Daily Search Forum Recap: November 11, 2022

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

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Google Ads API v12 Updated Client Libraries & Code Examples

Google has updated the client libraries and code examples for the new Google Ads API version 12, which was released a couple of weeks ago.

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Bing Tests AI Chat Feature At Top Of Search Results

Microsoft is testing the AI chat bot feature at the top of the Bing Search results. We have seen the let's chat feature from Bing for a while now but not at the top, featured snippet area.

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Google Goose Park Photos & Videos

Google Goose Park Office Photos & Videos

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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

Google Champagne Glasses

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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

Katie Couric At Google NYC

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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

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 With Google Webmasterplatz Sign

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