Google Search Explore Stocks Carousel
Google seems to have added a new financial feature titled “Explore stocks.” This section adds a new carousel that shows you some popular stocks on the market.
Google Discover Adds Label For “In Case You Missed It”
Google Discover seems to be adding a label that reads “in case you missed it” to some older stories. We know Google Discover can show old stories but now they are labeling some with “in case you missed” it over the title and image.
Google Search Testing Blue Colored Header Again
Google seems to be once again testing a blue-colored header on its mobile search results page again. We saw a blue header a year ago in January 2022. We saw a green subheader in 2020 and then, shortly after, multicolored variations.
January 2024 Google Webmaster Report
It’s time for the big Google Webmaster Report, the January 2024 edition. This month we saw the November 2023 Google reviews update completed after 29 days. But that wasn’t the end of the volatility, it was a very volatile month. Google also confirmed i…
Google On Why Important Links Might Not That Be Important Or Helpful
Google’s John Mueller explained why some links that you think are important might not be that important for search ranking purposes. He responded to a question on Reddit asking why an important link is not shown by the third-party link trackers.
Big Google Search Console Feature Request List For 2024
I asked the search community to let me know what features they would like to see within Google Search Console that they do not have yet. I received well over a hundred responses, so I figured I’d highlight and summarize them in a blog post here – Goog…
Google Search “Get Style Recommendations” Swipe Left Or Right
Google added this “get style recommendations” feature to the search results months back but did you know you can swipe left and right on those style recommendations while on mobile search? Then after several swipes left and right, Google will give you …
Google Groups To Fix Spam Issues By Removing Usenet Groups
Remember when we reported that Google Groups seems to have seen a visibility boost in Google Search, which resulted in a lot of spammy and sometimes dangerous information showing up in Google’s search results. Bleeping Computer now reports that Google …
Google Search Launches Graphical Weather Design On Mobile
After a few years of testing, it seems Google has launched the new more graphical and animated weather results in the mobile search results. Google now shows an animated graphic behind the weather details when you search for weather reports in Google …
Wharton Professor, Ethan Mollick, On The Decay Of Internet Search
Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, posted on X about his disappointment with overall internet search. He wrote, “There is no greater way to feel the overall decay of internet search then to try to figure out when & if a new season of a show is coming out.”
Bing Tests Copying Google’s Knowledge Panel Design
It looks like Bing may be testing a new design for its search knowledge / answer panels in the search results. And that new design looks very much like the new Google knowledge panel Google has for the past year-plus.
Google Data Highlighter Tool Still Works But There Are Caveats
Google launched its data highlighter tool in 2012, and it still works today despite not being migrated to the new Search Console interface, and almost no one I know uses it anymore. Google’s John Mueller said on Mastodon that it just isn’t easier to u…
Create Your Google Business Profile Listing In Your Language Or You May Have Issues
Before creating your Google Business Profile listing, make sure you are using the right language. If not, it may cause serious issues for you in the long run where the services will be wrong and will appear in that language.
Chat In Bing & Copilot Apps Are The Same
Last week, Microsoft quietly released the Copilot App for Android and iOS. Don’t tell anyone but the Bing App and Copilot App use the same chat feature, the only difference is the Copilot App takes you directly to the chat interface and bypasses search.
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…
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.