Elizabeth Peratrovich Google Raven Doodle Logo
Today on Google’s home page is a special raven Doodle, special Google log, for Elizabeth Peratrovich. Elizabeth Peratrovich American civil rights activist and member of the Tlingit nation who worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives.
Google: Passage Indexing & Page Experience Updates Unrelated
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that passage indexing/rankings and the page experience update are “very different things.” This came about when Michel Fortin asked if the two might launch together.
Google Ads Setting Lets You See Fewer Alcohol & Gambling Ads
A couple of weeks ago Google announced it is launching a new ad setting, first on YouTube and then on Google Ads to let users see fewer alcohol ads and gambling ads. You can access this setting now in your Google Ads settings panel.
Google Search Results Show Practice Problems For Studying
Google seems to be testing displaying “practice problems” in the search results so that you can study directly in the search results. Shalom Goodman shared a screen shot with me on Twitter showing a search for [optics] not only brings up a new categor…
Google People Also Ask Tests Question Mark Icons
Google is testing displaying question mark icons in the people also ask results. I think someone else shared this with me recently but I thought it was a bug, but now that a second person notified me of this, maybe it is not a bug but a real Google te…
Google Doodle For New Year’s Eve 2020 & Confetti Surprise
New Years Eve is just around the corner and Google’s special Doodle for New Year’s Eve 2020 is available for viewing. It is the holiday Doodle with an old fashioned bird-house clock with 2020 on it. There is also a little easter egg surprise in the se…
Google Search Console Team Breaks Down Structure & Development
In the last Google Search Console training video series of the year, Daniel Waisberg of Google brought in a special guest, the Engineering lead for Search Console – Hillel Maoz. In this video they discuss a bit of what happens behind the scenes.
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Google Knowledge Panel Types Option Leads To Featured Snippets
Mordy Oberstein spotted a feature, that may or may not be new, where Google is showing a “types” filter in the knowledge panel that ultimately loads featured snippets below it. I can replicate it but here is a video cast of it in action from Mordy on …
Google Search Console Issue Validation May Be Working
A couple of weeks ago we reported that Google Search Console said “issue validation is temporarily disabled due to upcoming changes in the report.” Well, it might be working for some folks, even back when I first reported it. Note – the message is sti…
Google: Nosnippet Tag Won’t Prevent Passage Indexing From Ranking
Google’s Danny Sullivan has said that using the nosnippet tag won’t prevent your pages or passages from your pages from being ranked in Google Search. Danny Sullivan said on Twitter “you can’t use it to block parts of a page from being indexed for ran…
Google: Passage Indexing Won’t Look Different From Normal Search Result Snippets
Since Google announced passage indexing (ranking) many assumed they would look different in the search results. But no, they won’t look any different according to Danny Sullivan of Google. Danny told me on Twitter that passage indexing “doesn’t chang…
John Mueller Of Google Providing Webmaster Support on Christmas Day Again
Google’s John Mueller again, I think since 2007, year-after-year, has jumped into the Google support forums and on social media to answer webmaster questions on Google Search. It is a tradition for him, now 13 years and going. He carves out time to hel…
Google Short Videos Carousel Displays TikTok & Instagram Videos
Back in April, Google began testing a new feature to show short videos in a carousel in the mobile search results. That carousel seemed to first only show YouTube videos, but now it is showing videos from TikTok and Instagram.
Google’s Gary Illyes Thankfully For Late Christmas Present Of Search Spam
Here is a funny post during a slow news week from Gary Illyes of Google saying thank you for the late Christmas present on Reddit. The Reddit post contained a list of “expired domains for 301, new blog or PBNs” as it was titled. Gary from Google respo…
Christmas Weekend Google Algorithm Update? Doubtful.
It is not uncommon to see signals of a Google search ranking algorithm update on or around Christmas. But it is highly doubtful Google would release any algorithm update from Christmas day through New Years. And the signals we are seeing this weekend…
Vlog #100: Joe Beccalori On Blending SEO With Other Marketing In An Ever Changing World
In part one, Joe Beccalori and I spoke about what has changed in SEO over the years and here we talk more about what to do. Joe said the value of organic by itself has diminished so now you need to blend your organic with other forms of digital marketi…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Christmas Day Edition: Google Search Algorithms, Passage Indexing, Local & User Interface Changes
Happy Holidays and Christmas to all those celebrating…
Christmas Day Home Pages From Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu & More
Merry Christmas to all those celebrating today, which I assume is most of you. Like always, most of the search engines dress up their home pages for the day. While Google has not changed its home page logo since December 2nd for the “December global …
Google Tests Square & Multicolored Search Result Category Buttons
A couple months ago we saw Google testing a green search category navigation bubble shaped button in the mobile search results. Now I am seeing more reports of Google testing that button in other colors, like orange, gray and more. Plus, Google is also…
Google Testing New People Also Search For Location
Google seems to be testing yet another new location to try out the “people also search for” query refinement options in the Google search results. Here it is using the filter bubble design with the title “People also search for.”