Google is now testing a “Frequently saved” label on the search results snippets. Previously we’ve seen you’ve visit often labels, for you labels, preferred source labels and other labels in…
Google is testing a new “all places” and “compare now” interface to see businesses and third-party comparison sites outside of Google Search. This is something Google launched in the European…
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With the new Bing Webmaster Tools recommendations section, we are learning more about what Bing Search likes and dislikes. One of the things Bing does not like is when a…
Google has updated the “Raise your budgets” recommendation within the Google Ads recommendations with more details and tips. I mean, no one wants to raise their budget unless they can…
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Google Chrome’s documentation for Core Web Vitals was updated with more information about Interaction To Next Paint (INP) scores The post Core Web Vitals Documentation Updated appeared first on Search…
Google’s proposal for a new shopping related structured data received a positive response and sparks a lively discussion The post Google Proposes New Shipping Structured Data appeared first on Search…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google is now saying it has ranking systems that “aim to understand if a section of a site is independent or starkly different from the main content of the site….
Google Ads will be sunsetting call ads sometime next year and will be migrating those to responsive search ads. Google wrote, “Call ads are being upgraded to responsive search ads…
Google is now testing showing reviews within the photos carousel within a Google Business Profile listing. So when you scroll through the photos for a business, Google can also show…
Google is testing showing a carousel named mentioned products, that can be displayed under a search result snippet that shows the products mentioned in that search result. This came up…
Google has added a new search document on Google Trends while also making some small updates to the URL structure, best practices documentation, and favicons documentation. Google has been doing…
Google Business Profiles may now ask you to verify your information about your store inventory within the Products section of your profile. Google will ask “Do you sell these products…
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Google Search Console’s performance report seems to have a bug where it is showing almost zero data for today. I can replicate this across numerous Search Console properties, so maybe…
Google’s John Mueller offers an SEO technique for making sure the right URL is ranked as the canonical The post Google’s SEO Tip for Fixing Canonical URLs appeared first on…
Matt Diggity Search changed in some big ways with the arrival of the last big update. Catch up with how SEOs are responding in this month’s roundup. In the top…
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While I was offline, it seems we had two bouts of Google Search ranking volatility, one starting around Wednesday, October 23rd and 24th, and then again in the past 24…
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 said it…
This week, we had more Google search ranking volatility to report on – surprise…
Google Search likely does not use ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications, for ranking or even indexing purposes, according to both John Mueller and Martin Splitt at Google. ARIA is a…
Google’s John Mueller posted his thoughts on AI, which were two fold. (1) AI is not going away, so he doesn’t recommend you take a stance against AI and (2)…
Google Discover is rolling out some small design updates to its interfaces. It has these new colored icons that communicate the action and Google is also showing other articles shown…
Google is showing a section named “top recipe guides” that can be expanded or collapsed in Google Search. It shows a “Lists of options from the web” in this expanded…
Google is testing another variation of the people also ask box, this one is titled “other people search.” I am not sure if there is any functional or technical difference…
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Google Search Advocate assists with diagnosing crawling issues, recommends checking shared infrastructure when multiple domains are affected. The post Google On Diagnosing Multi-Domain Crawling Issues appeared first on Search Engine…
Google updates Search documentation with standardized URL parameter guidelines, recommending “=” and “&” for optimal website crawling. The post Google Revises URL Parameter Best Practices appeared first on Search Engine…
Google is now recommending higher resolution favicons. Review these changes to keep your SEO up to date. The post Google Now Recommends Higher Resolution Favicons appeared first on Search Engine…
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 is testing…
Google is testing adding a new rich result type to the search results snippet named “Shop nearby.” The shop nearby link will open the Google Business Profile of the business’s…
Google announced a number of new Google Ads enhancements or updates to Performance Max campaigns, some we already covered and some are less search specific. The search ads news that…
Google Search is testing replacing the spelling notification for “search instead for…” with “revert.” I mean, it is a weird one being that I am not sure “revert” is the…
Google has this carousel that can pull in top products based on customer reviews in the Google Shopping graph. It is titled “Top products from customer reviews” and shows up…
Gareth Hoyle posted about this new game he and his company, along with others have spent about a year putting together. It is named SEO The Board Game and is…
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Google clarifies Core Web Vitals’ role: while a ranking factor, it doesn’t significantly impact search rankings compared to content quality. The post Google’s Mueller Dismisses Core Web Vitals Impact On…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google may have hit Fortune Recommends with a search penalty, downgrading its Google search rankings. This may be related to the site reputation abuse policy, like it may have done…
Google’s John Mueller said he understands why some in our industry look to optimize for metrics within various SEO tool platforms, but he said there are not shortcuts in SEO…
Google is testing new Audience Insights or audience analytics within the Google Merchant Center interface. This can show you your audience’s regions, ages, gender, age group and more.
