Google Search Adds 3D Periodic Table
Google has added a 3D and AR based periodic table to the search results. If you search for [periodic table] and look at the right side rail, you will see a way to “explore” the periodic table. Clicking that takes you into the experience.
Google On Being On The Right Track To A Google Core Update Quality Recovery
Google’s John Mueller was asked a two part question on the last video hangout he conducted. The first was, does it still take several months for Google to reevaluate the quality of a site. The second is, how do you know that you are on the right path…
Vlog #133: Brett Bodofsky On Third Party PPC Integrations
In part one, Brett and I spoke about his passion for paid search and helping others in the industry. In part two with Brett Bodofsky, after the cops left the scene, we spoke about common themes of a third party PPC integration…
Google Looking To Improve Knowledge Panel Edit Requests
Danny Sullivan of Google said on Twitter that the search company is “working on improving our responses” to making edits to some of the data shown in knowledge panels. The issue here is with some professors having a title professor but others gaining …
Google: Most Google Updates Are Not In Response To Search Spam
John Mueller, a Google search advocate, said on Twitter that most of the updates Google does related to Google Search are not in response to any spam action. So it is not like Google is reacting to spam all day with various Google algorithm updates.
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Google Looking For Examples Of GoogleBot Refresh Crawl Surges
Gary Illyes from Google posted on Reddit that he is looking for examples of where GoogleBot might not be behaving. Specifically he wants examples of “cases where refresh crawls are going nuts.” I assume this means where Googlebot is recrawling pages i…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On Saturday
I am seeing signs again of yet another weekend search ranking update from Google Search. Again, this is unconfirmed and it is hard to tell what this is from. It might be the tail-end of the Google link spam update, which is not fully done rolling out…
Google My Business Reviews Policies Don’t Differ Based On Type Of Business
Google has confirmed that it did not make changes to its Google My Business reviews policies despite the SEC rule change. Google told Colan Nielsen, “the policies currently applied to Google Reviews do not differ for different business types or catego…
New Google AdSense Full-Screen Inline Ads
Google launched a new ad format for the Google AdSense ad units named full-screen inline ads. Full-screen inline ads are full-screen banner ads that appear inline with your content as a user scrolls the page.
Bing Testing Orange Colored Link Overlays
Microsoft Bing is testing a bit more color in its Bing Search results interface. When you mouse over a hyperlink, Bing may color that link orange as opposed to just keeping it blue and then underlining the link.
Google: Moving Links Around On A Page Won’t Boost Your Search Rankings
John Mueller of Google said that by just moving a link from one position on a page to another position on a page – you likely won’t see any ranking boost from that action. He said on Twitter “I wouldn’t assume that you’d get a boost out of just moving…
Google Podcasting Requirements Updated: Show Level Detail Required
Google has posted a document about upcoming changes to the Google podcasting requirements coming by September 21, 2021. All podcast RSS feeds must now include more details on the show level to be eligible to appear in Google Search and Podcasts recom…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Update, Pages Dropping In & Out, Big Publishers Benefit & Author URLs and Rankings
This past weekend we had yet another unconfirmed update around August 6th. Google may be having an indexing bug for the past month or so where pages are dropping in and out of the index…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 12, 2021
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 still in the process of moving sites to mobile-first indexing…
Google Still Working On Moving All Sites To Mobile First Indexing – No ETA
Google’s John Mueller said this week that the search company is still not done moving sites to its mobile-first indexing. This was suppose to be completed March of this year, after moving the deadline from September of last year.
Google: Linking To Lesser Websites Doesn’t Make Your Site Less Relevant
Does Google think less of your website if you link your site to a “lesser” website? I guess the question is similar to if you hang out with a lower class crowd, do your more upper class friends think less of you? With Google, the answer is no.
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Google Local Pack Inventory Shows “Updated Today”
Google is showing in the local pack for some of the business listings that show their local inventory, if that inventory information was updated today. A label next to the product item would say “updated today.”
Google Affordable Picks Carousel In Mobile Search
Google is now showing a carousel to help shoppers find lower cost, cheaper and more affordable (I just said the same thing three times) products. Google displays this in an “affordable picks” carousel that matches more on your keyword phrase with “ch…
Google Bug Shows Empty Knowledge Panel
Jason Barnard, a man who follows knowledge panels probably closer than anyone else, noticed some examples of Google showing knowledge panels that are empty. To be clear, I cannot replicate any of these examples, but Jason shared some screenshots of th…
Google Not Yet Worried About Faking Author Details In Structured Data
Google recently started to support author.url and other author properties that let you communicate to Google which author wrote an article on your site. I asked John Mueller of Google if he is worried if people will fake author details and spam it, to…