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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 18, 2022
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 says don’t change your URLs and then change them back, if you can avoid it. Google things to consider added to Google product listing pages. Google local screened results has “at this business” carousel. Bing video previews expand as you interact with them to show related videos. You can now import your goals from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4. And I posted a new vlog, interview, today.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Things To Consider In Google Shopping Listing Detail Page
Google is also trying the Things To Consider feature not just in the main search results but also in product/shopping detail listing pages. I am not sure if it is the same algorithms working here or if it is just a similar title, but the title is “Things to consider” and then breaks down what you can consider when buying this product. - Import Your Universal Analytics Goals Into Google Analytics 4
Google has rolled out an import tool for migrating your goals from Universal Analytics 3 to Google Analytics 4 for conversion tracking purposes. The goals migration tool allows you to quickly recreate eligible goals from your connected Universal Analytics property as conversion events in your Google Analytics 4 property. - Bing Search Video Previews Expand To Show Related Videos
I am not sure if this is new, but this Microsoft Bing search feature is slick. When you see video results in the Bing Search results, then mouse over that video preview, it will expand to show you a larger preview. If you hold your mouse cursor over the preview a little longer, the preview will expand downwards to show you related videos. - Google: Don’t Change URLs and Change Them Back For SEO Testing
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter he would recommend again changing URLs and then changing them back, and repeating that, for SEO reasons. The individual wanted to do that for SEO testing but generally, with SEO, changing URLs, is not a recommended strategy unless you are fixing an issue of some sorts. - Google Screened Local Results At This Business Carousel
Google Screened local listings are through Local Service Ads that a third party conducts background and license checks for those listed in that section. It is mostly for realtors, lawyers, financial planners and chid car providers. Google has a section in the screened local listings for what is “at this business.” - Vlog #168: Larry Brauner On Growth Marketing, Reputation Management, Reviews, Ads & More
Larry Brauner, the growth marketer and VP of digital marketing at iPostal1, stopped by the office to talk search. Larry has been in my office before, when we were mutually working on a local non profit organization together… - Gong In The Google Office
Yea, Google even has a gong in their office. Well, this one is more of a joke than a real gong but it is close enough. Satyajeet Salgar of Google posted a photo of this on Twitter and you can see it
Other Great Search Threads:
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Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5785
This is a programming note that Thursday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Thursday and Wednesday, October 3rd and October 4th.
There will be stories posted each day, all of them were pre-written before the holiday and scheduled to be posted. I will be completely offline, so any social media posts or anything coming from this site, or my social channels are all scheduled beforehand.
I apologize for any spammy comments that slip through while should note while I am offline, I will do my best to catch up late Saturday night after nightfall.
If there are any Google algorithm updates or big news that I miss, I will catch up on them in the coming days.
Thank you all for reading, commenting, and sharing every day – I appreciate it.
Feel free to check out the archives or catch up with the weekly videos or just browse the search pics. Oh, and if you have nothing to do, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
I wanted to wish all my Jewish readers a happy, healthy, successful, and sweet new year! I wish all my readers a happy, healthy, and successful remainder of the year.
There will be a lot of days this month when I am offline for Jewish holidays – so brace yourself.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 1, 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.
Google Search Console performance report filters now stick. Google Ads had an outage earlier this morning that it is working to fully restore. Bing Search also has date and time stamp issues for search result snippets. Google spoke about when to use the noindex and when to use the canonical, again. Google also spoke about not using generic server or CMS holding pages for new sites.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Sticky Google Search Console Performance Report Filters
Google has updated its performance reports in Google Search Console to have the filters you set, stick. Meaning, the next time you go back to the report, it should be where you left it, with all the filters you set. You can of course reset the filters and start from scratch with the click of a button that reads, “reset filters.” -
Google Ads Outage This Morning Being Restored
Google Ads had an outage that started at around 3am ET on Tuesday October 1st. The issue is now mostly resolved, but many advertisers were unable to access their Google Ads accounts and campaigns for a few hours this morning. -
Google: Don’t Use Generic Server / CMS Holding Pages For New Sites
John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, said on Reddit, that he does not recommend you use generic server or CMS holding pages for new sites. Instead, either “keep DNS disabled or put up a custom holding page.” -
Google Again On When To Use Noindex Or Canonical (Or Both)
Google’s John Mueller was asked about if it is still okay to use noindex and canonicals at the same time and when to use one or the other. This is a topic we covered several times here over the years but I spotted a new Reddit thread with John’s comments on it, so I figured I’d resurrect this topic. -
Bing Search Getting Dates/Times Wrong In Search Results Too?
