Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 2022

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

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Google Search Central Virtual Unconference Back Returns For 2022

Martin Splitt from Google announced on Twitter that the Google Search Central Virtual Unconference is returning at the end of this month for the 2022 event. Google held an Unconference 2021 and 2020 and I guess has decided to host one again this year.

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Google Ranking Quotas Do Not Exist

Google's John Mueller said again that websites do not have some form of quota where they can only rank for a limited number of keywords. He said on Twitter "there's no hard limit for how many pages we show from a site, subdomain or not."

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Google Local Panel Showing Confirmed By Phone Call (Duplex Related)

Google is now showing how long ago it confirmed a phone number and hours were accurate for a local business. Google can now write in a business local panel "confirmed by phone call" followed by how long ago it was.

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Yoast Founder: IndexNow Doesn't Lead To More Traffic Or Improved Crawl Efficiency

Some of you may be wondering why Yoast or WordPress have not integrated the Microsoft backed IndexNow protocol. Well, Joost de Valk, the founded of Yoast said he has seen zero evidence that IndexNow helps sites gain more traffic or reduces crawling or improves crawl efficiency.

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