Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2023

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 launched a new user agent to let you block your content from Bard or other AI Google projects...

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September Helpful Content Update Done, SGE Updates, Links Not A Top Ranking Factor, Bing Hiding Ads & Google�s 25th Birthday

This week in search, Google finished rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update, which seemed to target SEO-first, search engine-first content in a big way. Google won't be rolling back that update, if you were wondering...

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Google Ads VP Emails Chrome & Search Team For Ranking Tweaks & Query Injections From Chrome

A new email was leaked as part of the DOJ investigation, this was was from Jerry Dischler, the Vice President of Google Ads. The email was to Prabhakar Raghavan, who leads up all of search including Google Search and Google Ads but also to the leads of the Chrome team.

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Human Art At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 28, 2023

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Google September 2023 Helpful Content Completed Rolling Out - Targeting SEO-First Content

Google, at around 3 am ET this morning, announced that the September 2023 Google helpful content update has finished rolling out. It took about 14 days, starting on September 14, 2023, and completing today on September 28, 2023. This update really went after SEO-first content, which is why the SEO community is so heated about this specific update.

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Google Search Central Swag - Water Bottle, Hat, T-Shirt, Notepads, etc

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2023

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Google 25th Birthday Cappuccino - 25

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2023

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The Ultimate Cookie Recipe At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 24, 2023

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Programming Note: Offline Monday For Yom Kippur 5784

This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Sunday night (September 24th) through Monday night (September 25th) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur...

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Google: Removing Content Doesn't Make The Other Content Rank Higher

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that removing content doesn't make the rest of your content rank higher. He said, "keep in mind that removing content doesn't make the rest rank higher."

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Google Cloud Swag Mug

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 22, 2023

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Google's Helpful Content Update Doesn't Target Third-Party Hosted Content Yet

When the September 2023 Google helpful content update came out, Google added new information to its documentation around this update. One thing was specific to this documentation change was around hosted third-party content. But Gary Illyes from Google said at PubCon last night that it was not yet implemented into the actual algorithm.

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Google Irvine Office's Eat/Play Area

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 21, 2023

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Theories On Why The Google Tracking Tools Show Calm Volatility & Weather

If you've been following my Google helpful content update volatility story, you will notice that the Google tracking tools are showing very little volatility when the SEO chatter is super heated. Generally when there is a lot of SEO chatter, the aggregate tools show heated volatility - but not with this helpful content update.

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Google Maps User Contributed Policy Fake Engagement & Personal Information Updated

Google has made two updates to its prohibited and restricted content policy for Google Maps user-contributed content. The impacted sections are the fake engagement and personal information sections. Here is what was added.

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Talk Like A Pirate Day Event At GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 20, 2023

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It's been about six days now since the Google helpful content update started rolling out, it's been a weird one...

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Google Site Names Issues Continue For News Tab?

Last week we reported that the Google site names issues, according to Google, has massively dropped off, after the last big upgrade to site names in Google Search. Well, that might not be the case for the Google news tab.

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Google Bikes On Google Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 19, 2023

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Google Search can now double-check the responses given by Google Bard...

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Google Search Can Now Check Bard's Answers

Google Bard now has deeper integration with Google Search, where you can use Google Search to double-check the responses Google Bard provides. Google will then tell you if Google Search found similar content to the Bard responses or found content that differs from the Bard responses.

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Some Local SEOs Reporting Google Business Profile Emails Not Being Received

Some local SEOs are reporting that they are not receiving emails from Google Business Profiles. They are not getting notified via email when they are being added to a Google Business Profile to access that profile, they are not getting notices like suspensions or review emails and so forth.

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Google Ads UA3 To Google Analytics 4 Conversion Mapping Causes Confusion

Google Ads has begun converting some of its conversion metrics from Universal Analytics 3 to Google Analytics 4 (UA3 to GA4) and it caught some advertisers off guard, despite numerous notices that this will eventually happen.

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Yusuf Mehdi & Mikhail Parakhin New Roles At Microsoft With Panos Panay's Departure

Microsoft's chief product officer Panos Panay is leaving the company and with that there were some internal leadership changes. Including Yusuf Mehdi and Mikhail Parakhin who are both super involved with Bing have newish roles.

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NASA Astronaut Suit At Google London Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2023

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Bing Tests Lock Icon In Search Results For Secure Websites

Bing is testing showing a lock icon in the Bing Search results for snippets from secure websites. Previously, Bing tested secure site labels and HTTPS labels in those positions but now Bing is testing showing a lock icon.

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Google Search Tests European Union Energy Labels On Products

Google is testing displaying the European Union energy labels or icons on some product search results. The energy efficiency of the appliance is rated in terms of a set of energy efficiency classes from A to G on the label, A being the most energy efficient, G the least efficient.

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Renegade Dalek Working At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 15, 2023

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Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Rolling Out With Improved Classifier

Last night, Google began to roll out an update to the Helpful content system - the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update. What is new is not the part about finding hidden gems (that will come later) but a new "improved classifier."

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Google: Site Name Issues Massively Dropped Since Last Algorithm Update

Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on X that the number of issues and complaints posted in the forums about site names being wrong in Google search has "massively dropped" since the last Google site names update in July.

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Google Bring Your Pup To Work Day

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 14, 2023

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Google Search Products Overlay With Zoomable Product Images

Google Search now zooms in on product images when you are previewing a specific from on the right-hand panel. All you need to do is hover your mouse cursor over the product image.

