Welcome back from the holidays, don't worry; you didn't miss much. The December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are not done yet. They should be done soon, but right now, when I write this, they are not done.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2023
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.
I hope you all had a nice new year...
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John Mueller Of Google Helping SEOs On New Years 2023
John Mueller of Google was on the web, responding to SEO-related questions both on New Year's Eve and New Year. This has become expected from John, which might be unfair to him, but he has done this not just on Christmas but also every new years for the past 15 years or so.
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Google: Page Numbers In Titles Of Paginated Pages Does Not Help With SEO
Alan Kent from Google in the latest Google SEO office hours said that putting page numbers in your title tags for your paginated pages does not help much with SEO. He said, "including the page number in your information about a page will have little effect."
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 30, 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.
Google said search results are more relevant today...
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Google Search Adds Grammar Check Feature
Google Search can now tell you if your query is using proper grammar. Google will show you a green checkmark under the title "Grammar Check" when you get the grammar right.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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New Google Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations On December 26th
While it has been calm for the past several days, today is a new day and I am seeing some signs of more volatility and ranking fluctuations as of the past 24 hours or less. Some of the automated tracking tools are picking it up, and I am seeing some renewed chatter in the SEO industry.
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Google: "Here" Is Bad Link Text
Lizzi Sassman from Google said in this morning's Google SEO office hours that using the anchor text "here," the text for your hyperlink, is simply "bad link text." Instead, you should use more descriptive text for the page you are linking to.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 28, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Google: Links On YouTube Won't Help Your Google Rankings & SEO
An SEO asked if links on YouTube videos will help with your Google SEO. Then someone said that it would help get your content indexed faster. Both are false and myths because YouTube links have nofollow attributes on them, so Google does not count them.
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Google: Building Your Site On Bad Links Over Time Will Have A Lasting Effect
Google's John Mueller provided some advice on a site that seemed to have been hit due to bad links. He said on Mastodon, "If you've built the foundation of your site on bad links for a longer period of time, that will have a lasting effect even if you suddenly fix some things."
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Catching Up On Bing Search User Interface & Search Experiments
Over the past several weeks, I've been collecting a number of Microsoft Bing search experiments and user interface tests. It has slowed down a bit this week, so I'll share most of them below.
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PSA: Google's Passage Indexing / Ranking Helps Google Better Understand Messy Content
It has been a while since I heard anyone talk about Google's passage indexing, technically should be passage<<� ranking. So when it came up on Mastodon again, I figured I'd remind you all what it is and what it is not.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 27, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Google: Spam Update Hits Won't Be Fixed By Removal Internal Duplicate Content
Google's John Mueller said that removing internal duplicate content and other technical issue fixes won't lead to your site recovering from a Google spam update. John said that these spam updates look more at the "actual content" than if you have technical issues or duplicate content on your site.
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Google Ads To Allow Some Cannabidiol (CBD) & Hemp Ads In Some Regions
Google Ads will soon allow some cannabidiol (CBD) and topical, hemp-derived CBD products to be advertised on its network. Google posted this policy update and said this begins on January 20, 2023.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 26, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Calmer Christmas Weekend For The Google Search Results
It seemed a lot calmer this past weekend, Christmas weekend than we had it a while in the world of Google search volatility. This is a good thing since we really want to see the two Google ranking algorithm updates wind down before yearend.
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