Google Search Featured Snippets Have Gone Missing
It seems that Google has stopped serving featured snippets in its search results this morning. It started around 7 AM ET today, just about an hour ago. I cannot trigger any featured snippets to load.
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Hits On February 14 & 15 (Unconfirmed)
I see signs of another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that kicked off yesterday and is rolling into today. The SEO chatter within the SEO industry started yesterday and has only escalated today, while the Google volatility tracker …
Google Will Clarify Use Of AI To Generate Content For SEO Purposes
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said last week that the search company will issue additional clarifications around the acceptable or unacceptable use of AI to generate content for SEO purposes. In short, Google has already said you cannot use …
Google Testing New Layouts For Hotel Search Pack Results
Google is testing two new layouts for the hotel search results – the hotel pack. Instead of just listing the results in a list view, Google is testing show the results side by side in columns and rows.
New Google Search DMA Rich Results, Aggregator Units & Refinement Chips
We’ve been seeing changes to the Google Search results in the European regions related to Digital Markets Act (DMA) comparison sites and hotels, etc. The Google Search team now posted about how the search experiences are changing with new rich results,…
Google Top Stories – New Stories Since You Last Searched
Google is testing a new top stories feature and label that tells you that there are new top stories available since the last time you searched for that query. There is a new label that reads “new” and says, “There are new results since your last search.”
Google Updates Canonical Docs Explaining Which Attributes Break The Canonicalization
Google has added a section to the use rel=canonical link annotations section of the canonical search documentation to clarify that rel=canonical annotations with certain attributes are not used for canonicalization.
Google Search Console Launches User Interface Changes
Google Search Console has quietly launched some relatively small user interface changes. It seems like the filters and sorting boxes are now curved and more modern.
Bug: Google Local Pack Not Showing In Search Results
There seems to be a bug right now with Google Search not showing the local pack results right now. I suspect it will be fixed really soon. Searches that trigger local packs that show business profiles in the search results are not triggering the local …
Google: Not All Sites That Think They Were Hit By Helpful Content Issues Actually Were
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, wrote on X, “Another thing to keep in mind is that some of the sites I’ve looked into, where someone thinks they have a helpful content issue — they’re fine.” Meaning, those sites may have seen competitors s…
Google Ads Testing Spacing Now Coming To MCC Accounts
Google Ads is beta testing a new feature, a new button, in the Google Ads console named “Spacing.” This is a feature that is available for individual advertiser accounts and not rolling out as a beta to MCC accounts.
Google Maps Blocked 45% More Fake Reviews In 2023 With New Algorithm
Google has released its new Google Maps and local spam fighting numbers for the 2023 year, citing a big lift in reviews and other local fraud that was blocked. Google credited a new machine learning algorithm and its spam-fighting team for the improvem…
Google Search Console Has No Immediate Plans For A Mobile App
It seems Google has no plans to build a mobile app for Search Console in the near future. John Mueller of Google was asked about the possibility and he responded on LinkedIn, “I don’t see this happening again anytime soon.”
Google Partners Performance Guide – Email Series
The Google Ads team is sending out a new email series that promises “customized” steps you can take to “optimize your clients’ Google Ads campaigns.” Google says these emails will provide recommendations, save you time and provide direct links to take …
Google Business Profiles Disabling Third-Party Ordering Providers
Google has updated the Google Business Profiles requirements for ordering or delivery providers to require them to add instructions on how to remove that service from a Google local listing.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 13, 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.
Some recipe sites got hit hard in the Google search results this Sunday, right before the Super Bowl…
Google: EEAT Isn’t A Ranking Factor Nor A Thing That Factors Into Other Factors
We’ve covered Google saying E-E-A-T is not a ranking factor too many times here but have we covered EEAT not being a thing that factors into other Google ranking factors? That is what Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan said the other day on X.
Google: You Won’t Get Your Rankings Back By Disavowing Toxic Links
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that you won’t get your Google search rankings back by simply disavowing toxic links from a Semrush report. He wrote, “You’re not going to get your rankings back by following Semrush’s report or by disavowing those…
Google Tests Animated Highlighting Text In Featured Snippets
Google is testing a new feature for featured snippets that will animate the highlighting of the text of part of the featured snippet. It looks like Google is manually highlighting the text in the featured snippet.
Google Ads Generative AI For Automatically Created Assets Fully Live In English US/UK
Google announced that the use of generative AI for automatically created assets (ACA) is now fully live for the English language in the US and UK. Google initially announced AI use for ACA back at its Google Marketing Live event in May 2023, and now i…