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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 2, 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 may have done another search algorithm update around May 1st, but the prior week was pretty volatile anyway. Google says you can use hashtags in your meta descriptions if you want. Google Discover added a long tap to preview a story. Google Search added tips to dictionary results to give you similar sounding words. Google has changed the format for the SEO office hours – which is a bit concerning to me. I also released a vlog today with a former special ops and now PPC consultant, Lior Krolewicz.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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- Possible Google Search Algorithm Update May 1st With Rumbles All Week
For the past week, I have been seeing a different pattern with a possible Google search ranking algorithm update. The forums and SEO discussion around a possible Google update was brewing a good part of last week but the automated tracking tools, most of them, didn’t really pick up signs of a Google update.
- Possible Google Search Algorithm Update May 1st With Rumbles All Week
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- Google Discover Long Tap To Preview Stories For iOS Chrome
Google has added long tap to preview for Google Discover within iOS for Chrome according to Glenn Gabe. Glenn Gabe posted about this on Twitter and said “Google just launched “long tap to preview” functionality in Discover in Chrome on iOS. Long tap the story & you see a preview of the article, you can open in a new tab, incognito, or add to your reading list.”
- Google Discover Long Tap To Preview Stories For iOS Chrome
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- Google SEO Office Hours Change: John Mueller Won’t Record Answer To Live Questions
Google’s John Mueller said there has been a change to the SEO office-hours format he hosts often on Google Meet and YouTube. The change is that Google will only record and post the video of questions submitted ahead of time, live questions will not be recorded and shared in the recorded version.
- Google SEO Office Hours Change: John Mueller Won’t Record Answer To Live Questions
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- Google: You Can Use Hashtags In Meta Descriptions (#shouldyou?)
Google’s John Mueller was asked if you could use hashtags in meta descriptions? He responded on Twitter saying #sure. But the bigger question is, should you use hashtags in meta descriptions?
- Google: You Can Use Hashtags In Meta Descriptions (#shouldyou?)
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- Google Search Dictionary Has A Tip For Similar-Sounding Words
Google has been offering dictionary search results over a dozen years and the search company continues to make tweaks to that feature. Google now will show a “tip” section on some terms that communicate “similar-sounding words” to the word you searched for.
- Google Search Dictionary Has A Tip For Similar-Sounding Words
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- Vlog #171: Lior Krolewicz On Being In The Special Ops & How Paid Search Has Changed
Lior Krolewicz is the founder and CEO of Yael Consulting, a marketing consulting company. I’ve known Lior from when he was based in Israel, he spoke at a previous SMX Israel event back in the day. We spoke about his history in the space…
- Vlog #171: Lior Krolewicz On Being In The Special Ops & How Paid Search Has Changed
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- John Mueller With “It Depends” Google Shirt, Also He Has Hair
Last Friday, John Mueller of Google posted a photo of Twitter of himself in a Google branded “It Depends” shirt and some hair on his head. I love how he can have fun with the industry like this – he i
- John Mueller With “It Depends” Google Shirt, Also He Has Hair
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Jeff Ferguson On Starting His Own Digital Marketing Agency

In part one, we go through Jeff Ferguson’s long history in search marketing. Here, in part two, we pick up with him starting his own agency. Jeff explained how he was working at this arbitrage company, and they were not profitable for a decade, and then overnight, he helped them become profitable, and they were making a ton of money. But they didn’t do it right, and eventually, they took a major hit. So he was offered a package to leave but picked up doing consulting during that time. He ran his agency for ten years before merging with Amplitude Digital.
He loves agency life and doing his own thing. He is at a point in life where doing his own thing and owning his agency is where he wants to be. He does write a lot of content; he shares a lot of advice on Twitter and Facebook.
You can learn more about Jeff Ferguson at Amplitude Digital and follow him on Twitter @CountXero.
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Forum discussion at YouTube.
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Google Pier 57 Display Wall

Here is one of the many walls at the new Google Pier 57 location. You can see they set up a display wall that houses a Google surfboard, Google letters, Android figurine, and much more.
I spotted 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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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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