Google’s John Mueller Providing SEO Support On New Years
John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst, and Search Relations team lead at Google, was again out there on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, providing SEO support for site owners, creators, publishers, SEOs, and others. He has done this on Christmas every…
Search Engine Roundtable Version 5: Redesign & Platform
Today we have released version 5 of the Search Engine Roundtable. We have redesigned the site from the ground up while also revamping many of the site’s backend and technical features. The site is now over 20 years old and the design was just over 13…
This is over
I’m sure you’re all wondering why we have gathered you here today. That’s right: it’s the
end of year blog post in which we go over what happened in 2023 on Google Search Central,
and have some fun along the way!
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Google’s New Year’s Eve 2023 Doodle Is Shiny
Google’s Google’s New Year’s Eve doodle for 2023 is live in some regions and will be live in New York in the next five hours or so. If you want a sneak peek at it early, here it is.
Google New Years Eve Search Algorithm Update
There has been a ton of chatter within the SEO community over the past couple of days related to extreme ranking volatility within the Google Search results. The Google tracking tools have also picked up the volatility over the past day or so. There …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Christmas Google Search Volatility, 2023 Google Updates , Bing Chat Links, SEO In 2024 & More
This is the last SEO video recap of the year, and I covered a summary of all the confirmed Google algorithm updates in 2023. I also discussed the Christmas Google search ranking volatility we saw earlier this week. Bing Chat added favicons to links…
Google’s John Mueller: SEO Will Not Die In H1 2024
2024 is just around the corner and a lot of you are worried that SEO will die again. Well, no need to worry because John Mueller of Google said you are good, at least for the first half of 2024.
Bing Tests Trending Labels In Visually Explore Box
Microsoft Bing is testing showing a “trending” label in the visually explore box within its search results. This may show up on some visually explore search boxes if Bing thinks the topic is trending.
Google Search Shop By Price & Shop By Brand
Google Search can show a “shop by price” and shop by brand” carousel and accordion box in the search results for shopping-related queries. The search bar filter for shopping has those features but now they can show in the middle of the search results.
Most Commented Search Engine Roundtable Articles – 2023 Edition
Here are the most popular articles on the Search Engine Roundtable by number of comments. In other words, these are the articles with the highest number of comments posted in 2023.
Top Contributors To The Search Engine Roundtable In 2023
The Search Engine Roundtable is made up of what you, the search community, is talking about.
What you, the search community, is noticing in the search results, be it ranking changes, user interface changes and beyond…
Google: Sometimes Bot Protection Services Serve Noindex Directive
Did you know that sometimes those bot protection services will serve Google and other search engines noindex directives? Google’s John Mueller said this on X, saying, “Sometimes there’s bot-protection (or a login, interstitial, etc) triggering that has…
Google Assistant Now Tells You Shabbat Times
In 2022, Google brought back the Shabbat times to the one box or answer boxes in search. Recently, in the past month or so, Google also enabled Google Assistant to tell you when Shabbat starts and ends in a location.
Bing Search Page Insights Expandable Sections
Bing has updated its page insights light bulb feature to now let you collapse and expand the sections within the overlay page previews. For me, it defaults to being opened, so if you want to collapse the information within the page preview you can with…
Google Tests Sitelinks In Bubble/Pill Format
Google is testing another format for its sitelinks within the Google search results. Here Google is testing showing the sitelinks in bubble or pill designs and layouts. We have seen Google test and try out countless formats and designs for sitelinks, …
Google Tests Longer Search Result Snippets Again
Google seems to be testing longer search result snippets again. We saw this recently with Google Ads, some really long Google Ads descriptions and now we are seeing it with the organic/free listings.
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 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.
Bing Chat added favicons to the links…
Bing Chat Adds Favicons To Links
Microsoft has added favicons to the links within Bing Chat / Copilot. Favicons should make the links beneath the AI-generated answer more clickable and noticeable to users.
Google Checks 4 Billion Host Names Each Day For Robots.txt
Did you know that Google Search checks about four billion host names each and every day for robots.txt purposes? Gary Illyes said in the December Search Off The Record podcast “we have about four billion host names that we check every single day for ro…
Google Notes Feature Sending Emails With Statistics
Google added a new search feature to its Search Labs named Notes a few weeks ago and Google is already pushing its use by emailing those who created notes some statistics about how many people viewed the notes they added on specific search results.