Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Page Experience FAQs, Google News Failures & Less Of A Local Pack

This past weekend we had yet another unconfirmed update from Google Search...

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Google: We Can Recognize & Understand Pagination Through Internal Links

I am still not over losing rel prev/rel next and Google's John Mueller was asked about it on a video hangout from yesterday. In short, John said Google is no longer using this and no longer needs to. Google is now "able to recognize common types of pagination setups on our own," he said.

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Rand Updates Metrics On Zero Click Study; Google, It's Now Your Turn

Rand Fishkin posted on Twitter several updated stats and information around his most recent zero-click search study. There are some interesting tidbits in this update but more importantly, I think if Rand can take the industry feedback and work to update the study, Google can take the industry feedback and share some of its data.

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Google Crawl Budget Can Include All Your Subdomains

Google's John Mueller said when it comes to crawl budget, it is possible that Google may group your subdomains together for crawl budget purposes. John explained "our systems try to figure out which infrastructure belongs together."

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Google: Core Web Vitals Does Not Need To Be Met For Top Stories Inclusion

I covered this the other day but it needs to be pulled out and emphasized as its own story. Google said that pages can be included in the top stories carousel and section even if the core web vitals is not "cleared" or met.

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