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Month: July 2021
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 …
Easier To Create Sub-Manager Accounts In Google Ads
Google Ads announced that it is now easier to create sub-manager accounts. You can now create these sub-manager accounts from within your existing manager accounts, in addition to where you created them before. …
Microsoft Advertising Video Extensions Ads For Bing Search
Microsoft announced new video extensions available in Microsoft Advertising as a new ad extension feature that can be displayed in the Bing Search result ads. Microsoft said Video Extensions available now for all advertisers globally. …
New Google Direct Apply Option To Job Posting Schema
Google has added a new property to the job posting schema named directApply. directApply is a method to enable someone from Google Search to save steps when applying for your job listing after finding it on Google Search. …
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
GoDaddy Stores Now Integrate With Google Product Inventory
Google is really pushing its shopping features these days and expect Google to keep pushing. They integrated with Shopify and other platforms and yesterday announced integration with GoDaddy online store customers. …
Are SEO Timelines For Ranking & Indexing Issues In Google Search Possible
The question is, can SEOs give their clients timelines for when they can expect improvements on their SEO or ranking issues in Google Search? The answer is, it depends on the issue and how specific the timeline is. …
Microsoft Bing Sharable Direct Answer
Did you know that Microsoft Bing lets you share some of the direct answers (or as Google calls it, featured snippets) on social or other means? Well, it is not for most direct answers but for maybe Microsoft based answers …
Coming Soon: New Google Search Editorial Content Policies For Job Postings
In addition to the new direct apply property for job postings, Google also announced that new the company is adding new editorial content policy for job postings on Google Search. These new policies go into effect on October 1, 2021 …
An Search Industry Tribute To Dan Bell
On 1st July 2021 we learned of the passing of Dan Bell, following a serious accident some weeks prior. Many of us in the SEO and wider digital marketing industry were lucky to know Dan and to count him as …
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 13, 2021
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 July 2021 core update is now done rolling out according to Google …