Google Home Page On Memorial Day

Today, like previous years, Google has posted a grayed-out logo and a small US flag, to commemorate Memorial Day in the US. I will not be posting stories today, to respect the holiday.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 26, 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 opened up the new Search Generative Experience to some waitlisted users...

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Google Business Profiles Panel Tests Image Slider

Google is testing adding an image carousel directly in the business profile panel. So at the top of a business profile listing you see these business images. In this test, you can swipe the images to see more.

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Dr. Michio Kaku Giving Google Talk

Dr. Michio Kaku At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 25, 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.

The past two days we noticed yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update...

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Programming Note: Offline For Shavuot On Friday

This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the holiday of Shavout/Shavous, from Thursday night, May 25th, through late Saturday night, May 27th. Any stories published here will be scheduled, written beforehand...

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Gnome Hiding In Google Landscaping

Gnome In Google Landscaping

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 24, 2023

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New Google Merchant Center Next To Replace Classic Merchant Center

Google announced Google Merchant Center Next, a more lightweight, easier-to-use version of Google Merchant Center at Google Marketing Live. Google added, "while we're simplifying, the features that larger retailers rely on aren't going anywhere."

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Neon Microphone Light Embedded In Green Plant Wall At Google Office

Google Neon Microphone Light Embedded In Green Plant Wall

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2023

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Google Rich Results Test Tool Gains Brings Back Code Button

Google has added back the edit code button to the Rich Results Test tool. Ryan Levering from Google posted this news on Mastodon saying, "Excited for this new button in Rich Results Test that makes it easier to test fixes to live code."

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Bing Search Tests Blue Highlighted Text In AI Chat Answers Within Search

Microsoft Bing is testing highlighting portions of the AI chat answer in blue, the one embedded in the Bing Search results. Bing Search started to test embedding its Bing Chat AI answers into the Bing search results two months ago and now Bing is testing highlighting part of the answer in blue.

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Google Featured Snippets Puts Vertical Lines Between Answer & Images

Google now shows vertical lines between the featured snippet text and the featured snippet images. This is on the full-width featured snippet, which has a horizontal line below the featured snippet, separating it from the main search results. Now Google added this vertical line.

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Google Tests Services Button First In Local & Map Search Results

Google seems to be testing displaying the "services" button as the first action button in the local and maps search result listings. Usually, the first action buttons would be the call button, the directions, or even the website buttons. But Google is testing showing the "services" button first.

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Impressive Google Nederland Lobby Wall Sign

Impressive Google Nederland Lobby Wall Sign

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 22, 2023

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Google: Incorrect Last Modification Date In HTTP Header Does Not Hurt Your SEO

Google's John Mueller felt the need to post a PSA that said having an incorrect date set in your last modification date within your HTTP header won't hurt your SEO. He said on Mastodon, having an incorrect date set there "won't negatively affect your site's overall SEO if used wrongly."

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Unusual AMP Crawl Issues Reported In Google Search Console Starting May 12th

If you still use AMP on your site, then go to the AMP enhancements report in Google Search Console and filter by "crawl issues." You may see a spike in the number of crawl issues reported on and going forward from May 12th.

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Google Bulk Mobile-First Indexing Switch Batch Today (Last Batch Done)

I am hearing reports from SEOs that Google did another batch switchover from desktop-first indexing to mobile-first indexing for many sites. As you know, Google started the mobile-first indexing over six years ago but told us earlier this month that the process might be done in the coming months.

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Google 3D / AR Images On The Desktop Search Interface

Google is now testing displaying the 3D/AR or 360 product images on desktop. This was live for mobile search for a while but not Google is testing it on the desktop interface.

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Bing Chat Doubles Character Chat Limit

Microsoft has doubled the character limit of Bing Chat from 2,000 characters to now 4,000 characters. This is still rolling out for some users, but I personally see it in creative and precise mode, not in the standard balanced mode.

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Google Branded Host Interview Cards

Google Branded Host Interview Cards

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 19, 2023

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Google Documents Supported Languages For Translated Search Results

Google has added to its support documentation the specific languages the Google Search translated search results feature works for. Specifically, Google added a "feature availability" section and moved some content around on the page.

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