Google Shows Video Thumbnail In SERPs Without Embedding Video On Page?

Crystal Carter posted an example on Twitter of Google showing a video thumbnail for a snippet of her page but that page did not actually embed a video on the page. So if you visit the specific page, there is no video for a user to click on to play.

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Google Search Scroll To Highlight Now Can Share Highlighted Text Via Social, Email, etc

The Google Search and Chrome feature where you click on a snippet and you are taken to a position on that publisher's page and it highlights the appropriate text now also lets you share that text. Well, at least Google is testing that feature for some searchers, on some browsers and platforms.

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New Form Of Google Knowledge Panel Spam Or Is This A Simple Google Bug?

If you do a search on [seo services india] you will see a knowledge panel show up for a "musical artist" named "SEO Services in India." The question is, is this a bug with Google misinterpreting entities or is this specific manipulation by an SEO as a form of new Google knowledge panel spam?

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Google Ads Tests Replacing Ad Label With Sponsored Label

Google Ads is testing replacing the "ads" label with a "sponsored" label again. And just so you know, Google in 2010 replaced the "sponsored" label with an "ad" label until this day. Yea, sometimes we do see "sponsored" labels in Google Search but not for the normal search ads - those have been labeled "ads" for the UK and US regions for a long time now.

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Google Tests Slightly Larger Favicons In Mobile Search Results

Breaking news --- Google is testing a slightly larger favicon near the title of the search result in the mobile search interface. I do not know how Vlad Rappoport noticed this but he did and notified me of it on Twitter.

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