Daily Search Forum Recap: December 30, 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 said search results are more relevant today...

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Google Search Adds Grammar Check Feature

Google Search can now tell you if your query is using proper grammar. Google will show you a green checkmark under the title "Grammar Check" when you get the grammar right.

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Top Contributors To The Search Engine Roundtable In 2022

As you all know, I source a lot of forums and Twitter threads (now Mastodon as well) here for the stories that I write. Without the amazing individuals that make up the search industry, this site would not exist...

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Google Intern Cohort

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 2022

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Google: "Here" Is Bad Link Text

Lizzi Sassman from Google said in this morning's Google SEO office hours that using the anchor text "here," the text for your hyperlink, is simply "bad link text." Instead, you should use more descriptive text for the page you are linking to.

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NBA and Google Water Bottle

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 28, 2022

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Google: Building Your Site On Bad Links Over Time Will Have A Lasting Effect

Google's John Mueller provided some advice on a site that seemed to have been hit due to bad links. He said on Mastodon, "If you've built the foundation of your site on bad links for a longer period of time, that will have a lasting effect even if you suddenly fix some things."

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Google Speed Bumps

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 27, 2022

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Google: Spam Update Hits Won't Be Fixed By Removal Internal Duplicate Content

Google's John Mueller said that removing internal duplicate content and other technical issue fixes won't lead to your site recovering from a Google spam update. John said that these spam updates look more at the "actual content" than if you have technical issues or duplicate content on your site.

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Wicker Chair At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 26, 2022

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Calmer Christmas Weekend For The Google Search Results

It seemed a lot calmer this past weekend, Christmas weekend than we had it a while in the world of Google search volatility. This is a good thing since we really want to see the two Google ranking algorithm updates wind down before yearend.

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Lizzi's Crochet Googlebot & Crawley Are Outstanding

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 23, 2022

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Google Tests Sponsored Label On Desktop Search Ads

Google is testing displaying the new "sponsored" ad label on the desktop search results. Google launched the new sponsored ad label on mobile search two months ago and tested it also on Discover recently, and is now also testing it on the desktop interface.

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Google Tests About Carousel For Websites

Google is testing a new search feature to tell you more about a website. This is an "about" carousel that shows more information about a site, including information from the site itself and third-party sites.

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Google Testing Displaying Local Business Profiles In Google Discover

Google is testing including the local business profile listings in Google Discover. There is this new section named "mentioned in this article" where Google can show the local business listing of companies that were noted in the article.

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Google: Ignore Spammy Links Even When A Whole Penalized Site Is Redirected To You

Google's advice since Penguin 4.0 was that you don't need to disavow links since the links are neutralized and don't end up helping or hurting you. In short, Google ignores those links. This even applies to when someone redirects a site that was penalized for spammy links to your site, said John Mueller of Google.

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Rusty Google Room

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 22, 2022

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Just an update for you, the Google search results are still very turbulent...

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Google Developer Groups Shades

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 21, 2022

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Google PSA: Sitemaps Are Hints, Not Orders

Gary Illyes from Google said on LinkedIn the other day that sitemaps are hints, not orders. Meaning just because you submit an XML sitemap file to Google, it does not mean Google will index and rank that content.

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Google Cassette Tapes Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 20, 2022

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Study: Upvoting Reviews Keeps The Reviews On Google Local Longer

Here is another study from Joy Hawkins and friends. This study says that upvoting reviews tend to keep the reviews on the local listings up for a longer period of time.

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Face Paint At Google Dublin Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 19, 2022

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Vlog #202: Jessica Budde From Furry Fun Facts To Brewing Digital Marketing

Jessica Budde was next to be interviewed and she has an amazing personality. She co-hosts the Marketing O'Clock podcast...

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Google Search Knowledge Panel With Grey Links

Google is testing a light gray colored font for the links in the Google Search knowledge panel box. Google often tests various font sizes and colors and is constantly testing small and large user interface changes in Google Search, so this test should be no surprise.

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Custom Google Jenga Set

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2022

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Google updated its search quality raters guidelines and added an E to E-A-T...

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Google's Christmas Market Event With The Blue Belles

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 15, 2022

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New: Video Uploads For Google Reviews On Google Maps App

Google now allows users to upload videos to their local reviews on mobile. Videos uploads were added to the desktop interface in 20216, but now you can upload videos, in addition to photos, on the mobile interface.

