Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2023

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 launched a new user agent to let you block your content from Bard or other AI Google projects...

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September Helpful Content Update Done, SGE Updates, Links Not A Top Ranking Factor, Bing Hiding Ads & Google�s 25th Birthday

This week in search, Google finished rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update, which seemed to target SEO-first, search engine-first content in a big way. Google won't be rolling back that update, if you were wondering...

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Human Art At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 28, 2023

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Google September 2023 Helpful Content Completed Rolling Out - Targeting SEO-First Content

Google, at around 3 am ET this morning, announced that the September 2023 Google helpful content update has finished rolling out. It took about 14 days, starting on September 14, 2023, and completing today on September 28, 2023. This update really went after SEO-first content, which is why the SEO community is so heated about this specific update.

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Google Search Central Swag - Water Bottle, Hat, T-Shirt, Notepads, etc

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2023

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Google 25th Birthday Cappuccino - 25

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2023

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The Ultimate Cookie Recipe At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 24, 2023

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Programming Note: Offline Monday For Yom Kippur 5784

This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Sunday night (September 24th) through Monday night (September 25th) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur...

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Google Not Rolling Back The Last Helpful Content Update

Google's John Mueller said it is very unlikely that the search company will roll back the last Google update, the September 2023 Google helpful content update. The update is currently rolling out, first touching down on September 14th, and has really wreaked havoc for some SEOs.

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Google: Links No Longer A Top Three Ranking Signal

Google has been downplaying the importance of links in its ranking algorithm for the past couple of years now. But last Thursday, at PubCon, Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said he wouldn't even put links into the top three ranking signals Google Search uses.

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Microsoft: Ads Clicks Within Bing Chat Are 1.8X Higher

At the Microsoft AI event on last Thursday, I had a sit down with Kya Sainsbury-Carter, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Advertising, who told me that clicks on ads within Bing Chat are higher than clicks on ads in traditional search. 1.8X higher to be exact and with shopping ads, specifically in Bing Chat, it is 11% higher.

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Google Gary Illyes: Comments Sections On Websites Can Be Good

Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said at PubCon that comments sections on websites can be a good thing. This messaging is on target with what Google has said about comments sections in the past, assuming the comments are useful and not filled with spam - they can be a good thing.

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Google: Removing Content Doesn't Make The Other Content Rank Higher

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that removing content doesn't make the rest of your content rank higher. He said, "keep in mind that removing content doesn't make the rest rank higher."

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 22, 2023

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content Update Hits, New Bard Features, Bing Webmaster Tools Updates & Quality In Search

Google's helpful content update is still rolling out, and the SEO chatter is super heated this week, with tons of sites reporting huge drops. But the Google tracking tools are not showing heated weather, in fact...

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Google's Helpful Content Update Doesn't Target Third-Party Hosted Content Yet

When the September 2023 Google helpful content update came out, Google added new information to its documentation around this update. One thing was specific to this documentation change was around hosted third-party content. But Gary Illyes from Google said at PubCon last night that it was not yet implemented into the actual algorithm.

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Google Irvine Office's Eat/Play Area

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 21, 2023

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Google Maps User Contributed Policy Fake Engagement & Personal Information Updated

Google has made two updates to its prohibited and restricted content policy for Google Maps user-contributed content. The impacted sections are the fake engagement and personal information sections. Here is what was added.

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Talk Like A Pirate Day Event At GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 20, 2023

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.

It's been about six days now since the Google helpful content update started rolling out, it's been a weird one...

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Google Site Names Issues Continue For News Tab?

Last week we reported that the Google site names issues, according to Google, has massively dropped off, after the last big upgrade to site names in Google Search. Well, that might not be the case for the Google news tab.

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Google: Compilation Of ChatGPT Output Is Not Unique Content

Google's John Mueller said on X that a compilation of ChatGPT output does not make your content unique or worthy of outranking other content on the internet. He posted on X that a site should instead "focus on unique, compelling, high-quality content that adds to the web."

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Google Bikes On Google Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 19, 2023

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Google Search can now double-check the responses given by Google Bard...

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NASA Astronaut Suit At Google London Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2023

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Bing Tests Lock Icon In Search Results For Secure Websites

Bing is testing showing a lock icon in the Bing Search results for snippets from secure websites. Previously, Bing tested secure site labels and HTTPS labels in those positions but now Bing is testing showing a lock icon.

