Google Search Console Performance Report Showing Almost No Data Today
Google Search Console’s performance report seems to have a bug where it is showing almost zero data for today. I can replicate this across numerous Search Console properties, so maybe something is stuck with Search Console right now.
Google Search Ranking Volatility Again On October 26th & 27th & 23rd & 24th
While I was offline, it seems we had two bouts of Google Search ranking volatility, one starting around Wednesday, October 23rd and 24th, and then again in the past 24 hours, starting on October 26th and 27th. I mean, this is a lot of the same as my pr…
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 25, 2024
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 it does not use ARIA for SEO or ranking purposes. Google said AI is not going away…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Movement, Sitelinks Search Box Going Away, Gen-AI In Bing & Google, Ad News & More
This week, we had more Google search ranking volatility to report on – surprise…
Does Google Search Use ARIA? Likely Not.
Google Search likely does not use ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications, for ranking or even indexing purposes, according to both John Mueller and Martin Splitt at Google. ARIA is a set of attributes you can add to HTML elements that define ways t…
Google: AI Is Not Going Away, So Don’t Be Left Behind
Google’s John Mueller posted his thoughts on AI, which were two fold. (1) AI is not going away, so he doesn’t recommend you take a stance against AI and (2) he isn’t a fan of all the hype around AI, because it is making many feel insecure about their f…
Google Discover Design Update & New Icons
Google Discover is rolling out some small design updates to its interfaces. It has these new colored icons that communicate the action and Google is also showing other articles shown in a carousel.
Google Search Top Recipe Guides List
Google is showing a section named “top recipe guides” that can be expanded or collapsed in Google Search. It shows a “Lists of options from the web” in this expanded section.
Google Other People Search Box
Google is testing another variation of the people also ask box, this one is titled “other people search.” I am not sure if there is any functional or technical difference between this box and the other variations outside of the title.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 24, 2024
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 is testing search results with shop nearby links. Google Ads gains new sharable ad previews…
Google Search Snippet With Shop Nearby To Open Business Profile
Google is testing adding a new rich result type to the search results snippet named “Shop nearby.” The shop nearby link will open the Google Business Profile of the business’s website.
Google Ads Gains Sharable Ad Previews, Asset Experiments & Final URL Expansion
Google announced a number of new Google Ads enhancements or updates to Performance Max campaigns, some we already covered and some are less search specific. The search ads news that are new are sharable ad previews, asset experiments for Performance M…
Google Search Testing Revert In Place Of Search Instead For
Google Search is testing replacing the spelling notification for “search instead for…” with “revert.” I mean, it is a weird one being that I am not sure “revert” is the right word for this but hey, Google loves to test things.
Google Search Top Products From Customer Reviews Carousel
Google has this carousel that can pull in top products based on customer reviews in the Google Shopping graph. It is titled “Top products from customer reviews” and shows up in the search results for select queries.
Fun: SEO The Board Game
Gareth Hoyle posted about this new game he and his company, along with others have spent about a year putting together. It is named SEO The Board Game and is a strategic game for 2 to 4 players where you play an SEO expert, purchase and optimize websit…
Programming Note: Offline For Simchat Torah On Thursday & Friday
This is a programming note that Thursday and Friday are Simchat Torah and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Thursday and Friday, October 24th and October 25th…
Did Google Hit Fortune Recommends With A Search Penalty Over Site Reputation Abuse?
Google may have hit Fortune Recommends with a search penalty, downgrading its Google search rankings. This may be related to the site reputation abuse policy, like it may have done previously to Forbes Advisor a few weeks ago and some other large publi…
Google: It’s Tempting To Optimize For Tool Metrics; There’s No SEO Shortcuts
Google’s John Mueller said he understands why some in our industry look to optimize for metrics within various SEO tool platforms, but he said there are not shortcuts in SEO and optimizing for those metrics won’t directly lead to Google search ranking …
Google Merchant Center Audience Insights Beta
Google is testing new Audience Insights or audience analytics within the Google Merchant Center interface. This can show you your audience’s regions, ages, gender, age group and more.
Google Search People’s Insights For Unprofessional Medical Advice
One of the complains with Google Search showing Reddit or other online forums all the time is that for medical questions, the answers can be dangerous and harmful. But at the same time, they can also provide help for people going through a rough time, …