Daily Search Forum Recap: November 10, 2022

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Google Removes Search Features Bug Confirmation & Replaces It With Google Discover Search Console Reporting Error

Google has done something unusual, it has removed one of the confirmed data anomalies notes about a search features bug, and added a new note confirming a bug with Google Discover logging resulting in a data drop in the Search Console Discover performance reports on October 23rd.

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Mastodon Is Using Rel Noreferrer On Outbound Links Causing Visits To Appear As Direct Traffic In Google Analytics

Mastodon is surging with Twitter in chaos, but traffic from the social network will be hard to track. That's because Mastodon is using rel noferrer on outbound links causing visits to appear as Direct Traffic in Google Analytics.

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Google Champagne Glasses Are Still Arond

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 9, 2022

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Google: Child Elements Don't Count Towards Sitemap URL Limit

Google has updated the sitemap section of the localized pages search help documentation to say that "Child elements don't count towards the URL limit for sitemaps."

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Katie Couric At Google

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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

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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

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2022

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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

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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

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