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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 30, 2022

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May 30, 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.

The bigger news is that Google Ads will not serve ads while it is in “under review” status. Google posted a video on why Search Console reporting may fluctuate. Google has new electric bike guidelines for Merchant Center. Google does not have advice on using subdomains for YMYL vs none-YMYL content, or so they say. And today is Memorial Day in the States, so I tried to keep the reporting a bit lighter today and Google and Bing had special logos and themes today for the day.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Google Doesn’t Have Advice On When To Use Subdomains For YMYL Content

Google’s John Mueller was asked Myriam Jessier if it makes sense to use subdomains for the YMYL content on a larger site. She asked “if a subdomain talks about a YMYL topic, can it impact the rest of the site?” John Mueller didn’t really give an answer, which surprised me a bit – to be honest.

Google Ads Under Review Status Now Won’t Trigger Ads

Google updated its Google Ads policy saying that keywords won’t be able to trigger ads until they’ve been reviewed. This is effective immediately and will be fully ramped up and enforced within a two months period.

New Google Electric Bikes Guidelines

Google has posted new guidelines to the Google Merchant Center for electric or motorized bikes. You must now list the max speed of the electric bike, if you do not, Google will disapprove the listing and it won’t show in Google Shopping. Plus, Google does not allow bikes that go faster than 25 km/h or 15.5 mph.

Google Video On Why Search Console Graphs Fluctuate

Google’s John Mueller posted one of those short question and answer videos the other day, this one was on why do the Google Search Console graphs sometimes fluctuation. The answer is maybe something Google changed on their end or something you changed on your end – no kidding.

Vlog #175: James Pate On Enterprise SEO Adoption & SEO Driven Taxonomy

In part one with James Pate, we spoke about doing SEO at IBM and using Airtable for managing enterprise SEO data. In part two, we talk about enterprise SEO adoption and SEO driven taxonomy…

Google Memorial Day Logo With Remembrance Day Poppies

Google has its grayed out logo for Memorial Day today but it also has remembrance day flowers, red poppies, in the footer of the search results. So when you click on the logo or search for [memorial day], you will see these poppies in the footer load.

Crowds At The GooglePlex

It has been a few years since I have seen such a large crowd, crowded together, at the Google office, the GooglePlex. This photo was taken with the great Peter The Greeter and posted on Instagram. I b

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IMO, for most web sites (not all), it is more important to control indexation, than it is to control crawling. I understand all of the reasons behind controlling crawlers, but experience has shown me you get more bang for your b, Joe Hall on Twitter

SEO for nocode tools : SEO, Reddit

There’s a lot of talk about how bad Google has become. Ads out of control. SEO run amok. So how does legacy Google compare to a modern search engine like Neeva? We worked with @HelloSurgeAI on a scaled unbiased eval. The res, Neeva on Twitter

You can’t., John Mueller on Twitter

Challenges of enterprise SEO, WebmasterWorld

How do I handle foreign keyword searches, WebmasterWorld

Stepping through some Core Update winners and losers. en-academic.[com]/dic.nsf/enwiki/appears to be a Russian site stuffed with reference material, and tons of ads – big gains this week in UK search footprint. No about page. No a, Chippy on Twitter

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 3, 2024

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October 4, 2024

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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.

We have record-breaking Google search ranking volatility going into October. Microsoft Advertising streamlined its ad interface and added some new features. Google is testing search instead for sections. Google said SEOs can help shape policies and decisions around AI. Google Ads is testing swipable images to map. Bing celebrated the 14th birthday of BingBot. And I am offline, this content was pre-written and scheduled.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Record-Breaking Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues Into October

Surprise, surprise, the heated Google Search ranking volatility has continued into October. This is the longest ongoing period of heated Google Search ranking volatility we had ever recorded according to data provided…

Microsoft Advertising New Ad Experience, Diagnostics & Performance Snapshot

Microsoft announced a new streamlined experience below Copilot’s organic response and two new capabilities, diagnostics and performance snapshot.

