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…
This is over
I’m sure you’re all wondering why we have gathered you here today. That’s right: it’s the
end of year blog post in which we go over what happened in 2023 on Google Search Central,
and have some fun along the way!
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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.
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…
We Will Rock You: Whiteboard Friday Episodes That Rocked the Industry in 2023
We had a year full of learnings from all of our Whiteboard Friday presenters. In case you missed them, here are the top 10 episodes from this year!
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.
16 Local Search Developments You Need to Know About From Q4 2023
Learn about the most recent local search developments of 2023 to get ready for the year ahead.