Daily Search Forum Recap: July 31, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Vlog #234: Fabrice Canel On Sitemaps & Next Big Thing In Search

In part one, we learned more about Fabrice Canel of Microsoft Bing and spoke about indexing quality. In part two we dig more into the concern around content generation through generative AI tools and IndexNow...

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Google's Revised Site Name Questions & Resources Thread

With the updates to Site names last week, Google decided to post a revised set of questions, FAQs, resources, support and timelines on the whole Google Search site name bit in the Google Webmaster Help forums.

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Googlers Baking Cookies At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 28, 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 says AI-generated reviews are spam according to Merchant Center policies...

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Google Merchant Center Next Wants You To Add Your Customer Support Details

Google wants you to add your customer support details to Google Merchant Center Next. Google said, "Shoppers are often dissatisfied when they can't easily find customer support and returns related information when they're shopping online." So if you add this information, it will improve your shoppers experience.

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Google Brazil Seesaw

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 27, 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.

I am now seeing a huge spike in SEO chatter specific to a Google algorithm ranking update, but some, not all...

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Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Chatter Signals - June 25th

I am seeing a significant increase in chatter from within the SEO community around a possible Google Search ranking algorithm update. While most of the tracking tools have calmed, except for Semrush and Mozcast, I am seeing a big spike in SEO chatter yesterday and into today.

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Dark Mode Now Rolling Out On Bing Search & Bing Chat

As we expected, Bing Chat and Bing Search both now support dark mode. There is a new "dark" setting under the "appearance" section of the settings menu at the top right of the page to turn it on or off.

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Google Local Service Ads Review Dispute Form Updates With Clarifications

Google has updated its Local Service Ads reviews dispute form. The update clarifies that the form should be used for reviews on Local Service Ads and not to handle reviews through Google Business Profiles.

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Google Things To Know With Links Outside Accordions

Google has made the links within the Things To Know box more prominent by placing some of those links outside of the accordions. So you no longer have to click to expand the Things to know section to get some of the links, some are shown in the top section by default.

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Google Categorizes Reviews By Type Of Reviewer

Google seems to be testing categorizing the review by the type of review in the Google Maps and Local reviews section. So if you have a couple on vacation leaving a review versus a solo traveler or family, it will say so.

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Outdoor Hammock At Google Brazil

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 26, 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 and Microsoft announced financial earnings, both showed a lift in ad revenues...

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John Mueller: Programmatic SEO Often A Fancy Banner For Spam

Google's John Mueller had another one-liner - this one was posted on Twitter and it reads, "programmatic SEO is often a fancy banner for spam."

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 25, 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 said site names in the title tag are fine...

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Google Business Profile Messaging With Availability Status & Away Mode Settings

Google Business Profiles messaging feature may be rolling out the ability to set your status to respond to messages and the ability to configure your away mode.

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Google Search Comparison Sites List & Box Interface

Yesterday I covered the hotel version of Google Search testing a comparison sites carousel and a new search filter. Well, it seems it is not specific to just hotels but works for comparing websites in general and also for more categories.

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Google: Spammy Link Networks Share Vulnerable Sources With Each Other

Google's John Mueller said that when a link spammer (or I guess any time of spammer) find a vulnerability on a website, they might share that vulnerability with their network of spammers. So it is important that you close any vulnerabilities on your site not just from a specific spammer but from future spammers who may have been told about your site.

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Google: Just Because Google Drops Your Site Name From Its Title; Doesn't Mean You Should

Should you put your site name in your title tag? Google's John Mueller said it really shouldn't be an SEO decision. John Mueller seems to be a fan of having a site name in the title, despite this site not doing that for our article pages.

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Google Signage: Colored Pieces Of Wood

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 24, 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...

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Google Business Profiles Automated FAQs Feature

Google Business Profiles seems to be rolling out a new FAQ feature where Google will automatically create FAQs based on your Google Business Profile details and your website.

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Google Merchant Center Collections - Group Products Together

Google Merchant Center is rolling out a new feature named "collections." Collections let you group up to 100 products together in the same collection. Google said collections, "Collections allow you to associate products and other creative assets with one another. You can combine images, videos, and text to create richer experiences for your customers."

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Google's John Mueller Mail An SEO $3.50

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 21, 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 Ads Editor released a minor release, version 2.4.1. Bing Chat will remain free...

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Google Clarifies URL Structure Guidelines With Supported Characters

Google has updated its URL structure guidelines to specify what characters Google Search supports in URLs.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 20, 2023

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Mikhail Parakhin Bing Conference Room Candies

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 19, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google: AI Content Is Not Well Received By It's Algorithms

Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, responded to Vox Media's claim that AI content is currently "well-received by search engines." Sullivan said, "It's still not correct that AI content will be "well-received by search engines," at least for us."

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Google: A Good Page Experience Doesn't Fix Other SEO Problems

Google's John Mueller was asked again about page speed and how important of a ranking factor it is, if at all. John replied, saying page speed is a vague term and that Google uses core web vitals and page experience metrics instead. But John added that a "great UX doesn't fix other problems."

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Google Search Central Live Indonesia

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 18, 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.

Just when you thought the ranking tools couldn't get any hotter, today...

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Google Search Tests Boxed-In Favicon Design

Google Search is testing boxed-in favicons for snippets. That is, instead of the favicon as is, Google is placing them in a square box.

