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 said the feedback around the last core update was really helpful. Google Ads is testing double-row shopping ad carousels. Google Ads also tests a “people also browsed” carousel. Google Business Profiles has new Consumer Alerts. Google is testing thin video search snippets. Google expanded translated results to more languages.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

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  Google: SEO Feedback On The Last Core Update Was Really Helpful
  
  
  Google’s John Mueller said in a video he posted yesterday that the feedback submitted and Google collected around the March 2024 core update has “been really helpful in evaluations and discussions.” He added the Google teams have “been reviewing with the search quality and ranking teams.”
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  Google Ads: Double Row Carousel Shopping Search Ads
  
  
  Google seems to be testing a new ad format with two rows of shopping ads in the search results in a carousel format, so you can scroll through more shopping ads at the same time. I don’t believe I’ve seen this format before – have you?
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  Google Ads Tests People Also Browsed Carousel
  
  
  Google is also testing this new ad format labeled “People also browsed.” I guess this shows you what other products on Google searchers looked at for a similar query and is now showing you ads that match those browser sessions for those queries.
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  Google Expands Translated Search Results To More Languages
  
  
  Google is now showing the translated search results feature in more languages, adding Arabic, Gujarati, Korean, Persian, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese to the list of of now 21 languages.
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  Google Search Tests Thin Video Snippets
  
  
  Google is testing a new video format for its search results in the mobile search results. This test shows thinner video search result snippets with smaller video thumbnails.
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  Google Business Profiles Consumer Alerts Document
  
  
  Google Business Profiles can include consumer alerts on them, which will notify those viewing your local listing on Google about a possible violation or suspension of spam. These alerts can show a banner, they can result in review posting restrictions and reviews being removed.
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  Google Math Competition
  
  
  Google held a math competition for nearly 200 students at the D.C. office recently. Here is one of many photos from that event that I found on Instagram.

Other Great Search Threads:

• :Ah, the disavow tool. You already know how I feel about this. 🙂 Well, @CyrusShepard just ran another experiment where he disavowed every link to his site. He did this before, but now did it again. So what happened? Nothing. Literal, Glenn Gabe on X
• If Google was honest, they would’ve called the Helpful Content Update the Anti-SEO Update, but here we are, Cyrus SEO on X
• Google Local Services Ads MAKE THEM BIGGER Test. Google LSA Product Team: “Hey Guys So We Crammed These Bad Boys Into Literally Every Nook And Cranny On All Of Our Properties, But They Still Arent Working For Lawyers. What Do We, Anthony Higman on X
• Google Merchant Center has some sort of accessibility issue today – it was resolved, Barry Schwartz on X

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

• 8 SEO Strategies that Actually Still Work in 2024, WordStream
• Age of SGE: How Will AI Affect Search Traffic in the Next Decade?, TopRank
• AI Overviews, e-commerce site updates, and more! (July ‘24), Google Search Central On YouTube
• Detailed Q4: Analysing The SEO Playbook of Digital Goliaths In-Depth, Every Quarter, Detailed
• Keyword Cannibalization: An A-to-Z Guide to Fixing and Avoiding It, Backlinko
• Predicting Latent Structured Intents from Shopping Queries, Kopp Consulting
• Understanding Navboost: Key Insights from the Recent Google API Leaks, Hallam
• DIY SEO: 9 Doable Steps for Beginners, BruceClay

PPC

Search Features

Other Search

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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.

The Google volatility tracking tools showed some big movement from Google but the SEO community doesn’t seem to sync up on that. Google Ads is enabling broad match by default for new search campaigns. Bing Search now hides coupons in the explore menu. Google is testing shifting the logo right. Google is testing from sources across the web with a web overlay.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

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  Tools Show July 9th Google Search Ranking Volatility But Chatter Limited
  
  
  Many of the Google Search ranking volatility tracking tools are showing a spike in volatility over the past day or so. But I need to say that the chatter is pretty limited, relatively limited, compared to what the tools are showing. I am wondering if maybe the tools picked up on some of those indexing issues from the other night or maybe there is something deeper going on?
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  Google Ads Enabling Broad Match By Default For New Search Campaigns
  
  
  Google now enables broad match by default when you create new search campaigns within Google Ads. Previously, this was not on by default, but now it is, according to Thomas Eccel, a Google Ads consultant.
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  Google Tests From Sources Across The Web Overlay
  
