Daily Search Forum Recap: December 24, 2020

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

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Google: Why You See Portions Of Your Site Go Up Or Down After Algorithm Updates

Google's John Mueller said in a video hangout last week at the 37:02 mark that you can see parts or portions of your web site go up or down after an algorithm update. The reason for that is that some of Google's algorithms not only try to look at the "bigger picture of the website" but also "look at smaller parts of a website," he said.

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Microsoft Advertising Launches Health Status Dashboard

Microsoft announced the launch of the Microsoft Advertising "health blog," which really looks like a monitoring dashboard for the uptime and system status of the Microsoft Advertising applications, platform and APIs. You can access it at status.ads.microsoft.com

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Google May Be Testing The Ad Label & URL Under Ad Headline

Google may be testing placing the black Ad label and the URL of the ad under the ad title/headline but above the ad description. This was reported to me on Twitter and no, I cannot replicate, but I can see Google testing this - why not.

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Google Testing New People Also Search For Location

Google seems to be testing yet another new location to try out the "people also search for" query refinement options in the Google search results. Here it is using the filter bubble design with the title "People also search for."

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