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Google Knowledge Panel Spam Or A Google Bug?
If you do a search on [seo services india] you will see a knowledge panel show up for a “musical artist” named “SEO Services in India.” The question is, is this a bug with Google misinterpreting entities or is this specific manipulation by an SEO as a form of new Google knowledge panel spam?
Do you think this was done intentionally to gain attention and manipulate Google’s algorithms or do you think this was just some weird bug?
I was notified of this on Twitter and I can replicate it – here is a screenshot that you can click on to enlarge:
Here is what the community thinks – if it is spam or a bug:
this knowledge seems to have been generated by AI (no wiki). there may be a bug in identifying the entities
— Alireza Naji (@AlirezaNaji_) May 18, 2022
Right it might be ! – replicate the same. pic.twitter.com/rpsHDzxyGM
— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) May 18, 2022
Seems someone’s adding seo related audio/videos in music category in india. They are extraordinary Pros
— Ali Raza (@ImAliRazaPk) May 18, 2022
I think somehow this page might be responsible for this.https://t.co/YHbla1tfyX
(Gaana is a music streaming website)It seems someone is building “Audio Backlinks”. 😜🤪
— Kumarpal Shah (@KumarpalKp) May 18, 2022
Seems like they are picked up from Books section from Gaana to listen … Read the book kind of… Listen to this book … Hmmm pic.twitter.com/O5imJj9fav
— Raman ⭐️ (@Ramana_Tula) May 18, 2022
Following google feedback process and reporting easily identifiable spam every week for 3 months is being patient? at what point does an escalation occur? 6 months? @dannysullivan @methode @g33konaut @johnmu pic.twitter.com/8tt2koicoU
— ☕ StevePlunkett.eth ☕ (@steveplunkett) May 18, 2022
A bunch of Googlers were notified but none have replied – so it makes you wonder if this was spam or a bug.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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Google Says Google Search Handles marquee Tags Appropriately

Gary Illyes, from the Google Search Relations team, said on LinkedIn that Google Search handles the marquee HTML tag “appropriately.” What does it mean by appropriately? That is Gary for you.
I assume it means Google can read the text within the marquee HTML tag.
The marquee HTML element is used to insert a scrolling area of text. You can control what happens when the text reaches the edges of its content area using its attributes.
Google even has this long standing marquee tag new easter egg that looks like this:
Here are some funny comments in the LinkedIn thread:
Again, Gary wrote, “Please note that, after digging through some ancient code, I can confidently confirm Google handles marquee tags appropriately. You’re welcome, internet.”
Forum discussion at LinkedIn.
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Google Search Result Snippet Scrollable On Some Browsers

Did you know that in some browsers, specifically on Android on Chrome and maybe others, that you can scroll to see more of a longer and truncated snippet in the Google Search results? I didn’t but Kamran Badal spotted this the other day and Glenn Gabe was able to replicate it.
I am not sure if you would care but I found it super interesting that you can kind of scroll to see more of a snippet in the mobile Google Search results. I cannot replicate this on iOS devices but this can be replicated on Android devices.
Kamran Badal wrote on Twitter, “Fun fact, kind of? The descriptions in #Google search results mobile layout are scrollable.”
Here is his screenshots showing this in action:
Glenn Gabe also replicated it himself:
Wow, very interesting. I’m seeing that too for some listings. When truncated heavily, I can tap on that description and see more by scrolling. Highly doubt anyone knows that or is using it. Great catch, though. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/uwGjylqNAR
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 24, 2023
How interesting.
Again, not sure any of you should care about this, but I found it interesting because it seems like some sort of hack or bug that should not work in Google Search.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
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Most SEOs Won’t Recommend Using AI To Write Content

A new Twitter poll shows that most SEOs do not yet feel comfortable recommending using AI to write client content. The poll asked, “Would you recommend using an AI writer to your clients?” Most SEOs said no.
Mordy Oberstein posted this poll on Twitter and there were over 600 votes. About 66% said no, they would not recommend an AI writer to their clients, the rest said yes, they would recommend an AI writer.
Here is the poll:
Would you recommend using an AI writer to your clients?
— Mordy Oberstein 🇺🇦 (@MordyOberstein) January 18, 2023
Do you think this poll is representative of the SEO industry?
Forum discussion at Twitter.
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