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Google Holiday Giraffes Scene In GooglePlex Lobby

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 14, 2022

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Google has posted a page that documents the visual elements of the Google Search results page...

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Google Gives Official Names Of Some Search Features With Visual Elements Gallery

Google has launched a new visual elements of Google Search gallery that documents some of the more popular search features in Google Search. Now we no longer have to guess or make up names for some of the Google Search features.

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Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2022

I've been checking for the past week, multiple times per day, and just now, Google has launched the Chanukah/Hanukkah decorations for the 2022 season. Chanukah starts this Sunday night, so I was expecting it to come soon, and it is here with a family around a table playing dreidel.

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Google Chef Cooks Thanksgiving Turkey At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 13, 2022

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R2-D2 At Google Event

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 12, 2022

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Google Search Console Content Ideas - Experimental Feature

Google Search Console is testing a new feature named "content ideas." It is labeled as an "experimental" feature that brings Question Hub-like concepts directly into Google Search Console.

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Android Brazil Soccer Statue At Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 9, 2022

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content System Update, Continuous Scroll On Desktop & Topic Refinements

This week we had another confirmed update to the Google helpful content system; it is now global. Google also had a lot of volatility over the previous week, unrelated to this confirmed update. Google officially rolled out continuous scroll on desktop...

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Arches At The Google Carpenter Chicago Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 8, 2022

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Poll Shows SEOs Split On If Google Or The Web Is Getting Worse

There have been a lot of complaints about the quality of Google search results - the truth is, there are always complaints. Assuming you believe the results are indeed getting worse (which not everyone would agree with), is Google to blame, or is it the fault of the web in general to blame?

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Teddy Bear Hardly Working At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 7, 2022

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Google is rolling out an updated Google helpful content update/system...

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Google Launches +Topic Search Bar Refinements After Several Months Of Testing

Back in July we reported that Google was testing a new more dynamic search bar refinement option that adds keywords to the filters at the top under the search bar. Then Google demoed that feature at Search On and this week, Google is now rolling out the feature.

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Search Chrome Tabs, Bookmarks & History

Google announced three new ways to search in Chrome - including search your tabs, your bookmarks and your history. You can search with three new site search shortcuts directly built into the Chrome address bar, with @tabs, @bookmarks and @history.

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Google Dublin Office Tower Viewer

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 6, 2022

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Microsoft Advertising Gains Flyer Extensions, Retract & Restate Conversions, Ad Schedule Calendar View & More

Microsoft posted the monthly Microsoft Advertising news and new features and announced a bunch of new stuff. The new features include new flyer extensions, update (restate) the revenue value associated or delete (retract) the conversion, a new calendar view for ad scheduling and more.

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Google Dublin Office Christmas Tree Is Up

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2022

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Vlog #200: Jeremy Meindl On CRM Targeting To Get A Girl (He Married Her) & For Marketing

Part one and part two with Jeremy Meindl was more on black hat SEO stuff and now in part three...

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Large Google Search Ranking Algorithm Updates & Volatility Continues

Every Monday, I end up covering an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update but this past week, going into the weekend, was even more volatile than the others. I am seeing way more chatter, and even the tools are showing heavier volatility than the normal high volatility.

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Have Content Load First For JavaScript Heavy Sites Says Google

Gary Illyes from Google posted a PSA (public service announcement) of sorts on Mastodon and LinkedIn for sites that are heavy with JavaScript. He said that you should try to load the content, including the "marginal boilerplate" content, first when you have a JavaScript-heavy site.

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December 2022 Google Webmaster Report

Welcome to the big Google Webmaster Report for December 2022, the last one for the 2022 year. It was a fun 30 days or so; we learned a lot. The VP of Google Search, Hyung-Jin Kim, told us E-A-T is used everywhere and that there was a Coati algorithm that replaced Panda.

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Google Doogler Fire Station Hydrant

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Google Doodle For Seasonal Holidays 2022

Google has posted its "Seasonal Holidays" Google Doodle for the month of December - the holiday month. Google did this last year as well, and while the past few days we had some other special Doodles on Google's home page, when those Doodles came off, Google put up this Season Holidays Doodle up.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 2, 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.

Just saying today is the 19th year anniversary of this site...

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Google Search Tests New Box "Maps On This Topic" & "From Your Subscriptions"

Google Search is showing and maybe testing news and top stories related boxes with a headline that says "maps on this topic." Also, Google can also know what publications you are subscribed to and show you "from your subscriptions" content as well.