We’ve covered Google Search showing the wrong date and time on search result snippets countless times on this site. Well, Bing Search can get it wrong too – at least sometimes. -
Made On YouTube Event In NYC
Google hosted in their New York City office a Made On YouTube event. It seemed to host a number of high-profile YouTubers, plus some upcoming YouTubers. For some reason, I was not invited. Anyway, I spotted this photo, and more, including videos, on Sussan Mourard’s Instagram feed.
Other Great Search Threads:
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
Feedback:
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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 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.
The Google Search ranking volatility won’t calm down, we have another volatile weekend. Google may have penalized the Forbes Advisor site. We have another interview with Google’s Danny Sullivan, this one done by Aleyda Solis. Google Search Console recommendations are not fully rolled out yet. Google updated its Google Shopping interface. Google Local Service Ads has TCPL (Target Cost Per Lead).
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google Search Ranking Volatility & Shuffles This Weekend
Google will not, refused to, calm down, and the ranking volatility, the shuffling of the search results, remains constant. This weekend, probably starting on Friday, September 27th, through the whole weekend, we are seeing even more signs of movement and volatility. -
Did Google Hit Forbes Advisor With A Search Penalty Over Site Reputation Abuse?
Google may have hit Forbes Advisor with a manual action, downgrading its rankings over maybe the site reputation abuse policy. Lars Lofgren wrote about this marketplace, as he put it, on September 18th and then a week or so later, it looks like it was hit by a Google manual action. -
Another Interview With Google’s Search Liaison: Big Brands, UGC Content, AI Overviews & Future
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, has been interviewed again – this time by Alyeda Solis. It is pretty similar to my interview with Google’s Search Liason, but this one is recorded and available for everyone to watch. -
Google Search Console Recommendations Not Fully Rolled Out
About 8 weeks ago, Google announced Google Search Console Recommendations and rolled it out to a limited number of properties within the platform. Google said the roll out will be slow and yea, it is slow. Daniel Waisberg from Google confirmed on Friday that it is not fully rolled out yet. -
Google Local Service Ads TCPL (Target Cost Per Lead)
Google seems to be rolling out a new bidding option for Local Service Ads named Target cost-per-lead (tCPL) bidding. Target cost-per-lead (tCPL) bidding is a semi-automated smart bid strategy. You set your desired average cost per lead, and Local Services Ads automatically adjusts bids to aim for that target. -
Google Shopping Interface Updated With Expandable Refinements
Earlier this month, we reported that Google was testing a new Google Shopping Search interface. Well, Google may have rolled it out now. There is the new logo, with a more e-commerce like interface and then these large search refinement boxes. -
Big YouTube Button & Glowing Blocks
Here is a photo from the Google offices in Tel Aviv of a guy sitting on a really big YouTube button, next to a stack of glowing red blocks.
Other Great Search Threads:
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- AI crawlers are hammering sites and nearly taking them offline, Fast Company
- JSON–LD vs Microdata Revisited, Search Pilot
- Proving the value of organic investment in SEO, Blue Array SEO
- Unpacking NerdWallet’s SEO: 10 Things I Discovered , Ahrefs
- Website duration performance based on category durations, Kopp Consulting
- SEO Dashboard in Google Sheets, Hobo
- 8 SEO Hiring Managers Share Their #1 Interview Question, Ahrefs
- Real Estate SEO: 6 Things You Can Do to Compete With Big Sites, Ahrefs
- SEO for Ecommerce Product Pages, Practical Ecommerce
- Srsltid impacting Core Web Vitals via TTFB caching, RUMvision
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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