Daily Search Forum Recap: December 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.

Google said search results are more relevant today...

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Google Search Adds Grammar Check Feature

Google Search can now tell you if your query is using proper grammar. Google will show you a green checkmark under the title "Grammar Check" when you get the grammar right.

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Google Intern Cohort

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 2022

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New Google Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations On December 26th

While it has been calm for the past several days, today is a new day and I am seeing some signs of more volatility and ranking fluctuations as of the past 24 hours or less. Some of the automated tracking tools are picking it up, and I am seeing some renewed chatter in the SEO industry.

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Google: "Here" Is Bad Link Text

Lizzi Sassman from Google said in this morning's Google SEO office hours that using the anchor text "here," the text for your hyperlink, is simply "bad link text." Instead, you should use more descriptive text for the page you are linking to.

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NBA and Google Water Bottle

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 28, 2022

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Google: Links On YouTube Won't Help Your Google Rankings & SEO

An SEO asked if links on YouTube videos will help with your Google SEO. Then someone said that it would help get your content indexed faster. Both are false and myths because YouTube links have nofollow attributes on them, so Google does not count them.

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Google: Building Your Site On Bad Links Over Time Will Have A Lasting Effect

Google's John Mueller provided some advice on a site that seemed to have been hit due to bad links. He said on Mastodon, "If you've built the foundation of your site on bad links for a longer period of time, that will have a lasting effect even if you suddenly fix some things."

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Catching Up On Bing Search User Interface & Search Experiments

Over the past several weeks, I've been collecting a number of Microsoft Bing search experiments and user interface tests. It has slowed down a bit this week, so I'll share most of them below.

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PSA: Google's Passage Indexing / Ranking Helps Google Better Understand Messy Content

It has been a while since I heard anyone talk about Google's passage indexing, technically should be passage<<� ranking. So when it came up on Mastodon again, I figured I'd remind you all what it is and what it is not.

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Google Speed Bumps

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 27, 2022

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Google: Spam Update Hits Won't Be Fixed By Removal Internal Duplicate Content

Google's John Mueller said that removing internal duplicate content and other technical issue fixes won't lead to your site recovering from a Google spam update. John said that these spam updates look more at the "actual content" than if you have technical issues or duplicate content on your site.

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Google Ads To Allow Some Cannabidiol (CBD) & Hemp Ads In Some Regions

Google Ads will soon allow some cannabidiol (CBD) and topical, hemp-derived CBD products to be advertised on its network. Google posted this policy update and said this begins on January 20, 2023.

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Wicker Chair At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 26, 2022

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Calmer Christmas Weekend For The Google Search Results

It seemed a lot calmer this past weekend, Christmas weekend than we had it a while in the world of Google search volatility. This is a good thing since we really want to see the two Google ranking algorithm updates wind down before yearend.

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Lizzi's Crochet Googlebot & Crawley Are Outstanding

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 23, 2022

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Google Tests About Carousel For Websites

Google is testing a new search feature to tell you more about a website. This is an "about" carousel that shows more information about a site, including information from the site itself and third-party sites.

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Rusty Google Room

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 22, 2022

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Just an update for you, the Google search results are still very turbulent...

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Google: Our Search Algorithm Doesn't Look At Words Per Section

Google's John Mueller said on Mastodon that the Google Search ranking algorithm does not look at words per section or the word count in different sections of your page.

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Google Comments On Making Mastodon More Search Engine Friendly

There is an interesting thread on Mastodon where Danny Sullivan and John Mueller, both of who work at Google, talk about making Mastodon more search-engine friendly. The thread was started by Gabe Rivera of Techmeme, when he wanted a way to search Mastodon.

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Google Developer Groups Shades

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 21, 2022

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Google PSA: Sitemaps Are Hints, Not Orders

Gary Illyes from Google said on LinkedIn the other day that sitemaps are hints, not orders. Meaning just because you submit an XML sitemap file to Google, it does not mean Google will index and rank that content.

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Google Cassette Tapes Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 20, 2022

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Google Stops Using Web Light To Serve Lighter/Faster Version Of Your Pages

Since 2015 Google has been serving lighter-weight and thus faster-loading web pages over Web Light to some devices that just don't have the speed or capabilities to load the heavier version of the page. Well, that is now done; Google retired Web Light.

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Study: Upvoting Reviews Keeps The Reviews On Google Local Longer

Here is another study from Joy Hawkins and friends. This study says that upvoting reviews tend to keep the reviews on the local listings up for a longer period of time.

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Face Paint At Google Dublin Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 19, 2022

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Vlog #202: Jessica Budde From Furry Fun Facts To Brewing Digital Marketing

Jessica Budde was next to be interviewed and she has an amazing personality. She co-hosts the Marketing O'Clock podcast...

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Google Search Knowledge Panel With Grey Links

Google is testing a light gray colored font for the links in the Google Search knowledge panel box. Google often tests various font sizes and colors and is constantly testing small and large user interface changes in Google Search, so this test should be no surprise.

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Custom Google Jenga Set

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2022

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Google updated its search quality raters guidelines and added an E to E-A-T...

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E-E-A-T - "Experience" Added To Revised Search Quality Raters Guidelines

The Google search quality raters guidelines were updated and updated in a big way, with a new E added on to E-A-T. Google is adding experience on top of expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness. Google said that trust is the most important of all four elements here.

