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Google has updated the Google Rich Results test to spell out that the test is coming from the Google URL Inspection tool. This update probably happened when added the new…

Everyone now is seeing the people also ask and people also search for in the search bar menu area. Now, Google is testing related to recent searches and trending searches…

Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, gave a good analogy of the differences between ranking systems, ranking signals and ranking factors. He said signals and factors are the same, the…

Google has quietly updated its product structured data document to specify that the GTIN value must be presented is in numerical form. Google said it does not support the URL…

Microsoft has added two new options to the Bing Webmaster Tools Search Performance report. There is a new list by for “device” and for “country,” which was added to the…

Over the past 24 hours or so, there has been a ton of complaints that the Google Posts submit button is not working. I personally tested it and it seems…

Google has also updated the image SEO best practices document to clarify that Google will parses img elements even when they’re enclosed in other elements such as picture elements when…

It looks like Microsoft Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, is using Google Maps reviews for its local AI results. It also links directly to the Google Maps business profile listing when…

On Friday, Lizzi Sassman from Google updated the crawl budget management help document with two more topics. Specifically, Google added two new myths to the crawl budget documentation.

Google is testing moving the follow button within the knowledge panels in Google Search from a primary button on the main search results page to within the three dots menu…

Google is testing a new user interface and design for the photos and street view imagery in a local panel knowledge panel within Google Maps. This is being spotted by…

Two years ago, Google made a new Google Merchant Center policy named Website needs improvement. Well, now free listings accounts with this issue status are still active, but their products…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Search has started to roll out the first broad core update of the year, the May 2022 broad core update. It started on May 25, 2022 at about 11:30am…

Google Screened local listings are through Local Service Ads that a third party conducts background and license checks for those listed in that section. It is mostly for realtors, lawyers,…

Microsoft might build an expert mode search interface for Bing Chat for those who may want to do more advanced prompting. Mikhail Parakhin, the Bing CEO, said on Twitter, “Yes,…

Google seems to be testing a new local feature that has a section named “preview this place.” This shows an image carousel from the local business profile of that business…

There are a lot of folks in the community saying that implementing structured data / schema on your pages will help you with AI Search visibility. But few have really…

We know that OpenAI’s ChatGPT supports third-party plugins and soon, Bing Chat may also support third-party plugins. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, was asked about the topic and he…

This is a weird one, Google is testing using a lighter font color for parts of the URLs displayed in the search ads in the search results. So the main…

Google’s John Mueller said that keyword stuffing alone would not make a page be deemed unhelpful. John added that Google is good at ignoring tactics like keyword stuffing, so that…

Google seems to be testing renaming the Shopping tab in Google Search from Shopping to “AI Shopping.” Maybe the results in the new AI Shopping tab are more AI-driven?

Bing is testing a “Verified” label in the search result snippets. This is a new label that is placed next to the URL in the search result that says “verified.”

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Danny Sullivan of Google said that no one was infected by the search spam issue around untitled documents. He said this is a spam issue, not a malware issue and…

The other day Open AI announced that it disabled the browse with Bing add-on to ChatGPT “out of an abundance of caution.” The issue was that some content that was…

Google’s John Mueller was asked if having hyphens in your domain name, like www.my-site-goes-here.com, can cause ranking issues in Google Search. John Mueller said no, domains with hyphens are not…

Google is updating the Google Ads Misrepresentation policy concerning Dishonest Pricing Practices. This will require advertisers to disclose the payment model or full expense that a user will incur before…

A couple of years ago, Gary Illyes of Google noted that using many more X-rated curse words can trigger Google to think your site is adult oriented and thus be…

Google announced at the Search On event that it would be adding a remove result feature in the about this result overlay in Google Search. Well, now it is there…

Back in 2016, we spotted a Google search feature named found in related search for recipe results. Now, it seems to be coming back as a feature for a multitude…

Google has removed the datePublished “recommended” property from the fact check structured data documentation. Google said, “Currently, date information isn’t used in the Fact Check rich result.”

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google announced a bunch of new AI features for Google Ads at Google Marketing Live yesterday, including a new conversation Google Ads tool and also improvements to Automatically Created Assets…

On August 17th, Google seems to have removed the “see results about” disambiguation search feature from the Google mobile search results. They still show on desktop but on mobile, it…

Google has updated the list of Google products and services that use the Google Read Aloud user agent. The updated page also says that the “service provides an audio version…

Google announced that now the Search Console connector for Google Data Studio can now bring in traffic data for Google Discover and Google News. This means you can do more…

Google posted a new help document that says it will delete accounts without any campaigns after 6 months. “If an account does not have any campaigns, it’ll be permanently deleted…

Google said when it comes to your cookie consent banners, make sure not to make those banners annoying. John Mueller of Google was asked, “does cookie consent banner disturb user…

Jaimie and Jon Clark came for a visit and we all spoke SEO and a lot more. Jaimie Clark is the VP of SEO at Centerfield, she was previously the…

This is a very special vlog, I interviewed the very person who has been editing these videos for the past couple of years, Joseph Goldsmith. And we did it overlooking…

This week I broadcast from Chicago where I cover the latest confirmed Google update…

Google has added some new features around attraction and tour operators including the ability to edit your ticket prices directly in Google Business Profiles.

This week in search, we had another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down in a big way on May 1st with a lot of weirdness the week…

Bing is now testing placing these arrow buttons, in a circle button format, next to the sitelinks. This is something Google has been testing on and off for some time…

There are some reports that in some industries, like the auto dealership industry, there is a bug with Google Business Profile insights reporting. There shows a large and unaccounted-for spike…

Google’s John Mueller was asked if mixing topics on a single blog is a bad idea. John implied that yes, it is, at least for users. John said on Twitter…

I spotted Google’s John Mueller laughing at a LinkedIn post that is telling SEOs to slow down webpage load time so that people spend more time on your page. The…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google is once again deactivating accounts for inactivity. Google AdSense sent out emails last week to AdSense publishers and YouTube publishers saying your AdSense account has been deactivated due to…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google updated its Google Ads policy saying that keywords won’t be able to trigger ads until they’ve been reviewed. This is effective immediately and will be fully ramped up and…

Google Ads has a ton of reporting tools in the Ads console but some don’t fully work as expected. For example, the date comparison in the Performance Max Product Listing…

Google is testing a new job carousel in the search results titled “jobs at similar employers.” This likely pulls from the Google Jobs postings schema and more but it can…

This week, we covered how the Google March 2024 core update finished back on April 19th, and Google forgot to tell us. I also posted the May 2024 Google webmaster…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…