Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2021

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...

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Was There A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On September 1st?

There are some signs of the start of a Google search ranking algorithm update that kicked off on September 1, 2021. The truth is, it seemed like an update touched down for a short period of time and then slowed down. There are not a huge number of complaints, but the tools are picking up on the fluctuations in the Google search results.

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Google Adds Shipping / Return Annotations To Shopping & Search Results

Google announced it has added new shipping and return annotations in Google Search and Shopping results. This works across both the free and paid listings.

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Chrome Beta Can Display Competitors When Customers Are On Your Site

Part of the latest version of the Chrome beta, not out to the masses yet, is a feature named "continuous search." Continuous search basically will show you search results along the top of the page when you are browsing web sites. Essentially, it can show your competitors sites when people are looking at your site.

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Google Adds Documentation On Chrome Follow Beta Feature

Google had added a new section to the Google Discover help documents around markup you can use to define your RSS feed for Chrome to use for the "follow" feature. In May, Google Chrome announced an RSS reader like feature for Chrome named Follow.

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