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.
Google Local Ads Titled Choose A Place In The Area
Google is testing local ads in its search results titled “Choose a place in the area.” This comes in a format with image carousels and list views.
Google Tests Recipe Carousel Navigation In Search
Google is testing a navigation slider feature in the recipe images within the recipe search results. This illustrates to searchers that they can swipe over the image to see additional images from the recipe article.
Vlog #254: Dave DiGregorio: Michael Jordan Cards Get Graded By PSA – Their True Value!
In part one with Dave DiGregorio we spoke about his journey from working in sports memorabilia to getting into SEO. Then, in part two we talked about some local pack reductions, diversifying your local SEO efforts, the services feature, and the amaz…
Here Is When Google Released Search Algorithm Updates In 2023
Google released only nine confirmed search ranking algorithm updates this year. Don’t worry, there were a lot more unconfirmed updates this year that we covered and it was a very volatile year, in general.
Google Search Tests Follow This Search & More Results Buttons
Generally, above the Google Explore is a “more results” button, but Google is now testing adding “Follow This Search” next to the More Results button. The follow feature probably is related to the follow feature Google announced last month.
Google Author Name (Profile Page) & Site Favicon On Article Carousel
Google is now showing author name icons via profile page and a site’s favicon and sitename on articles in the article carousel. So it is showing two favicon-like icons in the article carousel snippets, instead of one.
Google Local Pack With Websites For Places Box Beneath
Google seems to be testing a new box underneath the local pack that is titled “websites for places.” It shows websites that represent the place listings showing in the local pack above it.