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Google Consolidating Local Search Photos Guidelines

Google will make the “existing Local Services Ads photos guidelines on the same page as the Local Services platform policies,” the search company announced. This goes into effect on November…

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People Icon In Google Autocomplete Search Bar

Google Search seems to be testing adding a people icon in the search bar, auto-complete search bar. I am told the people icons only show up when in the perspectives…

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Google Search Tests Links On Product Images

Google is testing having links overlay, like watermarks, on product result images. I can replicate this on some browsers, not all, so it looks like a test where Google can…

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Google Search Stops Indenting Results

Google has stopped the indented results, something Google has been doing for well over a decade. Instead, Google will just list out the result it would have indented in the…

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Google Search Trending Seller Icon In Snippet

Google has a new “trending seller” icon for some product results in the search result snippet. This shows an arrow trending up icon next to the words “trending seller” below…

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Google Testing New Recipe Search Interface

Google is testing yet another new recipe search interface. This may be an ongoing test, as I cannot replicate it, but the recipe interface is way more interactive and useful…

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Bing Tests New Video Search Results Layout

Microsoft Bing is testing a new layout for the Bing video search results page. The layout has sections, and headings, for different types of videos, grouping those videos together. The…

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Google Business Profiles Auto Edits Business Attributes

There are reports that Google is automatically editing the attributes of businesses within Google Business Profiles. I am told these edits are helpful and logical, since Google is using okay…

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Google Discover “Get The Latest On” Feature

Google Discover now shows a new section named “Get the latest on” and shows an author/journalist that you can click on and see their knowledge panel with their recent articles.

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Google People Also Ask Card Carousels

Google Search’s people also ask is now showing cards in carousels. This has been going on for several weeks, I believe, but I never covered it.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 9, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google’s October 2023…

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Google Search Generative Experience Lite Version Test

Google is testing a lightweight version of the Search Generative Experience. This version shows a more subtle AI-generated answer box, without all the color and with just a few lines,…

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Google Discover Showing E-Commerce Products Section

Google is showing some folks an e-commerce or products section in their Google Discover feed. Glenn Gabe was shown a “clothing” section in his Discover feed that led to Google…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 6, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google shocked us…

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Google October 2023 Core Update Rolling Out

Google is now also rolling out the October 2023 core update. This is happening while Google is rolling out the October 2023 spam update and only weeks after Google finished…

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Bing Search Tests Video Chapters Key Moments

Bing Search is testing showing video chapters for video search results. This is similar to the Google Search key moments feature that has been out for a while.

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Bing Search Trending Carousel With Embedded Ads

Bing Search may sometimes show a “Trending in Bing” carousel at the top of the search results. That carousel shows alternative search refinements based on your previous query but it…

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Google Issues With Indexing & Serving New Content

Google may be having issues with indexing and serving new content within Google Search. The issues started around 2pm ET and have been sporadically happening since then. I personally have…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 5, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Google Assistant With Bard (As Expected)

Google Assistant will live on with a little help from its friend – Bard. Assistant With Bard is coming in the next few months after Google tests it with a…

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Obituary Spam On Google Too Fast & Out Of Control

For years and years now, spammers have been creating fake obituaries using automated methods. In fact, Danny Goodwin covered the issue Google Search has with obituary spam a couple of…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 4, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Apple Business Connect,…

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Apple Business Connect Adds Peer Group Benchmarks

Apple has announced new insights and analytics to Apple Business Connect, its local business dashboard. The new insights are called “Peer Group Benchmarks” and tell you how well your business…

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Google Search Popular Stores Section

Google is testing a section titled “popular stores” in the Google search results. It shows you stores like Walmart, Target, Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot and more.

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Bing Knowledge Panels With Learn More Cards

Bing seems to be testing added “learn more” cards under the knowledge panel within the search results. The learn more cards are in a carousel format that you can slide…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 3, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. I posted the…

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October 2023 Google Webmaster Report

Here is the big Google webmaster report for October, where I sum up all the most important topics SEOs need to know with Google organic search over the past thirty…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 2, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Google Business Profile Bulk Data Changes

Google Business Profile is updating the data within the bulk Insight data to match the data you see for a single business profile listing. Google emailed those who have downloaded…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google launched a…

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Google Local Chat With A Live Agent Rolling Out?

In May we reported Google was testing a “chat with a live agent” button for some local panels within Google Search. Well, that feature might be rolling out more fully…

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IndexNow Added To Wix

Wix now supports IndexNow, the Microsoft initiative to make indexing more efficient and faster. With that, Microsoft said, “more than 60 million websites are publishing over 1.4 billion URLs per…

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Microsoft: Bing Chat Precise Mode Now Better

Bing Chat’s precise mode has received a big upgrade that makes those answers a lot better. “Finished rolling out a pretty big update in our Precise mode of Bing Chat…