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Hollywood Mirror at Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 1, 2022

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Google Sues Company That Impersonates Google Through Scammy Telemarketing Calls

Google announced it has filed a lawsuit against "scammers who sought to defraud hundreds of small businesses by impersonating Google through telemarketing calls." You know, the calls from "Google" asking you to claim your business or update your business information.

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Google Improved The Search Console Discover Performance Report

Google has annotated the Discover performance report in Google Search Console, saying the report has been improved. Specifically, Google said it improved the system for counting clicks and impressions within Google Discover.

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Massive Google Maps Hallway At Pier 57

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 30, 2022

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Google says again, but more strongly...

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Google: We Have Algorithms To Detect & Demote AI Altered Plagiarized Content

Duy Nguyen from Google's search quality team said in the Google office hours video that Google has "algorithms to go after" those who post AI plagiarized content, he the algorithms can "demote site scraping content from other sites."

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Google Has An Indoor Merry-Go-Round

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2022

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Got a lot of local SEO stuff for you, including longer...

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Google Business Profiles Now Showing Review Time For Some Edits

Google may now show you the time it takes to review a requested edit in Google Business Profiles. So if you edit, let's say, your business category, Google may show you that this type of edit takes about 10 minutes to be reviewed by someone at Google.

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Lizzi Sassman's Dog Co-Stars With John Mueller In Google Video

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 28, 2022

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So Many SEOs Just Don't Know Guest Post Links Should Be Nofollowed

The other day, I covered a poll that showed about half of SEOs still use guest posting for SEO purposes. Then a few days later, an SEO asked John Mueller about something and John told him that the guest post links should be nofollowed, and the SEO was shocked.

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New Google Glass Structure With Stained Glass At GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 25, 2022

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Google Business Profiles Now Offering Suggested Services Areas

When you create a Google Business Profile and now go into creating service areas, Google may now offer you a list of suggested service areas in your region. Just be careful because these suggested service areas are based on your current location, not the location of the business.

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Gary Illyes Eating Japanese Dishes

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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 it, many SEOs are still doing guest posts for links. Google's John Mueller spoke about subdomains, yes...

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Google Discover Changes "More Recommendations" Label To "More Products" Signaling Deeper Push Into Shopping And E-commerce

In March, I wrote a post about "More recommendations" being surfaced in Google Discover. The call to action would show up after researching products in Google Search and would lead to a "task dashboard" containing a boatload of content that helps users continue researching products (including articles, video, product comparison functionality, and more).

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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 said they do not use guest posting for SEO reasons. 32% said they do and 12% said they do on occasion.

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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 side by the video search results box that says "Short videos of X" with a "from TikTok" button.

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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 Mastodon when he would go with subdomains versus posting the content on the main www.

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Google Buttons Game Cake

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 22, 2022

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Google: Last Batch Of Sites Moving To Mobile-First Indexing Coming Soon, Again

Once again, Google's John Mueller said the last batch of sites still being indexed using desktop indexing is going to be moved over to mobile-first indexing "soon." John said this on Twitter this morning, saying "The last batches of sites are afaik coming soon."

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Stan, The Google Patriotic Dinosaur

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 21, 2022

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Google Army Veteran Suited Up

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 18, 2022

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Google launched a ton of new features across search, maps...

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Coati Update, More Weekend Tremors, Local Reviews Bug, Google Ads Bribe, Apple Search Delayed & More

This week, we learned that Google's Panda update at one point in time evolved into what was called the Google Coati update. Google also had another weekend update last week. Google Search Console added a new shopping tab with more...

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The New Google Viger Montreal Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 17, 2022

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Google On The Most Expensive Pages To Crawl & Does It Matter

There is a fun Twitter thread where Google's John Mueller and SEO Elmer Boutin talk about expensive pages for Google to crawl. John starts off by explaining that Google doesn't think about it from an expense or not, it is more about if the page is something that is relevant and useful - that is what Google cares about.

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Google Tests Picture In Picture For Videos In Search Results

Google is testing a picture-in-picture mode for videos that are shown in the search results. You can click on the video preview image and play the video at the bottom right corner of the search results page.

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Google Shopping Halloween Velma Dinkley From Scooby Doo

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 16, 2022

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Have you ever heard of the Google Coati update algorithm...

