Google has greatly expanded and clarified its documentation around how Search Appearances work within the Google Search Console reports. Google wrote on X, “We improved our documentation on Search Appearances…
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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. Now we are…
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I am starting to see some early reports from some site owners and SEOs that the gains they may have seen early on with the Google August 2024 core update,…
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Martin Splitt from Google said that having unanswered comments on your site or webpages does not negatively hurt your rankings in Google Search and is not a bad SEO thing….
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Google cautions: Search Console data remains after domain expiration. No reset option available. Temporary removal can hide expired sites. The post Google: Search Console Data Survives After Domain Expiration appeared…
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Google’s Martin Splitt posted a video in his SEO Made Easy series on the topic of the Google Search Console “Discovered – Currently Not Indexed” page indexing report status note….
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Google is testing a new search feature named “your related searches” that seems to be pinned to the sidebar of the Google Search results. It reminds me of the Chrome…
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Google launched a new crawler for commercial use, accompanied by documentation for site owners to track its traffic The post Google Quietly Launches New AI Crawler appeared first on Search…
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Google’s Gary Illyes continues to warn SEO professionals and website owners about URL parameter crawl issues. The post Google’s Gary Illyes Continues To Warn About URL Parameter Issues appeared first…
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Google has confirmed it has fixed the search ranking bug that started over four days ago. The issue was first confirmed by Google on Friday morning, August 16th at around…
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Google has been placing listen buttons in the Google Search results in various locations, like knowledge panels and local packs. So it comes as no surprise to see them also…
Google Search is testing a new category of search refinements named “you may also need.” These refinements show products that may be found in a specific e-commerce store.
Google is now testing rounded outlines around some of its search result snippet features. This includes around the snippets in the local pack and also knowledge panels. I do wonder…
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Google’s John Mueller offers advice on removing unwanted content from search results, such as online articles about past incidents. The post Google’s John Mueller On Removing Unwanted Content From Search…
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Google is testing adding a dynamic blue colored background highlight color when you hover your mouse cursor over a search result snippet. The whole background just behind that specific search…
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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 released the…
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It finally happened: Google released the August 2024 core update; this one should reward small and independent publishers more, should it? Google had another search ranking bug, today, this was…
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Google’s Gary Illyes clarified on the Search Off The Record podcast that Google technically does not follow links. Instead, Google will extract the links, collect them in a database, and…
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Google is highlighting review content within its search results snippets for some queries that ask for reviews. At least, Google is testing this – since I cannot replicate it.
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This morning at 1:48 am ET, Google confirmed a Google Search ranking bug impacting a large number of the Google Search results. Google wrote, “There’s an ongoing issue with ranking…
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Google Search expands AI overviews to six countries, adds a save function, and simplifies language while testing in-text links for web content. The post Google Search Expands AI Overviews Globally…
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