Daily Search Forum Recap: June 27, 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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Reminder: The Google Supplemental Index Has Not Existed In Over A Decade

Over the past several days I have noticed a bunch of SEOs sharing information about the Google supplemental index and talking SEO strategies related to it. Just as a PSA, the Google supplemental index has not been in existence for a dozen or so years now.

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Bing Search Results Tests "Click To See Full Answer"

Here is a weird one from Microsoft Bing, it seems to be tested "click to see full answer" in its search results answer section before showing you the answer. I mean, this seems super counterintuitive for a search engine to require an additional click, but hey - search engines test a lot of things.

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Google To Pay Wikipedia For Content In Knowledge Panel & Search

A week or so ago, Wikipedia announced Wikimedia Enterprise, a paid service for large organizations who want to repurpose Wikimedia content, to pay for that content. So Google, who repurposes a lot of Wikipedia content, will start to pay for content shown in Google Search, like the knowledge panels.

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Bing Testing From This Page Featured Snippet On Steroids

Microsoft Bing is testing what might be a featured snippet on steroids with a section named "from this page" in the search results page. This box shows you detailed automated generated question and answer content.

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