Google’s recently updated Search Quality Raters Guidelines reflect Google’s search ranking priorities The post Google’s Updated Raters Guidelines Refines Concept Of Low Quality appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google’s John Mueller answers why a landing page about a domain migration ranks for an e-commerce search query The post Google Answers Why Landing Page Ranks For An E-Commerce Query…
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 Search Console…
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Google’s John Mueller said having “four identical links on a page to another page seems fine & common to me.” He said, don’t worry if you have that in your…
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Google seems to be testing linking the “Reviews” button you see in the local panel, on a Google Business Profile, to AI Overviews. So when you search for a business,…
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SEO legend Todd Friesen names seven SEO fundamentals for winning in AI search, and it’s still called SEO The post SEO Rockstar Names 7 SEO Fundamentals To Win In AI…
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Google’s John Mueller answers a question about diluting the impact of anchor text by using it sitewide. The post Google On Diluting SEO Impact Through Anchor Text Overuse appeared first…
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Unlock the secrets of AI Overviews and realign your SEO strategy for improved visibility and relevance on Google. The post We Figured Out How AI Overviews Work [& Built A…
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. OpenAI added shopping…
Google Discover desktop data is already trackable in Search Console. Here’s how to prepare ahead of the full rollout. The post Google Discover Desktop Data Already Trackable In Search Console…
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Google’s John Mueller explained that changing the dates in your XML Sitemaps lastmod date to all show today, the most recent day, won’t favor your rankings or SEO. He said…
Microsoft is testing a new format for an AI Answer or AI Summary in the Bing Search results. This shows the AI generated answer as a list of terms that…
Google is testing a new design for the shopping ads format, one that looks a bit more like the image pack design than shopping ads.
Microsoft is testing removing its name, i.e. Microsoft Bing, next to the logo in the Bing Search bar. Normally the search bar has the Microsoft Bing name next to the…
Google updated the Googlebot-News documentation to remove wrong information The post Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
XML sitemap date manipulation won’t improve SEO, says Google’s John Mueller. Learn why this common tactic wastes resources and what to do instead. The post Google’s John Mueller: Updating XML…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Matt Diggity A major core update is just the start of the SEO, AI, and Google Ads news that came down this month. SEO is changing in big ways, and…
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Google uses its search engine data and signals to help train its Gemini AI models, we learned from documents from the DOJ deposition testimony. Although, we kind of knew that…
Microsoft Bing is testing placing a “more videos” section in the Bing Copilot answers. Recently we covered how Bing placed images and video links but this implementation makes more sense.
Last December, we reported how Google was showing a payments option section in the retailer/merchant knowledge panel. Google is now testing a clearer version of it, while adding shipping and…
Apple has made some updates to its Applebot documentation, primarily explaining the difference between the normal Applebot crawler and the Applebot-Extended crawler. To be clear, Applebot-Extended is not new, Apple…
I am hearing reports that the Google Search Console API and tools that use the API, including Big Query exports, bulk exports and third party tools, are stuck with data…
Google’s updated guidance clarifies that Google-Extended does not affect search inclusion, nor is it a ranking signal The post Google Updates Gemini/Vertex AI User Agent Documentation appeared first on Search…
Explore an exhaustive list of new search engine options and how their technology changes the online search game. The post 25 Alternative Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google…
In my Friday video, I mentioned some more volatility heating up on Friday morning and I promised to cover it if I see more signs of that update. Well, many…
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 reported earnings…
This week, guess what, we saw more Google search ranking volatility heat up mid-week. Several new studies have come out showing that AI Overviews hurt click-through rates from search results….
Google’s John Mueller pretty much said that using image streaming techniques will not result in an SEO friendly outcome. He actually said, “It’s a great way to prevent your images…
Google is testing a new version of the mobile search results snippets where the URL is now blue, still clickable. Also, a variation where they are switching the placement of…
Microsoft Advertising has temporarily suspended the ability for agencies to send out client connection requests. Instead, the agency needs to reach out to Microsoft support and wait 5-7 days to…
Google seems to have added a new section to music knowledge panels named “Behind the music.” It seems that this is generated using Google’s Gemini AI and gives you a…
Microsoft is now showing two rows of shopping ads at the top of the Bing Search results. There is even an option to expand them to show more ads.
