Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Day: July 15, 2021
Google Posts For Knowledge Panels Being Disabled On July 20, 2021
Google is discontinuing the feature to post in your verified Google knowledge panels starting on July 20, 2021. This does not impact Google Posts within Google My Business but does impact those who used it on their knowledge panels. …
Google Search Tests Rounded Corners Design Again
In 2017, Google did a ton of testing of deploying rounded corners for its mobile search results design. Well, the test is back. Saad AK shared a couple of screen shots on Twitter of Google testing rounded borders around the …
Google Search Console Now Links AMP Page Experience Issues to AMP Page Experience Guide
A few days ago, Google made a change in the Google Search Console page experience report to direct developers to debug their AMP pages for page experience issues outside of Search Console. Google is linking them to the AMP Page …
Google: We Ignore PDFs For Core Web Vitals & Mobile Friendlessness
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to PDFs on your site, you don’t have to worry about the core web vitals scores or if they are mobile friendly. John said on Twitter “Yeah, we essentially ignore PDFs when it …
Google Tests Big Carousel For More Specific Searches
We have seen the “more specific searches” feature now in two different formats, both in a normal list view and in an expandable format. Matt Burgess spotted it as a large set of buttons in a carousel format, that is …