Google Testing Search Instead For Section

Google is testing replacing the “People also search for” box with a “Search instead for” box. I think this is just a title change because the functionality looks equivalent to the previous version.

Google: SEOs Can Help Shape Client Policies & Decisions On AI Bots

Google’s John Mueller said that SEOs are in a great place because they understand how crawlers work, how the controls work, and they can help their clients decide on their AI policies and decisions as they navigate this new era of AI bots.

Google Ads With Images & Map Carousel

Google is testing an ad format for Google Ads where you swipe over a carousel of images, eventually leading to a map. When you click on the map, it takes you to the Google Business Profile in Google Maps.

Happy 14th Birthday BingBot

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft posted on X this week that BingBot turned 14 years old. Yea, 14 years of crawling the web. Fabrice wrote, “Happy 14th Birthday, BingBot! You’ve been crawling…

Google Atlanta Poolside View

Here is a photo, I guess of a hotel across the street from the Google offices in Atlanta. I think… So if you want to relax and go for a night swim, while checking your rankings, this might be a good place to do that.

Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5785 – Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year

This is a programming note that Thursday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Thursday and Wednesday, October 3rd and October 4th.

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Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5785

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October 3, 2024

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This is a programming note that Thursday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Thursday and Wednesday, October 3rd and October 4th.

There will be stories posted each day, all of them were pre-written before the holiday and scheduled to be posted. I will be completely offline, so any social media posts or anything coming from this site, or my social channels are all scheduled beforehand.

I apologize for any spammy comments that slip through while should note while I am offline, I will do my best to catch up late Saturday night after nightfall.

If there are any Google algorithm updates or big news that I miss, I will catch up on them in the coming days.

Thank you all for reading, commenting, and sharing every day – I appreciate it.

Feel free to check out the archives or catch up with the weekly videos or just browse the search pics. Oh, and if you have nothing to do, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

I wanted to wish all my Jewish readers a happy, healthy, successful, and sweet new year! I wish all my readers a happy, healthy, and successful remainder of the year.

There will be a lot of days this month when I am offline for Jewish holidays – so brace yourself.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 1, 2024

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3 days ago

October 2, 2024

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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 Search Console performance report filters now stick. Google Ads had an outage earlier this morning that it is working to fully restore. Bing Search also has date and time stamp issues for search result snippets. Google spoke about when to use the noindex and when to use the canonical, again. Google also spoke about not using generic server or CMS holding pages for new sites.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Sticky Google Search Console Performance Report Filters

Google has updated its performance reports in Google Search Console to have the filters you set, stick. Meaning, the next time you go back to the report, it should be where you left it, with all the filters you set. You can of course reset the filters and start from scratch with the click of a button that reads, “reset filters.”

Google Ads Outage This Morning Being Restored

Google Ads had an outage that started at around 3am ET on Tuesday October 1st. The issue is now mostly resolved, but many advertisers were unable to access their Google Ads accounts and campaigns for a few hours this morning.

Google: Don’t Use Generic Server / CMS Holding Pages For New Sites

John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, said on Reddit, that he does not recommend you use generic server or CMS holding pages for new sites. Instead, either “keep DNS disabled or put up a custom holding page.”

Google Again On When To Use Noindex Or Canonical (Or Both)

Google’s John Mueller was asked about if it is still okay to use noindex and canonicals at the same time and when to use one or the other. This is a topic we covered several times here over the years but I spotted a new Reddit thread with John’s comments on it, so I figured I’d resurrect this topic.

Bing Search Getting Dates/Times Wrong In Search Results Too?

We’ve covered Google Search showing the wrong date and time on search result snippets countless times on this site. Well, Bing Search can get it wrong too – at least sometimes.

Made On YouTube Event In NYC

Google hosted in their New York City office a Made On YouTube event. It seemed to host a number of high-profile YouTubers, plus some upcoming YouTubers. For some reason, I was not invited. Anyway, I spotted this photo, and more, including videos, on Sussan Mourard’s Instagram feed.