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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 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.
This month, the month of December, may have been the most volatile month in Google search algorithm update history. Google also had some sort of search algorithmic jolt yesterday. Google Search Console showed an announcement banner the other night, it was a bug, but if you missed it, we have screenshots and videos. Google Ads is testing excluding placements in smart shopping. And what were some of the most counterintuitive SEO recommendations you tried out?
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Semrush: December The Most Volatile Month For Google Search Of 2021
According to recent Semrush data, this month, the month of December, was the most volatile month of the year and probably Google history. Here is a chart Mordy Oberstein of Semrush shared showing how December soared amongst the rest of the months in 2021. - December 27 & 28 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Jolt?
Around December 27th and 28th we may have a Google search ranking algorithm jolt or quick tremor. I highly doubt Google pushed out something over the holidays, this last week of December. But it might just be some weird change that jolted the search results (like that even happens as I am describing). - Google Search Console Announcements Bar Test
Google Search Console had this new bar at the top of the Search Console interface with announcements. It showed three types of announcements; informational, minor issue and major issue announcements. These showed up in blue, yellow and red respectively. - Google Ads Exclude Placements Coming To Smart Shopping Campaigns?
Google seems to be testing a feature to exclude unwanted placements in Smart Shopping Campaigns within Google Ads. ADworld Experience posted this on Twitter but it is not clear if it works or if this was some sort of slip up from Google. - Counterintuitive SEO Recommendations Thread
A couple of months ago, Aleyda Solis posted a thread on Twitter (I was waiting for a slow week to post it here) asking “what’s the most counterintuitive SEO recommendation/implementation you’ve done that actually made sense in the context you were working and paid off as you expected?” - Doogler Crate & Bed At Google
Here is a photo from a few years back of a Doogler, Google dog, getting ready to move offices in the Google Seattle office. You can see the dog crate and bed (I think it is called that) all ready to
Other Great Search Threads:
- How do you think it is when I try to explain both SEO and what I do? Somedays I just say I’m an analyst, and they think I just do spreadsheets all day. That’s not completely wrong, and I can get b, John Mueller on Twitter
- It looks like we have a bunch of versions of your site indexed — that doesn’t look like a problem to me. We don’t index all pages from all sites, but that’s expected., John Mueller on Twitter
- Long Running Street View WiFi Case Upheld on Appeal, WebmasterWorld
- We could just show “it depends” ? 🙂 If there’s one thing I saw from the pandemic, it’s that statistics & probabilities are everywhere. I suspect it’s just hard to, John Mueller on Twitter
- What kind of things do you want more recent, but less correct results for?, John Mueller on Twitter
- Worried about crawl budget? With a 5K url site?? Via @johnmu: Don’t worry about crawl budget with a site that size… Google can easily crawl that number of pages very quickly. Just noindex the pages you don’t want indexed. G, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Other Search
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Google Golf Tee T-Shirt

Andy Stewart is a Creative Director at Google and he posted this really cool t-shirt design he made. He calls it the Google Golf Club tee shirt. Maybe there is a golf club at Google that he is a part of.
He posted this on Instagram.
This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers.
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All Dealerships Can List Auto Inventory On Google Business Profiles

Google is now opening up its car or auto inventory feature within Google Business Profiles to all motor vehicle dealerships. Google began testing car listings in 2021 and then expanded the cars for sale feature in 2022 and now it is open to all dealerships.
Greg Gifford posted this over here saying, “Any motor vehicle dealer can now list inventory on their Google Business Profiles.” “Google just opened up the “Cars for Sale” widget to anything with a VIN. Until this week, only US-based car dealers could list their inventory on their Google Business Profiles. Now, anything that has a Vehicle Identification Number is eligible to be listed. That means motorcycles, RVs, powersports, and Commercial vehicles are all allowed now,” Greg added.
It is locked down to US-based dealerships right now, it is not yet international.
Here is how the flow works from the local Google mobile search results last year:
To manage vehicle listings through your Business Profile account, perform the following steps:
(1) Access your web Business Profile account at business.google.com/locations.
(2) Select See your profile for the business that you want to change settings for.
(3) Click Edit profile, and then click Vehicle listings.
To manage your vehicle listings through a Google Search, perform the following steps:
(1) Search for your business’s name or “my business” on Google Search.
(2) Click Edit profile, and then click Vehicle listings.
Google calls this vehicle listings and posted more details including, “Vehicle listings on Google allows businesses to display their for sale vehicle inventory on various Google surfaces, including dealerships’ Business Profiles and Google Search. Google users can then search, filter, and easily learn more about vehicles for sale such as availability, pricing, and key information about the vehicles for sale, potentially directing customers to your business.”
Forum discussion at Twitter.
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Google Cotton Candy Machine

Here is a cotton candy machine that was at the Google office for a YouTube Live event a few months back. I don’t think this machine lives there, I suspect Google rented it for the event, but I am not sure.
We did see some Googlers eating cotton candy a year ago… Just saying…
This was posted on Instagram.
This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers.
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