  
  Google seems to be testing a new user experience for the “from sources across the web” search feature. Instead of showing a carousel or content on the search results page, Google is testing popping up an overlay that you can scroll through with more details.
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  Bing Search Now Shows Coupons In The Explore Menu
  
  
  Bing Search is now showing coupons deeper in the search results interface, where you now need to click (or hover over) the explore menu icon to see them. Previously, Bing would show these as buttons or labels under the search result snippets, which make them more visible for the searcher.
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  Google Tests Shifting Google Logo Right In Search Results
  
  
  Google is testing shifting the Google logo on the search results page to the right. Instead of it showing on the left with nothing below it, Google shifted it to the right, aligned left with the search result listings.
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  Google Car Parking Permit
  
  
  Here is a photo of a Google parking permit for the Central Way Plaza location, which I think is in Kirkland, Seattle. This was shared on X. I don’t think I’ve shared a Google parking permit before, so here you go.

Other Great Search Threads:

• FYI @facan this subdomain of microsoft .com is hacked and being abused. Also FYI @searchliaison Google is showing explicit content hosted on this domain in Google Discover which it shouldn’t as per policies, Gagan Ghotra on X
• I’m confident that “Live, Busier than usual” on the popular times graph is considered “hot” and thus a potential for boosting.” Check out my blog for Google api reference and data supporting this ranking boost., ClaudiaT on X
• Google is broken for branded search imo. I see messages like these every week., Mark Williams-Cook on X
• If you trust StatCounter data 🙂 -> Search engine market share data for June 2024: Google increased its overall share in the US for June to 87.48%. Mobile increased to 95.1%, but desktop share decreased to 74.4% — as Bing increased, Glenn Gabe on X
• Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it’s time that everybody follows suit – generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America’s power grid, and is most decidedl, Ed Zitron on X
• SEO Tip: Now that Google has switched to pagination, you can see 100 results in the SERP at once. Just add “&num=100” to the end of the search URL: This is an extremely useful feature that Google took away when they switched to infi, Chris Long on X
• So, Google Chrome gives all *.google.com sites full access to system / tab CPU usage, GPU usage, and memory usage. It also gives access to detailed processor information, and provides a logging backchannel. This API, Luca Casonato on X
• You can Bing it too, Mr. President, Michael Schechter on X

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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.

Last night, Google had another indexing outage where it was not indexing new content for about an hour. Google is testing country labels in the search result snippets. Google has a new IPTC digital source type that it understands named compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia. Bing is testing nutrion labels in the image results. Google changed its mind on ads for opioid painkillers. Google Merchant Center and Google Ads is switching to the new feed label.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

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  Google Search Bug: Not Indexing or Serving New Content Again
  
  
  Google Search is currently having yet another indexing bug, similar to what Google Search experienced just about two weeks ago on June 20th. Google is not indexing new content that was recently published in the past hour or so.
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  Google Tests Country Label In Search Result Snippets
  
  
  Google may be testing showing which country the site operates in with a country label attached to the search result snippet. In the example below, Google is showing a “South African” label with the country flag and the country written out at the top of the snippet next to the site name.
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  Google Ads Changes Its Mind – Will Not Allow Opioid Painkillers Ads
  
  
  Last month we reported that Google Ads began to allow some ads for opioid painkillers, like to discuss awareness and abuse. Well, Google decided to “indefinitely pausing this policy update” and not allow search ads for opioid painkillers.
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  Google Search Extracts Composite Images With Trained Algorithmic Media Types
  
  
  Google Search now supports a new IPTC digital source type for images which seems to be about reading if an image was made in help with AI. Google added compositeWithTrainedAlgorithmicMedia to the IPTC photo metadata documentation this morning.
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  Google Ads & Google Merchant Center Country of Sale Migrating To New Feed Label
  
  
  A couple of years ago, I reported that Google has changed how your feeds work in Merchant Center for countries by removing the need to list a primary country and additional countries and replacing them with target countries. Now Google is emailing advertisers letting them know that if you are currently using Country of Sale it will migrate to the feed label functionality.
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  Bing Search Tests Labeling Images With Nutrition Details
  
  
  Bing is testing adding nutritional details to images in its search results. It includes labeling food products with “high calcium,” “lean protein,” “anti-inflammatory,” and other labels.
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  Doogler With Google Laptop & NY Coffee
  
  
  Here is a photo the Life at Google channel shared of a cute dog where a Google bandana, at a laptop, drinking from a New York mug at the Google office. Dogs at Google are Dooglers, by the way.

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Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

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PPC

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Other Search

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