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Renegade Dalek Working At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 15, 2023

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Google: Site Name Issues Massively Dropped Since Last Algorithm Update

Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on X that the number of issues and complaints posted in the forums about site names being wrong in Google search has "massively dropped" since the last Google site names update in July.

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Google Bring Your Pup To Work Day

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 14, 2023

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Google FAQ Rich Results Now Only Displayed For Authoritative Sites

A month ago, Google told us that FAQ rich results in the Google search results will be shown for only authoritative sites but we waited over a month and nothing changed. That was until yesterday when FAQs in the Google search results are now barely showing up in the search results anymore.

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Google Upside Down Room In Brazil

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 13, 2023

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Google Ship Carrier

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2023

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Google: Very Few Robots.txt Files Are Over 500KB

Gary Illyes shared a nice little tidbit on LinkedIn about robots.txt files. He said that only a tiny number of robots.txt files are over 500 kilobytes. I mean, most robots.txt files have a few lines of text, so this makes sense but still, it is a nice tidbit of knowledge.

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Google: Use Hreflang When Sitelinks Go To Wrong Country Version

Google's John Mueller said if you see that your sitelinks in Google Search are going to the wrong country version URL on your site, then try using hreflang. John said on X, "This is kinda what hreflang is for (and even that isn't a guarantee that languages/regions won't mix)."

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Google On Content On E-Commerce Category Page: Stay Away From Low-Quality Blurbs

We covered the topic of SEO for e-commerce category pages a number of times here. But Gary Illyes from Google addressed the topic last week in an SEO office hours. In short, he said if you are going to add content to those category pages, make sure they are not low-quality, auto-generated blurbs of text.

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Google To Force Some Suspended Advertisers To Get Verification Before Lifting Suspension

Google in October will start to require some advertisers who have their accounts suspended to complete the advertiser verification in order to have the account re-issued. Google said this does not apply to advertisers who do monthly invoicing.

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Another Google Surfboard

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 2023

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New: Google Search Console Shows Merchant Center Visibility Issues & Changes

Google announced that Google Search Console will now show Google Merchant Center visibility issues and changes in new reports. There are two new reports, the first report shows when products stop appearing on the Shopping tab due to any issues and the second shows changes clicks and improve ranking of products on Google Search.

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New Google Business Profiles Reinstatement Process (US)

In the coming weeks, Google will bring the EU version of the Google Business Profile reinstatement process to the US. Local SEOs are buzzing about it because it converts the process into a wizard that walks you through the steps but more importantly, it seems you get one chance at reinstatement and that it is.

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"Google" Street Paint In Binary At Google Kirkland Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2023

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's August 2023 core update is officially done rolling out...

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Google: Why You May See A Spike In Indexed URLs

Google's Gary Illyes answered a question on why one might see a sudden spike in indexed URLs by Google Search. The short answer is that there can be a ton of reasons, so it is hard to answer the question without the specific domain.

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Google Site Names Now Work In All Languages

Google announced that Site names now work in all languages, not just English, French, Japanese, and German. That was really the only change Google announced with Site names yesterday - so there you have it.

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Hidden Room At Google Boulder Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 7, 2023

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Google Retro Looking Chairs

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 6, 2023

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Google August 2023 Core Update Volatility Yesterday - The Final Wave?

We are expecting Google to announce that the Google August 2023 core update has been completed any minute now. But yesterday, I believe we saw another wave of volatility, maybe the final wave of fluctuations before Google calls this update as being done.

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Golden Deer Head Mantel At Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2023

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Sunflower At GooglePlex with Peter The Greeter

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 4, 2023

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Bing Tests Related Search Interfaces

Microsoft Bing has been testing some new interfaces for its related searches. Some of these interfaces are boxed at the top right section, while others seem to float over elements on the right side of the page.

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Exotic Animals Visit The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 1, 2023

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google SGE Links & Expansion, August Core Update, Emailing Google Link Spam, Bing, Ads, SEO & More

This week, we continue to track the Google August 2023 core update, where we saw volatility last weekend and mid-week. Google Search Generative Experience gained links, expanded to India and Japan, added listen features...

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Does Google Use The Meta Keywords Tag For Rankings? No

It has been a while since I covered the keyword meta tag and for some reason the topic has come up recently, so I decided to cover it again. In short, Google Search still does not use the keyword meta tag for ranking purposes.

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Google Sneaker Illustrated

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