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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 11, 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 seemed to have done another unconfirmed search algorithm update this weekend. Google also stopped showing a huge percentage of people also ask boxes. Glenn Gabe spotted a new top ranked feature that leads to critic reviews and product review articles. Google is testing large image ads. Google Ads adjusted its abortion ad policies. Google launched signed exchanges for desktop, top stories and news. Plus there is a new vlog out.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On July 10th – Not Confirmed
Yet again, we are seeing more volatility and ranking instability in the Google Search results. It probably started around July 9th through July 10th or so and we are seeing more chatter and many of the tools showing spikes. - Huge Drop In Google People Also Ask
Google seems to be showing the people also ask feature a lot less often now on desktop. According to Semrush and RankRanger, it was at about 60% of queries showing people also ask and now it is closer to 30%. - Google’s Top Ranked SERP Feature Leads To Critic Reviews & Product Review Articles On Mobile
If you’re an e-commerce retailer, or if you provide product reviews, then this latest SERP feature from Google will surely interest you. I recently noticed a ‘Top Ranked’ feature that works in conjunction with Critic Reviews and other product review articles when searching for specific products. - Google Tests Large Images In Search Ads Again
Google is once again testing showing very large images and a very large image in the search ads again. These Google Ads take up a lot of search result page real estate. - Google Signed Exchanges For Desktop, Top Stories and News Now Live
As you may remember, back in April Google said it is bringing signed exchanges support to desktop. Well that launched on Friday, July 8th. Signed exchanges in Google Search for desktop, top stories, news and more are live. - Google Ads Updates Rules For Abortion Ads
Google has posted changes or updates for those who are advertising around abortion topics. These changes impact advertisers providing medication abortions or abortion pills. - Vlog #181: Jaimie Clark On Being A VP Of SEO & Building Your Career
Jaimie and Jon Clark came for a visit and we all spoke SEO and a lot more. Jaimie Clark is the VP of SEO at Centerfield, she was previously the Head of SEO at Wirecutter, a New York Times company. Jon Clark runs his own firm, Moving Traffic Media and was… - Stan The Google Dinosaur In Service Dino Uniform
As most of you know, Google has a dinosaur on its campus, they named it Stan. Here is Stan dressed up as “Service Dino”, with dog ears attached and a newspaper in its mouth.
Other Great Search Threads:
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
- Apple Maps gets more detailed 3D data for three more countries, AppleInsider
- Google ‘BTS ARMY Day’: easter egg, Street View tour, more, 9to5Google
- Review Extortion, Algorithm Blues, Spend More for ROI, Near Media
- Scammers Are Trying to Extort Bay Area Restaurant Owners With Torrents of One-Star Reviews, Eater SF
- Apple CarPlay vs Android Auto: The difference lies in the details, The Economic Times
- Travel Back in Time With Street View and Map Archives, Wired
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2023

Hanukkah (aka Chanukah) starts this coming Thursday night, December 7th. Google has added its Hanukkah decorations to the Google Search results interface to celebrate. Google does this every year and I expect to see the same rollout in the coming weeks for Christmas and Kawanzaa but for now, since Chanukah is in the coming days, we have the Hanukkah decorations live at Google Search.
Here is a screenshot of the Chanukah decorations as they look like on the mobile search results.
You can see it yourself by searching on Google for [chanukah], [hanukkah], but not yet [חֲנוּכָּה] or other spelling variations yet but it should soon. It looks better on mobile than it does on desktop results.
To see the past, the 2023 decorations, 2021 decorations, 2020 Chanukah decorations, 2019 Google holiday decorations, the 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and so on.
Happy Chanukah, everyone!
Forum discussion at X.
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Google Pay Accepted Icons In Google Search Results

Google seems to be testing a Google Pay Accepted label or icon in the Google search results. This label has the super G logo followed by the words “Pay accepted” words next to search result snippets that support Google Pay and notate such in their structured data.
This was first spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared some screenshots of this on X – here is one:
Here are some more screenshots:
Here is test and without test window for same query. pic.twitter.com/n9cYWBOsro
— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) October 20, 2023
Brodie Clark also posted some screenshots after on X:
In continuation from the test from October, Google is now testing out a new Google Pay label associated with organic results. Last month, Google was testing Pay Accepted text, with this month changing it to Pay encrypted checkout. More details: https://t.co/MvFNoPmMDR pic.twitter.com/WDVVc4RbTO
— SERPs Up 🌊 (@SERPalerts) November 30, 2023
I tried to replicate this but I came up short.
This is not the first time Google had similar icons like this in its search results.
Forum discussion at X.
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Google Discover Showing Older Content Since Follow Feature Arrived

Typically, Google Discover shows content that is less than a day old, but it can show content that is weeks, months, or even years old. However, typically, Google will show more recent content in the Discover feed. Well, that may have changed with the new Google follow feature.
Glenn Gabe, who is a very active Google Discover user, noticed that since the Follow feature rolled out, he has been seeing content that is weeks and months old way more often than before the follow feature rolled out. Glenn wrote on X that “this could also be playing a role. i.e. Google isn’t providing as much recent content, but instead, focusing on providing targeted content based on the topics you are following.”
It makes sense that if you follow a specific topic and if Google Discover only shows the most authoritative types of content, it might be hard for Google to find new content on that topic. So it does make sense that Google may show older content more often for that specific topic you follow.
Here are screenshots Glenn shared:
Have you noticed this in your Discover feed?
Forum discussion at X.
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