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… …
Day: October 13, 2021
Google Does Not Rank Popular WordPress Themes Lower
Google’s John Mueller was asked if using WordPress themes that are used on many websites can have a negative impact in search rankings and SEO. John Mueller responded, no, he said “popularity of a theme has no effect on SEO …
Google Rich Results Errors For Job Postings May Increase Due To Evaluation Change
Google posted that starting on October 18, 2021 that the job posting rich results report may show a “small increase” in the job errors with your structured data. This is due to a change in the “way that it evaluates …
Bing Tests Light Bulb On Search Results That Expand Snippet
Microsoft Bing is testing a light bulb icon on the right side of the search result snippets that when clicked on, open up more details about that page including an mage, URL, title, topics on the page and much more.…
Google Performance Report Updated For News & Page Experience Filter – You May See Spike In Data
Google has updated the performance report in Google Search Console that may result in an increase in the number of clicks and impressions being reports in that report. This specifically can show up when you filter the report to the …
Google Search Results With Rotating Product Images
Google can now display not just more visually browsable search results with much larger images, as announced at the Search On event, but also 3D product images that rotate right in the search result snippet. …