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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2022

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. Got a lot…

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Google Local Service Ads Heading Label Tests

Google is testing various headlines for the Local Service Ads. Two of them show the “Ads” label and one does not, while they all test different headlines for the ad…

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Google Business Profile Can Notate Previous Location

The new Google Business Profile interface in Google Search to update your local listing can show the previous location your business was listed at before you tried to move that…

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Google Tests Carousel Format For Things To Know

Google is testing the Things to know search refinement expander feature in a carousel format. Normally, the Things to know is in this list format but here Google is testing…

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Bing Tests Favicons In Front Of People Also Ask

Microsoft Bing is testing placing a favicon or icon of some sort in front of the people also ask results. The screenshot example below is from Frank Standtmann, a German-based…

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Google: There Is No SEO Compliance Score

Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, said there is no such thing as an SEO compliance score from Google. He said instead think about avoiding technical errors, don’t spam, and use…

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Google Tests New People Also Ask User Interface

Google is testing a new design, layout, and user experience for the people also ask box in the Google Search results. This interface has results side by side and stacked…

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GoogleBot Can Now Crawl From Outside The US

Gary Illyes from Google announced at the Google Search Central Live in Singapore yesterday that Googlebot, Google, can now crawl from outside of the US. He said, according to reports,…

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Google: 60% Of The Internet Is Duplicate

And you think you have a duplicate content problem on your site? Google said, “60% of the internet is duplicate.” Gary Illyes posted this slide at the Google Search Central…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 23, 2022

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. Can you believe…

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Poll: Many SEOs Still Guest Post For SEO

A poll by Marie Haynes shows that many SEOs are still doing guest posting for SEO purposes. The poll had over 400 responses and only 44% of those who responded…

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Google Maps Tests New Sidebar Navigation

Google is testing a new thin sidebar navigation on the left side of the maps interface. The sidebar has the Google Maps pin icon, then the explore tab, then trips,…

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Bing Promoting TikTok In Search Results

Microsoft Bing seems to be promoting TikTok video results within the Bing search results. If you do a search for some videos, Bing might add a box on the left…

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Google’s John Mueller On When To Use Subdomains

Just when you thought John Mueller of Google was done responding to sub-domain SEO questions – well – now we have a new social platform – so… John said on…

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Google AdSense Rewarded Ad Gate Beta

Google AdSense is testing a new ad type for publishers named Rewarded Ad Gate beta program. This program is something Google has in AdMob and basically lets you serve some…

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Google’s New Spam Policy: Policy Circumvention

Google has added a new spam policy for policy circumvention. The new section was added to the Google spam policies document and basically says if you try to go around…

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Google: E-A-T Applies To Every Single Query

Out of the Hyung-Jin Kim interview from SMX Next last week, we not only got the scoop on the Coati algorithm but also Hyung-Jin Kim told us that E-A-T is…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 18, 2022

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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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 16, 2022

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. Have you ever…

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Google Posts / Updates Adds Cropping Photo Tool

Google has added to the Google Business Profiles Google Posts or Updates section the ability to use a cropping tool when you upload photos to your updates. So now you…

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Google AR Products & Clippable Coupons Live

It looks like the Google AR products, at least for shoes, and the clippable coupons feature is now live. If you search for various shoes or sneakers, you will see…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2022

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. Yep…

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Apple Search Engine Four Years Away, At Least

The Information wrote a piece that says Apple is at least four years or more away from building its own search engine – Apple Search. We have been talking about…