Daily Search Forum Recap: November 8, 2022

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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More Spend On PPC Than SEO, Twitter Poll

This should come as no surprise - but more people and companies spend more on PPC than on SEO. A Twitter poll from Lily Ray shows that but so does every other spending survey done in this industry.

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Google Deck Of Cards Wall

Google Deck Of Cards Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 7, 2022

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Google Search Moves Lyrics Results To Right Side

Google has moved the lyric details from the main middle section of the Google Search results to the right side panel. Well, for most queries, but not all.

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Harp & Cello At Google

Playing A Harp & Cello At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2022

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Overgrown With Plants Google Logo

Overgrown With Plants Google Logo

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 3, 2022

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Google Ads Changes Policies For Government Documents & Official Services

Google has announced some changes to the Google Ads policies for government documents and official services. Google said "in March 2023, the Google Ads Government documents and official services policy will be updated to allow government authorized providers to promote government documents and services."

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Google: Having Duplicate Content URLs In Sitemap File Won't Likely Cause Ranking Issues

Google's John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that having a Sitemap file that lists pages that are duplicative to others, won't necessarily cause ranking issues for your site. It might confuse Google when it comes to crawling but it should not impact rankings, John said.

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Google Search Features Bug Impacted Top Stories & Other Features On October 18th & 19th

Google has posted a short note in the Search Consoles data anomalies that says there was a bug in Google Search that affected some search features, including but not limited to the Top Stories search feature. Google said this started to be noticeable around October 18th and 19th and a fix was pushed out on October 28th that will take a week to fully rollout.

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John Mueller Holding A Google Webmasterplatz Sign

John Mueller With Google Webmasterplatz Sign

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 2, 2022

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Finally: Google Adds Lens Button To Desktop Homepage Search Bar

Google has finally added the Google Lens button to the Google.com homepage search bar. Rajan Patel from Google announced this quietly on Twitter saying the Google homepage, which rarely changes, has changed and pointed at the Google Lens button.

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Google Search Adds New Ways To Find Deals While Shopping

Google announced a few new ways to find and use online deals while searching for products and holiday gifts this season. The updates include clippable coupons and promotion codes, a way to compare deals side-by-side and a new price insights view.

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Google Search Console Verified Sites Do Not Get Crawled More

Google's John Mueller was asked if sites that are verified with Google Search Console get crawled more often or at a higher priority. The answer is no, "crawling is independent of Search Console," John said.

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Halloween Photos From Google Offices Around The World

Halloween Photos From Google Offices

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 1, 2022

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.

There may have been another Google algorithm update or adjustment on Friday...

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Microsoft Advertising Performance Max Import Tool Upgraded

Microsoft Advertising announced a few upgrades to the Google Ads Performance Max import tool before the holiday season. Most of it is around importing Performance Max campings that use a Merchant Center but not all.

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Google: No, Your Website Doesn't Need 200,000 Words To Be Considered Authoritative

Google's John Mueller said a website does not need to have 200,000 words to be considered authoritative. This comes after a Twitter thread said "You need around 200,000 words on your website to be considered authoritative by Google." John replied, "I don't know who made up that 200,000-word number, it's definitely not from Google."

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Googlers Host Off Site Ranch Retreat

Google Offsite Ranch Retreat

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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 31, 2022

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Vlog #195: Rick Mariano On Providing High Volume Digital Marketing Services At Low Cost

Rick Mariano is the Vice President of Digital at Hearst and he runs LocalEdge...

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GooglePlex's Parking Lot Complex Has A Pixelated Mosaic

Google's New Parking Lot Complex Has A Pixelated Mosaic

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