Daily Search Forum Recap: October 24, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 22, A Day After The Spam Update Finished.

So we had Google confirm that the October 2022 spam update finished Friday morning, the morning of October 21st. The tracking tools and chatter were somewhat mild but that makes sense for a spam update. But the day after, on Saturday, October 22nd, I am seeing renewed chatter and the tools are showing much bigger swings in the Google search rankings.

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Google: Doing SEO For The Google SEO Search Documentation

There is something super funny about listening to Lizzi and John from Google talk about the Google team doing SEO on the actual SEO help documentation. It is a fun listen to and I recommend you find some time to listen to this, no need to take notes, but just listen to it.

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Confirmed: Google Ads Issue With Call Ads

Google has confirmed an issue affecting call ads within Google Ads. Google said, "the issue is specific to call ads and is affecting a subset of users."

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Google Local Panel Tests Dynamic Search Refinement Buttons

A few months ago, we spotted Google testing a dynamic search bar refinement interface in the core search results. Well, now it seems Google is testing a similar variation for the local panel interface in Google Search.

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Google Testing Explore More Visual Products Section

For the past several months Google has been testing a more visual product experience, a product grid that basically turns the search results into an e-commerce category page-like interface. Google is now testing an "explore more" grid format on top of that, after officially announcing this new visual shopping experience was live yesterday.

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Stan, The Google Dinosaur In Conical Hat & Asian Attire

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