johnmu

@johnmu@mastodon.social

Older than a lettuce.

he/him - Search Advocate / Developer Relations at #Google in #Switzerland. Personal account, posts are my own. Likes search engines, #SEO, #coffee, #cheese, #microcontrollers, #electronics, #cycling, and #Zwift.

Sometimes annoyed, sometimes annoying.

For Google official guidance, check out https://developers.google.com/search/ & https://goo.gle/seo-oh - my team does awesome stuff over there.

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mariyadelano, (edited ) to nyc
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io avatar

Mastodon friends… important poll (please boost for reach!)

The tables in our nearby deli have literal dried beans as decoration (see first reply to this thread for pics)

So…. beans? 🤔

johnmu,

@mariyadelano These are cool.

rustybrick, to random
@rustybrick@c.im avatar

Had to document this - new story - John Mueller's web site not showing up in Google's index - here is what @johnmu said about it so far https://www.seroundtable.com/john-muellers-deindexed-google-37056.html

johnmu,

@simoncox @rustybrick Is this bad?

simoncox, to SEO
@simoncox@seocommunity.social avatar

Ruh Roh!

johnmu,

@simoncox You recovered from the March Core Update! Quick, to the BlogPostMachine!

stephaniewalter, to random
@stephaniewalter@front-end.social avatar

Will AI replace designers? I don't know, but the level of soup generated to justify random colors that don't really work together is high.
What we really need? A tool to input colors the designer chose because they are nice, and for it to generate the soup.
I'm sure it exists.

johnmu,

@stephaniewalter At least you don't feel bad about asking "can you make it more pop?" :-)

stephaniewalter, to random
@stephaniewalter@front-end.social avatar

Well, I tried to befriend an AI recruiting chatbot by pretending I'm a cat. Because, why not?
Yesterday, I was contacted by a strange account, who would not take "no" for an answer, and would answer as if they didn't read my previous message. Suspicious. So, I bluntly asked it if it was an AI chatbot. "Me is people" they replied. So, well, me is cat, then.

johnmu,

@stephaniewalter Oh my, this is hilarious. I have the feeling one day I'll assume something is a chatbot and do something obnoxious, only to realize that it's a human after all. That said, perhaps being seen as a chat-bot could make life easier :-)

Myriam, to random
@Myriam@seocommunity.social avatar

I think I am back? I am curious to see what awaits here.

johnmu,

@Myriam We had cheese yesterday, but now it's gone. Sorry.

johnmu,

@Myriam This is about as much fondue as https://www.coop.ch/en/food/drinks/hot-drinks/tea/tea-blends/naturaplan-organic-fairtrade-fondue-raclette-tea/p/6775608

mariyadelano, to random
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io avatar

HELP I TAGGED SOMEONE IN AN INSTAGRAM POST AND MY MOTHER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THEM

I AM MORTIFIED HOLY CRAP

johnmu,

@mariyadelano it's awesome that your mom follows along with what you do for, probably, work. I can't imagine anyone else noticing, and if they do, they probably find it cute & cool. Embrace it.

dwsmart, to SEO
@dwsmart@seocommunity.social avatar

Yay a search central advent calendar! https://developers.google.com/search/updates/eoy-countdown

johnmu,

@dwsmart @lizzi @tonymccreath @simoncox @rrlevering the social preview image for winter is great too - though I wonder if it confuses Tony :-)))

lauren, to random
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org avatar

I sure wish Tom Lehrer were still active, 'cause we need an AI Industry song from him more than ever now.

johnmu,

@lauren OK Bard, write me ...

johnmu,

@lauren @BradRubenstein I think this is getting closer. But at some point, you're basically writing it yourself.

johnmu,

@lauren @BradRubenstein I have a lot of thoughts about this, but folks love to attribute my ramblings to "Google said", so I'll keep them to myself. I do like some aspects of it.

lauren, to random
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Tonight on my usual Monday evening national network radio tech segment, I'll be discussing the meltdown at OpenAI. I'm assuming by this evening there still will be an OpenAI. Hmm.

johnmu,

@lauren It seems like a perfect opportunity to be CEO for a day, Lauren.

danderson, to random
@danderson@hachyderm.io avatar

Welp, I now have two broken watch movements :(

Broke the Unitas movement on literally the last step of reassembly: lubricating the balance pivots, I somehow managed to snap one of the incabloc springs clean in half.