One of the complains with Google Search showing Reddit or other online forums all the time is that for medical questions, the answers can be dangerous and harmful. But at…
Google now has the ability to expand sections of knowledge panels on the desktop search interface. So when you search for Elon Musk and want to see his children, Google…
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Google’s John Mueller advises site owners on managing outdated AMP subdomains, suggesting redirects or complete DNS removal. The post Google’s Mueller On How To Handle Legacy AMP Subdomains appeared first…
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Shein is one of the largest fast-fashion retailers worldwide, shipping to customers in over 150 markets. Known for its relatively low-priced apparel and wide variety, Shein became one of the…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google announced that it is adding new features for travel search ads through integration with travel feeds. This will allow ads to show hotels, prices, dates, ratings and images in…
Google is deprecating the ten-year-old Sitelinks Search Box. It is going to start to disappear from the search result snippets starting on November 21, 2024. This does not impact the…
Google seems to be testing showing search ads that you can click to watch a video. We saw something like this back in 2018, but this shopping ad has a…
There are reportedly at least five bugs within the Bing Webmaster Tools API and the corresponding documentation. The bugs range from setting country and regions to site move requests, plus…
Google Ads has changed how Performance Max and regular Shopping campaigns work within the same account. In short, Performance Max won’t take priority over Standard Shopping campaigns when they are…
Microsoft is adding new AI features to Bing Search named AI-enhanced summaries. These can show up in the knowledge panel section, and say the “summary was generated by Al from…
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To identify these trending products, we analyzed the growth in search volume of 28.7 billion keywords in Google searches within the United States over the past three months. Our final…
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John Mueller’s answer about the ideal length for content challenged SEOs to rethink their content strategy. The post Google’s Answer on Ideal Content Length for SEO appeared first on Search…
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Google will remove the sitelinks search box in November due to declining usage. Search rankings are unaffected. The post Google To Retire Sitelinks Search Box In November appeared first on…
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Google‘s helpful content update is part of Google‘s ranking system designed to reward useful content.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Nope, Google won’t let up with its Google Search ranking volatility. We are seeing sites that are showing better rankings one day, only to see those rankings jump back up…
Nick Fox is now the new head of Google Search, replacing Prabhakar Raghavan who is moving into Chief Technologist role at Google. Nick Fox has been with Google since July…
Google will temporarily pause ads related to the US elections after the polls close on November 5th. Google said this “is a temporary measure, and we will notify advertisers when…
Google is at it again, double dipping on Local Service Ads clicks, by adding a “Request competitive quotes” button after you have already selected the business you want a quote…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
For the original iTunes version, click here. Yep, another week, more Google search ranking volatility to report on…
Google Search is testing replacing the article carousel format with a list view format of sort. This shows the articles in two columns with a show more button, instead of…
Google is testing a more results button with a bit more design, the button expands or refines your query in the people also ask section. Normally you just see a…
Google is testing a new image pack design that shows four images instead of three images with a more images button. This may not be a new change, it might…
Google Search’s translate feature may sometimes show images that match the word or words, depending on the language you are translating from and to. So if you want to translate…
Google is now testing an “open in maps” button in the local pack maps embed interface. That button takes you into the core Google Maps product for that Google search…
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