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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 13, 2023

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January 13, 2023

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 finally finished rolling out the super long December 2022 link spam and helpful content updates. Google spoke about conducting link-buying sting operations. Google product listing results test sponsored labels. Google has a recent images carousel for some knowledge panels. Don’t forget to check your local business photos; they appear everywhere. And I posted this week’s video recap today.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Google’s Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done Rolling Out On January 12th

After a long slow and paused rollout, Google has said that both the December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are now done rolling out. Google said both completed rolling out on Thursday, January 12, 2023.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done, Linking To Sellers, AI Content & Apple Business Connect

This week, the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam updates are finally complete after a long, long wait. There was a lot of movement on Wednesday…

Does Google Conduct Link Buying Sting Operations? They Don’t Need To.

A Reddit thread asks if Google engages in link-buying sting operations where they will pretend to want to buy a link and then use that to penalize the network. John Mueller of Google responded by saying “I get sent offers all the time, to an official Google email address.” That means, Google does not need to proactively do that, they come to Google without any official or necessary operation.

Google Knowledge Panel Recent Images Carousel

Google has a “recent images” photo carousel for some knowledge panels. For example, Google had this for a search on the [golden globes] last week, where it shows photos from the event that were recently taken and published.

Local SEOs: Check Your Photos In Your Google Maps Pin Overlay

Mike Blumenthal dropped a simple but thoughtful local SEO tip that all businesses should do some time in the near future. Just check the featured photos that Google selected to be displayed in your Google Maps pin overlay.

Google Sponsored Label In Product Listing Results

Google is now testing the Google Ads sponsored label in the product listing results within the more products section in an additional result. I cannot replicate this, but Saad AK spotted it and posted two videos of this in action.

Google Premier Partner Awards Event

Google held an award ceremony event at the new Google Pier 57 location in New York City. This was the Google Premier Partner Awards for Google Ads agencies and others. Please note that this was a mont

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