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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 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’s Things to Know has been removed from the desktop search results. Google Local Services Ads is now showing three listings, up from two listings, on mobile. But Local Service Ads also are riddled with fake listings and reviews. Google product carousel shows product review content in “appears on these lists.” Google is testing the search bar menu with search refinements. And I posted another vlog with Jaimie Clark, this one on the Google Products Reviews update, and Jon Clark, on SEO for Startups.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Tests Search Bar With Refinements Mixed With Vertical Navigation
Google is testing mixing the search bar, where you normally see the vertical search options like videos, maps, images, shopping, news, etc – but also showing refinements for your searches. - Google Products Carousel Displays Product Reviews Under Appears On These Lists
Google has a section named “appears on these lists” that will show you which product review content (or comparison lists) has mentioned the product you are looking at. This works both on desktop and mobile and is displayed after you click on a product in the product carousel or product grid on mobile. - Google Local Service Ads Seeing A Lot Of Fake Reviews
Google’s Local Service Ads are supposed to be screened, guaranteed, and reviewed by someone contracted by Google. But supposedly, the reviews in many Local Service Ads are filled with fake reviews. - Google Now Showing Three Local Service Ads Listings
Google is now showing three local service ads listings in both the mobile and desktop interface. Previously, Google has shown two local service ads listings, but as Len pointed out on Twitter, Google is now showing three. The desktop interface has had three for some time, but mobile generally has shown only two listings. - RankRanger: Google Things To Know No Longer Showing In Desktop Search
The Google Things To Know box, which was announced at Google I/O, and eventually has been showing up for about 1% of desktop queries, is no longer showing up for any desktop query now, according to RankRanger data. - Vlog #183: Jaimie Clark On Google Product Reviews Update & Jon Clark On SEO For Startups
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… - Google Pier 57
Months ago, Google opened up its new park area in New York City named Google Pier 57. Google has been hosting media events there, which I have yet to accept an invite to. But here is a photo of the G
Other Great Search Threads:
- GA4 is adding filters to their custom reports. To date all the standard reports shown when you log in are unfiltered. Admins can now apply filters, so all users see various subsets of data like US only, SEO only, or Mobile, Charles Farina on Twitter
- Google Under Pressure from Both Sides, WebmasterWorld
- Look at this collection of recommended books. I wonder if this works for Gates and others?, Adam J. Humphreys on Twitter
- My guess is time zone quirk., John Mueller on Twitter
- robots.txt prevents crawling, so if you’re worried about overloading your server, that would be enough. It’s unlikely that these URLs would appear, when, John Mueller on Twitter
- So Google thinks @elonmusk has an affair with Sergey Brin, Barry Schwartz on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- Alphabet Stock Split Lands With a Thud in Worry-Filled Market, Bloomberg
- Pro-Russia authorities will ban Google in occupied regions of Ukraine, The Verge
- Congress Might Actually Pass ADPPA, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, WIRED
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient, Substack
- Sonos Wins Ruling on One Patent in Google Case Over Smart Audio, Bloomberg
- Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair, Wall Street Journal
- Google Is Selling Advanced AI to Israel, Documents Reveal, The Intercept
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
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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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