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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 25, 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 is bringing signed exchanges to desktop search – sites that do dynamic serving need to take action. Google video search results now can find your answers within the videos. Google added 9 more policies to the ad strikes systems. Microsoft Bing launched the Ethical Shopping hub in the US. Scammers are using fake AI generated lawyers to send out fake DMCA requests to demand links. And I posted another vlog today.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Signed Exchanges Coming To Google Desktop Search For Some Sites
In the coming weeks, Google Search for desktop will soon support signed exchanges for some sites. Sites serving different HTML based on the user-agent header (i.e. using dynamic serving) will need to opt out by adding a meta tag to your page. - Fake DMCA Requests Using AI Generated Lawyers To Demand For Links
Here is a newish link scheme, well, not 100% new but parts of it is new. As reported by The Next Web, these link spammers are using AI to create fake lawyer profiles that are going around sending fake DMCA requests demanding a link to their site for the use of content or images. - Nine More Policies Added To Google Ads Strike Based System
In June 2022 Google will update the enforcement procedures for repeat violations with the addition of nine more policies in scope of the strike-based system. The three-strikes and your out policy system launched in June 2021 for Enabling Dishonest Behavior, Unapproved Substances and Dangerous Products or Services policies and soon Google will add nine-additional policies. - Microsoft Bing Ethical Shopping Hub Now Available In The US
Last year, Microsoft Bing launched its Ethical Shopping hub in the UK. With Earth Day, Microsoft announced the Ethical Shopping hub is now available in the US and Canada. Plus Microsoft Bing updated the design of the listings on the shopping search results page. - Google Video Search Results With Question Answered In This Video
Google Video results has a feature that says if the video answers your question in your query. Google will label video results saying “X question answered in this video.” Plus, it shows you the location in the video where the question was answered. - Vlog #169: Larry Brauner On Search Ads For SEO Research, Searcher Intent Pages & Sharing Landing Pages
In part one, Larry Brauner and I spoke about growth versus brand marketing, reputation management, reviews… - Google Purple Twisted Bagels On International Women’s Day
Here is a photo from right before Google closed down its office in March 2020 if the purple twisted bagels they had on International Women’s Day. We’ve seen Google provide rainbow bagels for Pride Da
Other Great Search Threads:
- Hotel Price Trend in SERP -Though it’s an old feature, I think it’s recently rolled out in India. – I may be late to the party, I just noticed it today. 🙂 First reported in 2018 by @rustybrick: https, Praveen Sharma on Twitter
- Is this new? (@rustybrick). Google is focused on higher ed for a long time, and tries to give users instant information about their searches. Any rankings / review site in education will and feels the consequences o, Ori Zilbershtein on Twitter
- It’s been this way for years, so I suspect we’ve found it’s working for a vast majority of people really well. That said, totally understand it won’t be for everyone and some might prefer static or to build, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- Oh my… Google is testing a lighter purple for title links you already clicked on! Quick someone report on this – this can clearly impact a whole bunch of made-up KPIs, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
- You can build them with WordPress and host then anywhere. They’re just web pages in the end., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 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.
Microsoft Advertising has officially added Copilot to help advertisers using AI. Tuta complained to regulators over its ranking drop with the Google core update. We saw the same person rank in Google Search with multiple entities. Google renames product sites to product websites. Google Search App has a neat screenshot feature. I am offline today, all these stories were pre-written and scheduled, including this newsletter.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Copilot Now In Microsoft Advertising Platform
Microsoft announced the general availability of Copilot in the Microsoft Advertising Platform. This means you can now use Copilot (Microsoft’s AI) natural language conversational chat, asset recommendations, and image asset creation in the Microsoft Advertising platform. -
The Same Person With Multiple Entities In Google Search
Last week, Shameem Adhikarath shared an example of an individual that shows up twice as two different entities in Google Search. It is like maybe Google was fed two distinct entities for the same person and now Google is showing both of them, with the same name and same query. -
Tuta Complains To EU Regulators Over Google March 2024 Core Update Ranking Drop
Tuta Mail, a popular encrypted email service, complained to European Union tech regulators that Google dropped its rankings for all sorts of keyword phrases with the Google March 2024 core update. Tuta is upset they no longer rank for [encrypted email] after this update. -
Google Search App “Send A Link To This Page” When You Take A Screenshot
One of my pet peeves is when people send me screenshots of pages they want me to read and do not include the URL to that page. Well, the Google Search app is trying to solve that issue by telling the person who took a screenshot to “Send a link to this page” by clicking a big blue “Share” button. -
Google Renames Product Sites To Product Websites
Google has renamed the Product Sites search filter to Product Websites. These only really show up in the European regions and starting last week, Google renamed “Sites” to “Websites.” -
Slimmer Google Dog Tag
We have seen numerous dog tags for Dooglers, Google dogs, before. But this one looks slimmer than the old dog tags. I found this new photo of a Doogler and you can see the small Google collar tag. -
Programming Note: Offline For Last Days Of Passover
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the last days of the Passover holiday. The last days of Passover are on Monday and Tuesday, April 29th and 30th. Any stories published here will be scheduled and written beforehand and not posted live.