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Google Pinball Arcade Games In Irvine Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 17, 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.

This past weekend was more heated than ever in terms of the Google search results volatility...

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Vlog #232: Fabrice Canel Of Microsoft Bing On Indexing Quality

Fabrice Canel is someone most of you who watch my videos know already, he has been with Microsoft for 26 years and is now the Principal Program Manager at Bing...

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Skelton Sitting In Google Kirkland Cafe

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Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Volatility Explodes This Weekend

I often post about Google ranking volatility and search ranking algorithm updates but I rarely post about them on a weekend. But I just had to this Sunday morning; the tools are literally all reporting massive and explosive volatility this weekend and the SEO chatter is also very high.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Search Practice Speaking Feature For Specific Countries

Google Search seems to be testing a new feature to help searchers learn to speak in English (and maybe other languages). It is called Practice Speaking and can be triggered in some countries, such as India.

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Google Images Tests "See More Like This" Button

Google is testing an icon or button overlayed on images in the image search results to "see more like this." I personally do not see this myself, so it must be a test.

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Google Tire

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 13, 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 search results are super-heated again...

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Google Search Tests Snippets With Translation Drop Downs

Google is testing translating search results snippets with a "Translated by Google" drop-down feature under that specific search result snippet. It shows you that Google can translate the result from one language to another if you click to expand the feature.

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Earthy Google Lobby Area In Bay View Campus

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 12, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Search Explore Section Gains Ads

Google's explore section, which we first found a year ago and is now live for all, now seems to be showing Google Ads or sponsored listings. I have not seen ads in the Explore section before, maybe I missed it, but now they are showing for some people.

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Google Might Not Showing Your Site Name Over A Confidence Issue

Google introduced the site name feature last October for mobile and last March for desktop search. Did you know that sometimes Google might not show a site's site name in search if it doesn't have enough confidence in the name?

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Google Bard Goes Without Updates For 5 Weeks

Google has not published a new update for Google Bard for five weeks now. The last update published was on June 7, 2023 and since then it has been quiet.

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Google Tests Swipe To Share & Save A Search Results

Google is testing a feature to swipe over a specific search result snippet so you can save or share it. When you swipe over the snippet, you are presented with two icons, one to save and one to share.

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YouTube Shopping Cart At Google's Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 11, 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 has a big indexing bug with Google News...

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Google Ads Circumventing Systems Policy Update

Google Ads will be updating its generic Circumventing Systems policy this month. The change will "clarify that the policy prohibits repeated and simultaneous policy violations across any of your accounts, including using two or more accounts to post ads that violate any Google Ads policy," Google posted.

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Google AdSense Now Supports Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Payments

Google AdSense now supports Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payments in EUR currency for publishers in many new countries. The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is a payment-integration initiative of the European Union for simplification of bank transfers denominated in euro.

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Real Google Links

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8 2023

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Google Cloud Le-Go Event

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 7 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 search results are on fire, but yet...

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Bing Tests Search Result Listing Branded Side Labels

Bing is now testing showing branded side labels next to each search result listing. We saw earlier more basic side labels and before that branded side bars for some search queries. I am also seeing favicons on the side of the snippets. Bing is always very busy testing these things.

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Google Ireland Dance Class On International Music Day

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 6 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Merchant Center Automated Discounts Fully Live

Google Merchant Center seems to be rolling out its old beta feature named automated discounts. Automated discounts helps retailers automatically discount their product prices based on multiple real-time signals, Google explained.

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Google Ads To Remove Examples From Legal Requirements Policies

Next month, Google Ads will remove the examples it provides in its Google Ads Legal Requirements policy. Google posted that on August 7, 2023, it will no longer list examples on the page.

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Edits To Your Local Service Ads Will Update Your Google Business Profile

Now when you update your business hours, and maybe other information, on your Google Local Service Ads, those updates will be synced up with your Google Business Profiles within 24 hours.

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Test: Google Top Stories With Author Names

It looks like Google is testing placing author names in the top stories carousel within the mobile search results. I believe Google had this at some point before, but I have not seen author names in this feature in a long time.

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Google: It Doesn't Matter If You Use Blog Folders For URLs & We're Not Wrong

Google's John Mueller said it doesn't matter either way if you put your blog posts on a subfolder of /blog or just on the root directory of the site, without the /blog.

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Google Orchestra Gets Guinness World Records

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 5 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google's John Mueller: No Ranking Factor Compensates For Missing Relevance

Google's John Mueller has another good one-liner about SEO and Google ranking. He said on Mastodon, "No ranking factor compensates missing relevance, or missing user interest."

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Google Ads Editor Version 2.4 Gains Multi-Account Overview Google Drive Integration & More

Google has released version 2.4 of the Google Ads Editor, this comes 14 weeks since version 2.3 was released in March 2023. The new version gains video asset library, multi-account overview, Google Drive integration, scheduled posts, editable product groups and listing groups and more.

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Google Bard Gets On Jeopardy TV Show

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 3 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Search Generative Experience Shows Local Store Inventory

Did you know that the new Google Search Generative Experience that launched to us a month ago shows nearby stores that have products in stock directly in the generative AI answer. This might not be new, but based on my early tests, I don't believe I've seen Google SGE show "Stores," and I definitely didn't cover that they did.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams At Google

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