Daily Search Forum Recap: August 1, 2023

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

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Google: We Don't Archive Our Own Search Result Pages

Google's John Mueller was asked if Google stores a permanent or semi-permanent copy of its own search result pages for future reference. John replied basically saying no, because it is not an efficient use of Google's resources.

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Google Business Profile Adds View As Customer Link

Google is testing adding a "view as customer" link to your Google Business Profile web search dashboard. This, I assume, allows you to view your business listing in web search as a customer would see it and not as you, the owner, would see it.

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New Google Business Profile Policies Overview Page

Google has launched a new help document that gives business owners an overview of the Google Business Profile policies. I received an email about this update yesterday that read, "we're simplifying our policies and guidelines."

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GooglePlex Swimming Pool

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 31, 2023

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Google's Revised Site Name Questions & Resources Thread

With the updates to Site names last week, Google decided to post a revised set of questions, FAQs, resources, support and timelines on the whole Google Search site name bit in the Google Webmaster Help forums.

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Bing Chat New Infrastructure Upgrade Taking Longer Than Expected - 30% Out

Microsoft is working hard to upgrade the Bing Chat infrastructure. This will not only make Bing Chat faster and more reliable but also enable features like third-party plugins and nosearch. But this upgrade is taking longer than expected, according to Bing's CEO, Mikhail Parakhin.

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Can You Spot The Ad Label On These Microsoft Bing Search Ads?

Here are two screenshots of search ads in the Bing Search results. Let me know how long it takes you to find the "ad" label on these ads. It took me a while, like a good 20-30 seconds to find the ad label on these ads.

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Google Search Tests Bold & Underlined Title Links For Snippets & Triangle About This Result Icon

Google seems to be testing bolding and underlining the title links in the search results snippets in the mobile search interface. Google is also testing a triangular format for the three dots icon used for the about this result feature.

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Google Drops Google News Sitemap Validation & Errors Help Documents

Google has removed a couple of the Google News sitemaps help documentation. I should note, it seems these were removed a very long time ago, but the links to those documents still exist - but return a 404, page not found error.

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Googlers Baking Cookies At The GooglePlex

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 28, 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 says AI-generated reviews are spam according to Merchant Center policies...

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Google Officially Rolling Out New Search Settings Interface

Ashwarya, Google Search Community Manager, posted that Google Search will soon roll out "a new experience to make access to key items easier on the Search Results Page on the web." In short, it is a new way to access Google Search Settings on desktop and mobile.

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Google Merchant Center Next Wants You To Add Your Customer Support Details

Google wants you to add your customer support details to Google Merchant Center Next. Google said, "Shoppers are often dissatisfied when they can't easily find customer support and returns related information when they're shopping online." So if you add this information, it will improve your shoppers experience.

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Google Brazil Seesaw

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 27, 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.

I am now seeing a huge spike in SEO chatter specific to a Google algorithm ranking update, but some, not all...

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Outdoor Hammock At Google Brazil

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 26, 2023

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Google and Microsoft announced financial earnings, both showed a lift in ad revenues...

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Google Ads Performance Max Upgrade Tool Now Available For Dynamic Search Ads (DSA)

Google announced that the self-upgrade tool for "upgrading" your Google Ads to Performance Max campaigns is now available for Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) campaigns and Google Display campaigns.

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Google Business Profiles Appointment Link Moved To Booking Section

Google has moved the way to add an appointment link in your Google Business Profile. It use to be within the edit profile section and is now available in the main "Booking" section.

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John Mueller: Programmatic SEO Often A Fancy Banner For Spam

Google's John Mueller had another one-liner - this one was posted on Twitter and it reads, "programmatic SEO is often a fancy banner for spam."

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Google Ad Revenue Up 3.3% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 8%

Both Google (Alphabet) and Bing (Microsoft) reported earnings last night and both showed that their ad revenues grew. Google Ad revenue was up 3.3%, with overall revenue up 7%. Microsoft Advertising revenue was up 8% with overall revenue up 8% as well.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 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.

Google said site names in the title tag are fine...

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