Google Analytics Missing Data From Yesterday/Data
There are a ton of complaints and a lot of concern around Google Analytics missing data in the normal overview report for yesterday and today. I see it also, I am seeing no data from this site and others in my GA4 reports for yesterday or today – altho…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 22, 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.
Now we are seeing some early reports of those early August core update gains are being reversed…
Reports: Some Google August Core Update Gains Vanishing In Past 24 Hours
I am starting to see some early reports from some site owners and SEOs that the gains they may have seen early on with the Google August 2024 core update, is slowly starting to slip away or vanish as you would… Meaning, some are noticing a surge (sma…
New Report: Want Links In Google AI Overviews? Rank Well In Google Search.
Do you want to get links in the new Google AI Overviews that show up in Google Search? Well, a new report says all you need to do is rank well in Google Search organically and you are incredibly likely to have links in the AI Overviews.
Google: Unanswered Comments Don’t Hurt Your Google Search Rankings
Martin Splitt from Google said that having unanswered comments on your site or webpages does not negatively hurt your rankings in Google Search and is not a bad SEO thing. He said Google Search does not look to see of your comments get answered or do …
Google Ads Bug Attributes Traffic To Legacy Smart Matching Type
Google has confirmed another bug with Google Ads where it accidentally attributed traffic to a match type that should not exist anymore – smart matching. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ad Liaison, confirmed the issue and said, “Advertisers will not be charg…
Google Tests Verification Icons For Free Search Result Listings
After testing the blue verification icons and labels for ads in the Google Search results, now Google seems to be testing them on the free organic search results. Oh, and Google also tested them in gold, and Microsoft tested verification labels in orga…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 21, 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 told us to wait until the August core update is done rolling out to see how we were impacted…
Google: Wait Until The August Core Update Is Complete To See Effects
As you know, Google released its August 2024 core update on Thursday, August 15th, followed shortly after by a large search ranking bug hours later. SEOs and site owners are asking how we can differentiate between the two. Google’s John Mueller explai…
Google Discovered – Currently Not Indexed – Quality, Timing Or Server Speed
Google’s Martin Splitt posted a video in his SEO Made Easy series on the topic of the Google Search Console “Discovered – Currently Not Indexed” page indexing report status note. In short, there are three primary reasons you’d see pages in this categor…
Seems Like Google AI Overviews Are Impacted By Core Updates
Google core updates, such as the August 2024 core update, seem to directly impact if a site shows in the Google AI Overviews or not. Google did say quality is a benchmark for showing in the AI Overviews, plus we know featured snippets and many other s…
Google Your Related Searches Timeline On Sidebar
Google is testing a new search feature named “your related searches” that seems to be pinned to the sidebar of the Google Search results. It reminds me of the Chrome Journeys but this seems to be baked right into Google Search.
New Google Maps Design Within Google Search Results
Google Search has a new design for the embedded map you see for both local pack maps and knowledge panel maps. The new map has a more subtle design, with blue roads, not yellow roads and other design differences.
Google Search Ranking Issue Fixed After 4+ Days
Google has confirmed it has fixed the search ranking bug that started over four days ago. The issue was first confirmed by Google on Friday morning, August 16th at around 1:48 am ET. Google confirmed the ranking issue was resolved today, August 20th, …
Google Emails Advertisers On Ad Bug & Asked Advertisers To Delete Your Ad Data
As you know, Google Ads served other advertiser’s Merchant Center shopping ads on other advertiser accounts. Google promised to issue credits after hiding the data in reports because of privacy issues. Now, Google emailed advertisers who were impacte…
Google AI Overviews Also Gets Listen Button
Google has been placing listen buttons in the Google Search results in various locations, like knowledge panels and local packs. So it comes as no surprise to see them also in the AI Overviews.
You May Also Need Google Search Refinements
Google Search is testing a new category of search refinements named “you may also need.” These refinements show products that may be found in a specific e-commerce store.
Google Tests Rounded Outlines Around Search Feature Snippets
Google is now testing rounded outlines around some of its search result snippet features. This includes around the snippets in the local pack and also knowledge panels. I do wonder if this is a variation of the snippet background highlights from the ot…
Google Search Hidden Gems Refinement Box
Recently we saw a hidden gems stores section in the Google Search results, which seemed nothing like the hidden gems algorithm from last year. And now I am seeing another variation of that just named hidden gems, under a stores search refinement.
Some Google Helpful Content Update Resurrections With August Core Update
As you know, Google released the August 2024 core update on Thursday and then shortly after confirmed a ranking bug impacting a large number of search results. During that time, we have seen many reports from SEOs and site owners that they are startin…