Google AI Overviews reaches 1.5 billion monthly users with Alphabet’s Q1 earnings showing 10% search revenue growth. The post Google’s AI Overviews Reach 1.5 Billion Monthly Users appeared first on…
Google reported earnings and their ad revenue is up again year-over-year, with an increase of 8.5%, and overall revenue is also up 12%. I should note, it is down from…
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Over the past few days, I’ve noticed signs of increased Google Search ranking volatility. I held off reporting on it until now because I wanted to see how things settled,…
Google AdSense has updated its policy center by adding three new issue labels; policy issue, regulatory issue, and advertiser preference and also adding new filters. Google said this is to…
Google updated its Google Merchant Center merchant listing structured data documentation to removed the EnergyConsumptionDetails properties and added an alternative solution to the certificationIdentification property. But keep in mind that…
Google’s Lisa Landsman interviewed Google’s Google Business Profiles Verification Product Manager, Sheerna. They discussed a lot of the concerns many local SEOs and small businesses are dealing with around GBPs…
Google Ads is rolling out a new way to view some of your reports in a tree table view. “Instead of flat tables, you now get a hierarchical layout where…
Google is relaxing its photo guidelines for Local Service Ads. This may result in photos that were not previously allowed, may be allowed after May 22, 2025. I am not…
Google’s John Mueller explained how to remove a site from the search results without Search Console ownership verification The post Google: How To Remove Site From Search Without Verifying Ownership…
Noindex tags hiding in your site can prevent search engines from indexing your pages. Google’s Martin Splitt advises where to look for them. The post Google’s Martin Splitt Explains How…
Google quietly announced it will be ending support for a COVID-era structured data type The post Google Quietly Ends COVID-Era Structured Data Support appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
I am seeing a number of complaints that Google Analytics real-time reporting is not working properly. Many are complaining that the data looks off and is underreporting, at best.
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 AI Overviews…
Google announced it will be deprecating the Special announcement structured data on July 31, 2025. This structured data was introduced during COVID as a way to communicate special announcements from…
In February, we covered how Google’s AI Overviews really hurt the click-through rate of the search results and paid ads. Well, several more recent studies have come out that back…
Google Posts/Updates are starting to disappear from the local panels within Google Search. I saw complaints about this yesterday and tested it by adding a post myself on my business,…
Google has added video previews to the video verification within Google Business Profiles. Google’s Lisa Landsman said this will help with “submitting, ensuring clarity and accuracy ‘” saving you valuable…
Google sent emails to Google Ads advertisers about new Local Service Ads additions to its terms for its providers that they must accept by June 5, 2025 or else their…
A week or so ago, Google Analytics made some updates to how it handles campaign data quality and attribution reporting. Many are now seeing a new label named “Data not…
Google has just given up on a third-party cookie alternative. Google announced it will maintain its “current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome, and will not be…
You might even have seen it for yourself. You’re trying to make a simple pasta dish (like aglio e olio) but you have to scroll through a piece that’s thousands…
Google’s Gary Illyes explains how web standards benefit SEO, focusing on the differences between robots.txt and sitemaps. The post Why Do Web Standards Matter? Google Explains SEO Benefits appeared first…
OpenAI may seek to acquire Chrome if it’s split from Google in the ongoing antitrust proceedings. The post OpenAI Expresses Interest In Buying Chrome Browser appeared first on Search Engine…
Google’s antitrust trial enters the remedies phase, with the DOJ seeking Chrome breakup and AI restrictions. The post DOJ’s Google Search Trial: What If Google Must Sell Chrome? appeared first…
But what exactly is llms.txt, who’s using it, and—more importantly—should you care? llms.txt is a proposed standard for helping LLMs access and interpret structured content from websites. You can read…
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Google Ads announced they will “now allow relevant Search ads from advertisers who showed amongst top ads to also participate in the bottom ads auction.” Honestly, I thought this update…
About a year ago, we covered numerous tests with shaded site name and favicon sections of the snippet. Google continues to test this, but we’re now seeing a blue gradient…
Google is testing a newish section in the Google local panel to tell searchers how far that business is from your location. Google is testing adding either a “Get there”…
Microsoft is testing adding a read more link to the Bing Copilot Answers in Bing Search. The read more link will expand the answer to show more content, generating a…
Google Ads has updated the number of characters you can add for the Performance Max campaigns descriptions to all be 90 characters long. Previously, there was a short description of…
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Hallucinations in Google’s AI Overviews offer insights into how the ranking algorithms understand search queries and choose answers The post AI Overviews Glitch May Hint at Google’s Algorithm appeared first…
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Google seems to be no longer showing the events carousel, event rich results, in the desktop search results. I see them on mobile search but I cannot trigger them on…
The folks at Google did a live demo of Android XR, Google’s AR glasses with Gemini, at the TED 2025 event. It is pretty wild to watch this demo, so…
The IAB and PwC released their annual Internet Advertising Revenue Report, which showed search ad grew 15.9% with $102 billion in ad dollars in 2024. Search ads made up the…
Fabrice Canel said Microsoft will streamline the Bing Webmaster Tools notifications because, at times, it can be a bit overwhelming. Fabrice wrote on X, “working to streamline things” when Martin…
Microsoft launched the Copilot Merchant Program, a way to feed Copilot more details about your products. Microsoft said this is a way to “integrate your shopping experience with Copilot to…