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Google: We Pick Up On URL Patterns That Don't Work But Should Slow Crawling Those URLs

Google's John Mueller confirmed that GoogleBot will crawl and pick up on URL patterns that simply do not work on your site. I mean, we have all seen this happen time and time again with sites we manage. But John added that the crawling should slow over time as Google picks up on this.

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Google NYC Diwali Celebration

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 15, 2022

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Bing Trending Or Top Picks For You & Google Also Nearby For Product Search Results

Here are some cute features spotted in both Microsoft Bing and Google Search around products. Bing is testing showing "trending for you" or "top picks for you." Google is testing showing "also nearby" in the product listings as well.

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Google Recommends Dot Over Commas Numerical Separators In Review Snippet Structured Data

Google has updated its review snippet structured data help documentation to recommend using dot separators in numerical review values over comma separators in numerical review values. Both dots and commas will work, but Google is recommending the dots over the commas.

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Google Ads Data Missing From Looker Studio Or Google Sheets with GA4 API?

There are reports that in some cases you can be missing some of your Google Ads data and campaign information when you use the Google Analytics 4 API in conjunction with Looker Studio and/or Google Sheets.

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Google Super G String Logo Signage

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2022

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Yep...

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Google Business Reviews Going Missing After Suggested Edits (Scary Bug)

Google Business Profiles and business listings reviews are going missing, dropping out completely, again, but this time it seems to be related to automated suggested edits occurring on some business profiles.

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Google Local Reviews Shows Number Of Reviews From Reviewer By Category

Last week I reported on how Google Local reviews can display how many reviews a specific reviewer left in a specific city. Well, Google is also doing this by category, how many reviews a specific reviewer left for the business category type.

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Google's Greatest Talent Show Dancer

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 11, 2022

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Google Ads API v12 Updated Client Libraries & Code Examples

Google has updated the client libraries and code examples for the new Google Ads API version 12, which was released a couple of weeks ago.

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Bing Tests AI Chat Feature At Top Of Search Results

Microsoft is testing the AI chat bot feature at the top of the Bing Search results. We have seen the let's chat feature from Bing for a while now but not at the top, featured snippet area.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 10, 2022

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Mastodon Is Using Rel Noreferrer On Outbound Links Causing Visits To Appear As Direct Traffic In Google Analytics

Mastodon is surging with Twitter in chaos, but traffic from the social network will be hard to track. That's because Mastodon is using rel noferrer on outbound links causing visits to appear as Direct Traffic in Google Analytics.

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Google Champagne Glasses Are Still Arond

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 9, 2022

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SEO Tricks Make Browsing The Web For The Visually Impaired Really Bad...

John Mueller shared on Mastodon that he met with someone who relies on screen readers to consume the web. And he explained to him how old-school SEO tricks make reading the web using screen readers, well let's just say, not pleasant.

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Katie Couric At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 8, 2022

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Google Search Shopping Pre-Owned Green Leaf Labels

Google is showing a green leaf label that says "pre-owned" on Google Shopping results, which I guess are pre-owned. This shows both in the desktop and mobile Google Search shopping results.

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New Google Merchant Center User Interface Being Tested

I am hearing some reports that Google is testing a new user interface for the Google Merchant Center. The new interface is not just some design changes but an overhaul of the way you use Merchant Center.

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Google Deck Of Cards Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 7, 2022

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Google Tests Multiple Size Sitelinks Designs

Google has been testing a lot of Sitelinks features in search, including the boxed-in design. But now I am seeing this new boxed design with different-sized formats for a single snippet.

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Google Search Moves Lyrics Results To Right Side

Google has moved the lyric details from the main middle section of the Google Search results to the right side panel. Well, for most queries, but not all.

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Harp & Cello At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2022

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Bing Image Search Tests Animated Ads

Microsoft Bing seems to be testing animated ads in the Bing image search interface. The ads look like an interactive banner ad of some sort, based on your query.

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Overgrown With Plants Google Logo

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 3, 2022

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Google: Having Duplicate Content URLs In Sitemap File Won't Likely Cause Ranking Issues

Google's John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that having a Sitemap file that lists pages that are duplicative to others, won't necessarily cause ranking issues for your site. It might confuse Google when it comes to crawling but it should not impact rankings, John said.

