Daily Search Forum Recap: October 21, 2021

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

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Google: No SEO Benefit For Opening Links In Existing Or New Windows

Google's John Mueller was asked if opening links in a new window versus the existing window (tab) would make a difference SEO or ranking wise in Google. John said no, there is no difference for ranking purposes.

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Google: Buttons Are Not Links, Buttons Not Used For Crawling Purposes

Google's John Mueller was asked if the button attribute is treated like a link attribute. The answer was a straight forward, "no." John said on Twitter "buttons aren't links and don't inherently have urls attached to actions, so we wouldn't use them for crawling or otherwise."

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Bing Checks XML Sitemap File Daily

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said that Microsoft tries to check your site's XML Sitemap file one per day. He said on Twitter "we attempt looking at sitemaps once a day."

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Google Tests Larger Font In Mobile Search Bar

Google is testing a larger font and larger search bar in the mobile search interface. This was spotted by Brodie Clark, who posted two images on Twitter. I made those images into an animated GIF so you can visualize the size difference between the two.

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