Other Great Search Threads:
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Other Great Search Stories:
Industry & Business
- xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders, TechCrunch
- Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia, Reuters
- Google to expand hardware R&D team in Taiwan, Nikkei Asia
- Investors Cheer AI Spending Boom in Big Tech—Just Not at Meta, Wall Street Journal
- Sundar Pichai Celebrates Googleversary, completes 20 years at Google, News9live
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
Feedback:
Have feedback on this daily recap; let me know on Twitter @rustybrick or @seroundtable, on Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky and you can follow us on Facebook and on Google News and make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or just contact us the old fashion way.
Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Passover.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 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’s March 2024 core update completed on April 19th, Google just didn’t confirm it until a week later. Google said its spam reporting tool will add site reputation abuse after May 5. Google responded to concerns over the Chrome IP masking and how it will impact advertisers. Google Knowlwdge Panels has translated sections. Apple Business Connect gains actions with links. Google AI is writing some knowledge panels. I am offline today, all these stories were pre-written and scheduled, including this newsletter.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19th (A Week Ago)
The Google March 2024 core update finished a week ago and Google did not tell us until today. It finished officially on April 19, 2024, and took 45 days to roll out after starting on March 5, 2024. Google also said this helped reduce low-quality and unoriginal content in search results by 45%, which is up from their estimate of 40%. -
Google Spam Reporting Tool To Gain Site Reputation Abuse
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said that the search company will add the upcoming site reputation abuse policy to the spam reporting tool when the policy begins to be enforced. So sometime after May 5, 2024, the report spam form will gain a new option to report site reputation abuse. -
Google Responds To Concerns Over Chrome IP Masking
A week ago, Anu Adegbola wrote a fabulous piece on some new privacy changes that may be coming to Google Chrome in the future named Chrome IP masking and how that may impact advertisers. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, responded to those concerns, saying, “Chrome has not made any recent updates to its IP protection proposal.” -
Google Knowledge Panel With Auto-Translated Texts
Google is auto-translating some of the content within the Google Knowledge Panels and blocks. So if you are in a location where you don’t only speak English, Google may show you your local language as an additional block of text in the knowledge panel. -
Apple Business Connect Actions: Add Links To Apple Maps Local Listing
Apple Business Connect now lets you add links to your local listings that show up in Apple Maps. This is under the “actions” section that enables customers to order food, buy tickets, schedule an appointment, and more. -
Google AI Writing Some Search Knowledge Panels
Google has for a long time used AI to write some knowledge panels. But now Google is labeling some of these AI written knowledge panels with “Al overviews are experimental” as a disclaimer. This may show up for both SGE and non-SGE results, I believe. -
Google Maps Pigeon People
I am not sure where this first started but in Japan there is this group of people who dress up as pigeons when the Google Maps street view cameras drive by. -
Programming Note: Offline For Last Days Of Passover
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the last days of the Passover holiday. The last days of Passover are on Monday and Tuesday, April 29th and 30th. Any stories published here will be scheduled and written beforehand and not posted live.
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:
Have feedback on this daily recap; let me know on Twitter @rustybrick or @seroundtable, on Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky and you can follow us on Facebook and on Google News and make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or just contact us the old fashion way.
Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Passover.
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Offline For Last Days Of Passover 5784
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the last days of the Passover holiday. The last days of Passover are on Monday and Tuesday, April 29th and 30th. Any stories published here will be scheduled and written beforehand and not posted live.
I will be completely offline, so any social media posts, tweets, anything coming from this site or my social channels are all scheduled beforehand.
I won’t be able to reply to comments, remove spam or break any stories on those days. I will catch up when I get back online.
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For more on this holiday, check out Wikipedia.
For all those celebrating the holiday – have a good one and I’ll be back on Wednesday.
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