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John Mueller Holding A Google Webmasterplatz Sign

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 2, 2022

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Finally: Google Adds Lens Button To Desktop Homepage Search Bar

Google has finally added the Google Lens button to the Google.com homepage search bar. Rajan Patel from Google announced this quietly on Twitter saying the Google homepage, which rarely changes, has changed and pointed at the Google Lens button.

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Halloween Photos From Google Offices Around The World

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 1, 2022

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There may have been another Google algorithm update or adjustment on Friday...

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Google: No, Your Website Doesn't Need 200,000 Words To Be Considered Authoritative

Google's John Mueller said a website does not need to have 200,000 words to be considered authoritative. This comes after a Twitter thread said "You need around 200,000 words on your website to be considered authoritative by Google." John replied, "I don't know who made up that 200,000-word number, it's definitely not from Google."

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Googlers Host Off Site Ranch Retreat

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 31, 2022

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Vlog #195: Rick Mariano On Providing High Volume Digital Marketing Services At Low Cost

Rick Mariano is the Vice President of Digital at Hearst and he runs LocalEdge...

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GooglePlex's Parking Lot Complex Has A Pixelated Mosaic

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 28, 2022

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Hits Hard, Query Data Analytics Bug Fixed, Google Ads API, PMax Updates & Earnings Reports

This week, we covered how the day after Google announced the Google October 2022 spam update was done, only then did we see some really massive changes. Google fixed a month-long bug with Google Analytics 3...

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Locker Room At Google Poland

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 27, 2022

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Fun Google Wall Art

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 26, 2022

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A new zero click Google study puts it only at 25%...

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Samba Dancers At Google Ireland

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 25, 2022

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Google Search Console Bug Mislabeled Many Rich Results Issues As Errors When They Were Warnings

Google has confirmed that it has relabeled many of the rich results issues in Google Search Console from "errors" to "warnings." So you may see a bunch of errors being moved to the warnings side in the Google Search Console rich results reports.

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Google Beach Chairs

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 24, 2022

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Google: Doing SEO For The Google SEO Search Documentation

There is something super funny about listening to Lizzi and John from Google talk about the Google team doing SEO on the actual SEO help documentation. It is a fun listen to and I recommend you find some time to listen to this, no need to take notes, but just listen to it.

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Confirmed: Google Ads Issue With Call Ads

Google has confirmed an issue affecting call ads within Google Ads. Google said, "the issue is specific to call ads and is affecting a subset of users."

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Google Local Panel Tests Dynamic Search Refinement Buttons

A few months ago, we spotted Google testing a dynamic search bar refinement interface in the core search results. Well, now it seems Google is testing a similar variation for the local panel interface in Google Search.

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Google Testing Explore More Visual Products Section

For the past several months Google has been testing a more visual product experience, a product grid that basically turns the search results into an e-commerce category page-like interface. Google is now testing an "explore more" grid format on top of that, after officially announcing this new visual shopping experience was live yesterday.

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Stan, The Google Dinosaur In Conical Hat & Asian Attire

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 21, 2022

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That was fast...

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, Site Name & Favicons, New Sponsored Ad Label and More

The Google October 2022 spam update, the first spam update since last November, started and was completed within 42 hours, I have more on that in the video. Google also has rolled out a new Site name and favicon design for the mobile search results, with new structured data...

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Third Party Appointment Services Hijacking Google Local Business Profile Panels

Google Maps and local panels have shown booking, appointment, reservation, and other ordering solutions from third parties for many years. And while we have a way to opt-out, it is still causing a lot of confusion and frustration for these small businesses.

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Google My Ad Center Rolling Out To All

Google My Ad Center is now rolling out globally to all users, giving users the ability to control the ads they see or do not see, across Google Search and Google properties. Google said you will "also be able to block sensitive ads and learn more about the information used to personalize your ad experience."

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Report: Google Reviews Being Removed From Local Business Profiles

There are numerous reports of Google doing some mass pruning and removals of reviews from the local maps results, from Google Business Profile listings. This is done every now and then, it is unclear if this is a bug or some new filter being applied to already approved reviews.

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Google Interactive Knowledge Panels In Auto-Complete Search Suggestions

We have seen Google place a lot of goodies in the search box auto-complete and search suggestions, including people also ask and other forms of answers. But remember the new interactive knowledge panel design? Google seems to be testing a version of that in the auto-complete drop-down.

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Google Colorful Reindeer

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