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Month: October 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. …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 12, 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: Basic SEO Does Not Mean Easy SEO
John Mueller of Google posted a set of posts on Twitter the other day that deserve to be highlighted around the concept of basic SEO and if that makes it easy or not. In short, just because some SEO is …
Google Search Interactive Guitar Tuner
If you search for [Google tuner] in Google Search, Google will give you an interactive Guitar tuner in the search results. Interestingly enough, searching for [Guitar tuner] does not work. …
Google Now Allows Gambling Ads From Certified Connecticut Based Licensed Entities
Google announced that certified, state-licensed entities in Connecticut can now use Google Ads to advertise for sports betting, online casinos and daily fantasy sports. This went into effect on October 7, 2021. …
Google Search Console Tools Start To Match URL Inspection Tool
Google has updated three of its public facing Search Console tools to match and “align” to the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console. Specifically the AMP, Mobile Friendly, and Rich Results tools are now visually and functionality similar and …
Google Displaying Two Local Screened Ads & Scrollable Local Reviews
Ben Fisher spotted Google showing not just one local based screened ad but two screened ads in the local listings. And Andy Simpson spotted Google showing a scrollable reviews carousel in the local pack (that last one is not 100% …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 11, 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. There was yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update this past weekend……
Google: SEO Is All About Not Requiring Search Engines To Read Your Mind
John Mueller of Google had a nice one liner that I thought would be useful to highlight here. He said on Twitter “SEO is all about not requiring search engines to read your mind.” …
Google Tests Short Videos On Desktop Results
Google Search is now testing displaying the short videos we spotted on mobile almost a year ago, on desktop search results. I personally cannot replicate but Brodie Clark spotted it and shared this screenshot on Twitter. …