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Google May One Day Crawl From Outside The U.S.

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March 5, 2022

Google May One Day Crawl From Outside The U.S.

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The other day I reported again how blocking US based users would require you to also block Googlebot, Google’s crawler. And that would be devastating to a site’s search rankings in Google. But John Mueller of Google said it is not out of the question that Google one day may decide to crawl from outside of the US.

John said as a follow up on Twitter “I could see this [where Google crawls from] expanding over time if we see a broader need.” He did add that he would be sad if this had to happen because “it would mean the web is growing in isolated bubbles, rather than being “world-wide”.” But he understands that “what we’d like to see is sometimes not what we get,” so it one day may be inevitable.

Here are those tweets:

We primarily crawl from the US (at least for the moment), so I wouldn’t count on Google trying random other countries to see where things are accessible. There are very few exceptions. That hasn’t changed.
— 🐐 John 🐐 (@JohnMu) March 2, 2022

I could see this expanding over time if we see a broader need. I think that would suck, because it would mean the web is growing in isolated bubbles, rather than being “world-wide”. That said, what we’d like to see is sometimes not what we get, & there are so many folks involved.
— 🐐 John 🐐 (@JohnMu) March 2, 2022

Now, Google previously said that it did not find any benefit to crawling from outside of the US back in 2017. There are however times Google will crawl from a specific region but it is rare.

I don’t know if Google will ever crawl from outside of the US regularly but never say never with Google.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2022

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October 1, 2022

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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 is testing “more like this” star feature, the things to know box on the right side and the product panels with shaded backgrounds. Google said sometimes a brand becomes so popular it will rank above the general meaning of the word in Google Search. Page speed issues won’t lead to your site being removed from Google. I also posted my weekly SEO video recap – with a cold and cough.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core & Product Reviews Update Done, Local Search Ranking Bug Fixed, Search On Event Recap & More

Google has finished rolling out both the September 2022 core update and product reviews update on Monday, September 26th – yes, there is a lot of confusion. Google fixed a bug with the local search rankings and service area businesses. Google had its big Search On event…

Google “More Like This” Star Search Snippet Feature

Google is testing a new feature that places a large and smaller star next to the search result snippet. When you click on the star icons, you are presented with a box beneath that search result snippet that shows a “more like this” section.

Google Search: When A Brand Becomes More Popular Than The Meaning Of The Word

There are some brands that have generic names that have become more popular than the actual meaning of the word. In those cases, Google Search may rank or show information about the brand over the meaning of the word.

Google Testing Things To Know On Right Search Panel

Google is testing the placement of the Things To Know section on the right-side panel. Typically, you find these within the main search results in the middle portion of the search results.

Google Tests Shady Design For Product Panels

Google is testing another design for the product panels in Google Search. This new design shades the boxes for some of the products and reviews, etc. It also moves some of the filters around.

Google: Page Speed Issues Wouldn’t Lead To Your Site Being Removed From Google Search

Google’s John Mueller said that your site or page would not be removed from the Google Search results over page speed issues. He was asked about this on Twitter and said no, page speed won’t lead to your site on the basis of page speed.

3D Chrome Google Sign

Here is an interesting looking sign at the Google Netherland office. It looks like a 3D chrome sign of sort, with the Google logo. This is hanging on a wall at that office.

Other Great Search Threads:

It might be that the currency is just not supported by our systems. Unfortunately, that’s sometimes not a technical issue which we can resolve., John Mueller on Twitter

If they’re not showing up instead of your “real” pages, I wouldn’t worry about it. These technical quirks come & go. Technically they can be indexed, but if nobody sees, John Mueller on Twitter

A redirect is not a 404 🙂, John Mueller on Twitter

Curious about how SEO has evolved across a giant part of the web? Check out the @HTTPArchive ‘s Web Almanac chapter on SEO at https://t.co/PKQAn9Vc05 . It’s based on a giant treasure of, John Mueller on Twitter

Google’s push to get merchants to add product information to their Business Profiles continues. A new section about adding products was just added to the help doc “Edit your Business Profile on Google, Stefan Somborac on Twitter

It depends on how you have your paywall set up, and what you want it to do. A paywal doesn’t have to be 100%; you might choose to show Google 30%, random, John Mueller on Twitter

There’s nothing defined about the order of results in a site:-query, I wouldn’t read anything into it 🙂, John Mueller on Twitter

When is cloaking. not penalisable?, WebmasterWorld

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