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Google FAQ Rich Results Now Only Displayed For Authoritative Sites

A month ago, Google told us that FAQ rich results in the Google search results will be shown for only authoritative sites but we waited over a month and nothing changed. That was until yesterday when FAQs in the Google search results are now barely showing up in the search results anymore.

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Google Maps/Local Tests Third Party Reviews Again

Google Maps and Google Local are testing showing third-party reviews for Google Business Profile listings. It has been over a decade since Google Maps showed third-party reviews, reviews not left directly by a searcher on Google but placed on a third-party website.

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Google Upside Down Room In Brazil

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 13, 2023

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Advertiser Lost Thousands Of Dollars Lost During Google Ads Experimental Test

A respected advertiser in the PPC community said that a Google Ads experiment that the customer did not opt in to or have the option to opt out of cost the company thousands of dollars in lost ad spend.

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Google: No Such Thing As "Back To The Same" For Search Rankings After A Site Revamp

The other day we covered how Google's John Mueller said that there is no way to prevent traffic loss after a website revamp. John this morning added that there is also no "back to the same" as you were in search rankings before that website revamp.

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Google Ship Carrier

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2023

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Google: Very Few Robots.txt Files Are Over 500KB

Gary Illyes shared a nice little tidbit on LinkedIn about robots.txt files. He said that only a tiny number of robots.txt files are over 500 kilobytes. I mean, most robots.txt files have a few lines of text, so this makes sense but still, it is a nice tidbit of knowledge.

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Google: Use Hreflang When Sitelinks Go To Wrong Country Version

Google's John Mueller said if you see that your sitelinks in Google Search are going to the wrong country version URL on your site, then try using hreflang. John said on X, "This is kinda what hreflang is for (and even that isn't a guarantee that languages/regions won't mix)."

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Google On Content On E-Commerce Category Page: Stay Away From Low-Quality Blurbs

We covered the topic of SEO for e-commerce category pages a number of times here. But Gary Illyes from Google addressed the topic last week in an SEO office hours. In short, he said if you are going to add content to those category pages, make sure they are not low-quality, auto-generated blurbs of text.

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Google To Force Some Suspended Advertisers To Get Verification Before Lifting Suspension

Google in October will start to require some advertisers who have their accounts suspended to complete the advertiser verification in order to have the account re-issued. Google said this does not apply to advertisers who do monthly invoicing.

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Another Google Surfboard

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 2023

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New: Google Search Console Shows Merchant Center Visibility Issues & Changes

Google announced that Google Search Console will now show Google Merchant Center visibility issues and changes in new reports. There are two new reports, the first report shows when products stop appearing on the Shopping tab due to any issues and the second shows changes clicks and improve ranking of products on Google Search.

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New Google Business Profiles Reinstatement Process (US)

In the coming weeks, Google will bring the EU version of the Google Business Profile reinstatement process to the US. Local SEOs are buzzing about it because it converts the process into a wizard that walks you through the steps but more importantly, it seems you get one chance at reinstatement and that it is.

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"Google" Street Paint In Binary At Google Kirkland Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2023

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Google's August 2023 core update is officially done rolling out...

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Hidden Room At Google Boulder Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 7, 2023

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Google Retro Looking Chairs

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 6, 2023

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Google August 2023 Core Update Volatility Yesterday - The Final Wave?

We are expecting Google to announce that the Google August 2023 core update has been completed any minute now. But yesterday, I believe we saw another wave of volatility, maybe the final wave of fluctuations before Google calls this update as being done.

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Golden Deer Head Mantel At Google Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2023

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Google Fixed The Search Console Canonical URL Reporting Bug

From the end of July through just a couple of days ago, Google has had this weird error for some sites in Google Search Console. In short, Google Search Console was reporting the wrong canonical URL for some pages. Yesterday, September 4th, it seemed like Google fixed the issue.

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Google SGE Drops Local Results (5 Local Pack)

When Google launched its Search Generative Experience, the AI-powered answer embedded local results from Google Business Profiles in a local pack. In fact, it was a "five pack" but now, Google is no longer showing the local pack at all - at least at the time I wrote this story.

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Google Local Negative Reviews Hack Leads To Harassment & Abuse

Did you know that Google is totally fine with customers leaving negative reviews and then every few months they "update" that negative review just to ensure the review is labeled as "new" and remains at the top of all the other positive reviews?

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Google: Content Quality Is Not About Typos But Overall Quality

Google's John Mueller said when it comes to rankings, Google doesn't really care too much about typos here and there but rather the overall quality of the site's content. I guess I am in luck on this sight (did that on purpose), don't you think?

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Sunflower At GooglePlex with Peter The Greeter

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 4, 2023

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Exotic Animals Visit The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 1, 2023

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Google Manual Actions & Penalties Are Not Just For English Sites

Google's John Mueller confirmed something that many of you probably already know, Google can penalize a site irrespective of the language it is written in. John said on X, "Manual actions and algorithm changes are independent of the native language of the authors."

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Does Google Use The Meta Keywords Tag For Rankings? No

It has been a while since I covered the keyword meta tag and for some reason the topic has come up recently, so I decided to cover it again. In short, Google Search still does not use the keyword meta tag for ranking purposes.

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Google Sneaker Illustrated

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