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Google's Christmas Market Event With The Blue Belles

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 15, 2022

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New: Video Uploads For Google Reviews On Google Maps App

Google now allows users to upload videos to their local reviews on mobile. Videos uploads were added to the desktop interface in 20216, but now you can upload videos, in addition to photos, on the mobile interface.

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Google Holiday Giraffes Scene In GooglePlex Lobby

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 14, 2022

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Google has posted a page that documents the visual elements of the Google Search results page...

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Google Chef Cooks Thanksgiving Turkey At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 13, 2022

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Google: There Is No Helpful Content Score Or Threshold

Google's John Mueller said there is no score or threshold for the Google helpful content update. He said on Mastodon "There is no "HCS score" or threshold at which HCS [helpful content score] would switch from unhelpful to helpful for SEO.

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UK Financial Services Advertisers Now Needs Verification For Microsoft Advertising

Microsoft announced that if you do financial service ads in its network, like on Bing Search, in the UK, you will need to be verified in early 2023. "Starting early 2023, we'll allow only advertisers duly authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to present regulated financial promotions in the UK," wrote.

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Google: Your Content Does Not Need To Be Niche, It Can Be Diverse - Just Write For Your People

Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on Masoton that your content does not need to be on one topic, one niche topic, for it to rank well. You can write about diverse topics on your site. The main thing, Danny said, was that you should write content however you want for your people and not for search engines.

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Study: Google Local Guides Reviews Stay At The Top Longer

Joy Hawkins has published another local SEO case study, this one on whether reviews left by Local Guides do better than any ordinary reviewer on Google. The answer is yes; reviews left by Local Guides seem to do better and last longer than other reviews.

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Google Tests Featured Snippets Not In Position Zero, Again

Google is once again testing showing the featured snippet, aka position zero, not in the first or position zero slot but rather under position one or even further down the page.

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R2-D2 At Google Event

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 12, 2022

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Google Featured Snippet Perspectives Now Live On Mobile?

In August, we covered a new form of featured snippets in Google Search named Google perspectives. It seems like the perspectives feature is now live on the Google mobile search results.

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Google Maps Displays "Offer Available" Under Business Profile Pins

Google Maps can now display an "offer available" label under a business profile listing's map pin in the maps interface. Businesses that add offers in their Google Business Profile may see the "offer available" label or pin below their map listing in the maps interface.

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Google Search Console Content Ideas - Experimental Feature

Google Search Console is testing a new feature named "content ideas." It is labeled as an "experimental" feature that brings Question Hub-like concepts directly into Google Search Console.

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Google's John Mueller: Expired & Repurposed Domains Are SEO-Flotsam

Google's John Mueller said that using expired domains, repurposed domains are "SEO-flotsam, index-cruft." John went on to add that search engines have had a lot of practice with dealing with that appropriately."

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Android Brazil Soccer Statue At Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 9, 2022

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Arches At The Google Carpenter Chicago Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 8, 2022

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Teddy Bear Hardly Working At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 7, 2022

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Google is rolling out an updated Google helpful content update/system...

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Google Launches +Topic Search Bar Refinements After Several Months Of Testing

Back in July we reported that Google was testing a new more dynamic search bar refinement option that adds keywords to the filters at the top under the search bar. Then Google demoed that feature at Search On and this week, Google is now rolling out the feature.

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Search Chrome Tabs, Bookmarks & History

Google announced three new ways to search in Chrome - including search your tabs, your bookmarks and your history. You can search with three new site search shortcuts directly built into the Chrome address bar, with @tabs, @bookmarks and @history.

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Google Dublin Office Tower Viewer

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 6, 2022

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Microsoft Advertising Gains Flyer Extensions, Retract & Restate Conversions, Ad Schedule Calendar View & More

Microsoft posted the monthly Microsoft Advertising news and new features and announced a bunch of new stuff. The new features include new flyer extensions, update (restate) the revenue value associated or delete (retract) the conversion, a new calendar view for ad scheduling and more.

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Google Dublin Office Christmas Tree Is Up

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2022

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Vlog #200: Jeremy Meindl On CRM Targeting To Get A Girl (He Married Her) & For Marketing

Part one and part two with Jeremy Meindl was more on black hat SEO stuff and now in part three...

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Large Google Search Ranking Algorithm Updates & Volatility Continues

Every Monday, I end up covering an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update but this past week, going into the weekend, was even more volatile than the others. I am seeing way more chatter, and even the tools are showing heavier volatility than the normal high volatility.

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Have Content Load First For JavaScript Heavy Sites Says Google

Gary Illyes from Google posted a PSA (public service announcement) of sorts on Mastodon and LinkedIn for sites that are heavy with JavaScript. He said that you should try to load the content, including the "marginal boilerplate" content, first when you have a JavaScript-heavy site.

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Google Doogler Fire Station Hydrant

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Google Doodle For Seasonal Holidays 2022

Google has posted its "Seasonal Holidays" Google Doodle for the month of December - the holiday month. Google did this last year as well, and while the past few days we had some other special Doodles on Google's home page, when those Doodles came off, Google put up this Season Holidays Doodle up.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 2, 2022

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Just saying today is the 19th year anniversary of this site...

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Hollywood Mirror at Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 1, 2022

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Google Improved The Search Console Discover Performance Report

Google has annotated the Discover performance report in Google Search Console, saying the report has been improved. Specifically, Google said it improved the system for counting clicks and impressions within Google Discover.

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Massive Google Maps Hallway At Pier 57

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