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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 4, 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.
If you use Google Ads Scripts, the Google Ads or AdWords API, you may have some data issues – there was a data glitch the other day. Google added new travel search features, some are pretty useful. Microsoft Advertising announced a slew of new features and extended the RSA deadline. Did removing support for the URL parameter tool cause some crawl spikes? Finally, Google contiunues with its user interface tests. May the 4th (Schwartz) be with you 🌌🔫.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Reporting Issue With Google Ads, AdWords API & Google Ads Scripts
Google has confirmed that between April 25th 5:32PM ET and April 26th 3:24 PM ET there was a data reporting issue with those who pulled in data from the Google Ads and AdWords API or Google Ads Scripts. - Microsoft Advertising RSAs Deadline Extended, Auto-Generated Remarketing Lists & More Updates
Microsoft Advertising posted its May 2022 update showing what is new and changing with the ad network. What is new is that the deadline for Responsive Search Ads was extended, auto-generated remarketing lists, you can manage images for your Audience Ads within the Editor tool, DSAs expanded and more. - Was There Crawl Spikes From Google After URL Parameter Tool Went Offline?
As you know, last week, on April 26th, Google disabled the URL parameter tool within Google Search Console and stopped respecting any of the rules added to that tool. Some are asking if the recent crawl spikes they saw with Googlebot was related to this change. - New Google Travel Search Features
Google announced a bunch of new travel search features the other day across flights, hotels, destinations of interest and more. These new features aim at helping you “get inspired and research your options so you can book with ease when the time is right,” Google wrote. - Google Search UI Tests Continue With Full Width Videos & Grid Formatted Results
Google is continuing its mobile search user interfaces with more variations of its grid search results format and full width video search result snippets. - Facebook Meta North Face Swag
We post mostly Google photos, swag, etc but here is a new Facebook Meta branded North Face jacket. I kind of like it but I doubt I would wear it – who knows what type of trackers are on it…
Other Great Search Threads:
- Apparently you can now use categories in the business name, Local Search Forum
- Here’s another variation of grid formatted search results test I spotted last week. The difference with this test is that it leads users directly to the site vs just sending them to G images (yay!). https://t.co/h8Otc, Brian Freiesleben on Twitter
- I wonder how my new website got 200+ unique visitors without ever advertising it, Reddit
- I wouldn’t worry about the difference, but I am curious to read more about what you found out in terms of chatbots, so I’d love to see a link when you’re done 🙂, John Mueller on Twitter
- Some Tweets are for everyone & others are just for people you’ve picked. We’re now testing Twitter Circle, which lets you add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets when you want to share with a smaller crowd. Some o, Twitter Safety on Twitter
- The API uses the same data as the UI, and Search Console generally doesn’t filter bot traffic., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
- Hub & Spoke Content Marketing: What Is It, Conductor
- Influencer Marketing Experts Pick Their Favorite Tools To Manage Their Programs, Content Marketing Institute
- Can NLG tools be useful for copywriting?, Builtvisible
- 7 Blog Title Formulas That Get Clicks (With Examples), Ahrefs
- Account-Based Link Building: Why Relationships Trump Outreach Tactics, Semrush
- B2B Content Marketing Metrics: Tracking What Matters, KoMarketing
- Product-Led Content: What It Is, Why Use It, and How to Get Started, Ahrefs
- We Paid Over $5000 For Link Building – What Happened?, Search Engine Journal
Local & Maps
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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