Daily Search Forum Recap: June 22, 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 is rolling out the new Google News design with more features, plus after 8 years...

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Google Tests Two Rows Of Brand Story Boxes Under A Snippet

I am not even sure what to call this, maybe a brand story snippet, maybe story boxes, I am just not sure. But Google seems to be testing showing two rows of article boxes with images (even including social media sites) about a brand below the brand's search result snippet.

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Google: Hyphens Still Recommended Over Underscores In URLs For SEO

Gary Illyes from Google reiterated that it is still best for SEO purposes to use hyphens as separators in your URLs over using underscores are separators in your URLs. Why? Gary explained "we can't easily segment at underscore and that's why we are recommending dashes."

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Google Says Content Not Visible On Page Is No Longer Less Important

In the recent Search Off The Record podcast, Gary Illyes of Google said Google no longer assigns less importance to content or items that are not visible on the page. It just needs to be in the HTML or "immediate JavaScript" and it matters to Google.

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Stan, The Google Dinosaur, Dressed For Pride Month

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