said Danny Sullivan.   What we're reading   We've curated our picks from across the web so you can retire your feed reader Amazon reportedly working on Alexa earbuds to take on Apple’s AirPods – The Verge Apple’s Special Projects Group Gains Former Google Machine Learning Expert – MacRumors Conversational Search Queries at Google (Context from Previous Sessions) – Go Fish Digital Exclusive: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry – Vox Google AMP Stories Thumbnails In Search Results Snippets – Search Engine Roundtable Google Maps adds traffic slowdowns to incident reporting – Android Police How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable – Wired The Benefits of SEO and PPC Integration – Site Visibility   Join Us   Gain expert SEO & SEM tactics to drive your campaign's success. Attend SMX Advanced, June 3-5! 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