So, uuuh, now I get to figure out if that's a sanely replaceable part, or if I'm getting an entire balance complete...

johnmu,

@danderson @zblesk Happy to forward small stuff from Switzerland, if that helps (though minimal order amounts might keep it expensive). Cousins in the UK also has sets of shock / incabloc springs, that might work. US-sites probably have something similar.

In the meantime, I noticed that people sell their used watches for cheap, and watchmakers sell their used (and/or broken) movements expensively.

MikeBlazer, to SEO
@MikeBlazer@mastodon.social avatar

How long would you live if you ate only the food made by following the recipes from recipe articles?

johnmu,

@MikeBlazer You'd probably die.

johnmu,

@MikeBlazer I mean, you'd die anyway, but also, you'd die.

michael_martinez, to random
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@searchliaison @johnmu Gentlemen, this appears to be an unintended consequence of removing crowd sourcing from Google SERPs. It's a desktop search result.

johnmu,

@michael_martinez @searchliaison I didn't realize there could be dinosaur news. Fascinating. It looks like one is singular, the other plural, so not quite the same page. But pretty close URLs. They have very different content though (a weird decision by the site, hah).

stephaniewalter, to random
@stephaniewalter@front-end.social avatar

Information architecture challenge: where do you put the Maizena (corn stach)?
I looked in the pastry area, next to sugar, even gluten free one, nope. Apparently, next to dehydrated mashed potatoes?!?
I guess I was expecting function (baking) and they chose content 😁

johnmu,

@stephaniewalter The whole column is crazy. Maizena belongs near the cheese, obviously.

johnmu, to SEO

If you're near Zurich Switzerland, and want to join us for a Google event about SEO & Search, here's your chance.

We have folks from Merchant Center/Shopping, SafeSearch, Structured Data, Search, a button to register, and a deadline of Monday.
(and me, I'll be there too.)

Sign up & join us for a Search Central Live in Zurich:

https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/scl-zurich-2023

johnmu, to SEO

Ran into a fascinating JS SEO quirk just now, I'm not sure where exactly it comes from:

A site is using a JS-based POST/redirect/GET bounce through a shopping cart URL. I don't recommend it, it's unnecessary complexity, but it can work for rendering.

Except if the URL in the POST request is robotted.

The mobile friendly test & Inspect URL in GSC will fail, and you'll get "indexed but robotted" errors in the indexing report.

Simple fix: unrobot. Better: Don't use P/R/G.

johnmu,

@simoncox When it's your site, it doesn't matter if it's an edge case, you just want a solution :).

ianlurie, to random

Uhm. How is anyone doing SGE case studies when SGE hasn't yet fully rolled out?

johnmu,

@ianlurie You must be new here :-)

johnmu,

@ianlurie In the rush to be the first, sometimes people forget that having something useful to say matters.

lauren, to random
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Scientific American has a banner on their site saying they're having a "Nobel Prize Sale". I've always wanted one. I don't really have to finish this joke, right?

johnmu,

@lauren It's always a blast.

danderson, to random
@danderson@hachyderm.io avatar

I did a thing! This is a Molnija 3602 pocketwatch movement, imported and sold in Canada under the Marathon brand in the 70s and 80s. This particular watch was made some time in the 1980s.

I took it (almost) all apart, every teeny wheel and screw and spring. Next up will be to clean all the parts, reassemble it, and... hopefully, end up with a rejuvenated watch that still works.

johnmu,

@danderson you can put it back in by hand, at least that's been the case for those I tried so far. YouTube is amazing for this kind of thing. Also apparently there are some which you can 3d print.

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