Daily Search Forum Recap: July 19, 2023

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

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Google Search Central Live Indonesia

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 18, 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.

Just when you thought the ranking tools couldn't get any hotter, today...

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Google Search Tests Boxed-In Favicon Design

Google Search is testing boxed-in favicons for snippets. That is, instead of the favicon as is, Google is placing them in a square box.

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Google's John Mueller On Keyword Research For SEO

Google's John Mueller was asked if keyword research helps SEO. John immediately replied, "no," but then explained why he said no. It is not the task keyword research that helps with SEO, but understanding what you are writing about and why that kind of helps.

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Google: Making Up Fake Online Profiles Is Awkward & Cheap; You Don't Need Multiple Personas

Google's John Mueller seemed to get annoyed the other day around people faking who they are with fake personas. He posted a PSA, public service announcement, on Twitter Monday saying, "PSA making up fake people for your review site is awkward, even with fake Linkedin profiles. Copying YT reviews from others together to make your own is cheap. Submitting it as a ranking question to the office hours, uhm, what do you want us to say?"

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Google News Suggested For You - To Find News Sources

Google News seems to be testing a new section in the "for you" section named "Suggested for you." This section shows you news sources that you can follow within Google News.

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Google Pinball Arcade Games In Irvine Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 17, 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.

This past weekend was more heated than ever in terms of the Google search results volatility...

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Skelton Sitting In Google Kirkland Cafe

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Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Volatility Explodes This Weekend

I often post about Google ranking volatility and search ranking algorithm updates but I rarely post about them on a weekend. But I just had to this Sunday morning; the tools are literally all reporting massive and explosive volatility this weekend and the SEO chatter is also very high.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2023

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Google Search Practice Speaking Feature For Specific Countries

Google Search seems to be testing a new feature to help searchers learn to speak in English (and maybe other languages). It is called Practice Speaking and can be triggered in some countries, such as India.

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Google Tire

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 13, 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.

Google's search results are super-heated again...

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Google Search To Release New Improvements To Site Names

Google is going to release its second batch up improvements for Site names in the search results "in the near future," Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison said.

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Poll Shows We're Using Google Search Generative Experience Less Often

The new Google Search Generative Experience started to roll out to some users in late May but we are already seeing a decline in usage for these generative AI search features.

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Google Bard Gains New Features & Available To More Users

Just when updates to Google Bard were getting stale, Google announced a boatload of new things for its generative AI tool, Bard. In short, Google added several new features to Bard and expanded access to Bard to "most of the world" and many languages.

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Google Search Tests Snippets With Translation Drop Downs

Google is testing translating search results snippets with a "Translated by Google" drop-down feature under that specific search result snippet. It shows you that Google can translate the result from one language to another if you click to expand the feature.

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Earthy Google Lobby Area In Bay View Campus

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 12, 2023

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Google Search Explore Section Gains Ads

Google's explore section, which we first found a year ago and is now live for all, now seems to be showing Google Ads or sponsored listings. I have not seen ads in the Explore section before, maybe I missed it, but now they are showing for some people.

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YouTube Shopping Cart At Google's Office

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 11, 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.

Google has a big indexing bug with Google News...

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Google Ads Circumventing Systems Policy Update

Google Ads will be updating its generic Circumventing Systems policy this month. The change will "clarify that the policy prohibits repeated and simultaneous policy violations across any of your accounts, including using two or more accounts to post ads that violate any Google Ads policy," Google posted.

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