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

Tons of people are seeing the expandable snippet carousel in Google’s desktop search results. We first reported on this test back in August 2021 but now it seems like Google is rolling out this interface. I personally do not see it but tons are.

Google’s Danny Sullivan said that the Google November 2021 core update is mostly done rolling out but not done yet. He said this yesterday at 12pm ET yesterday, November 29th.

Brett Bodofsky, a Google Ads specialist, shared a screenshot on Twitter of a new report tab that shows “Extensions “upgraded).” Then within each extension, you have the word upgraded next to each one, such as sitelinks, callouts, and so on.

Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to repurposing old domains that may have not been used but were being redirected elsewhere, it is fine for the most part. The only cases where it can cause SEO or Google ranking issues is if that domain was redirected or used in pure spam cases or for adult sites.

Google Merchant Center can now show you which products are automatically eligible for badges. Krik Williams shared a screenshoot showing off this new feature and Search Engine Land received confirmation from Google that this is indeed a new feature.

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…

On Friday, Google’s John Mueller announced Google is doing away with the deadline for sites to switch over to mobile-first indexing. Some sites just can’t move over yet and Google won’t force them by giving them a deadline that it will continue to push off.

The other day we shared a screenshot of an email of an email notification when a website is no longer in violation of Bing’s webmaster guidelines and thus is no longer blocked. Today I wanted to share an email that tells a site owner that their site is still in violation of the Bing Webmaster Guidelines.

Google has once again said that if you see significant changes in your Google search visibility it likely has nothing to do with how fast or slow your site is. John said in a hangout last Friday, “I would not assume that making a website from really slow to really fast would cause a significant rise in visibility.”

If you visit the Google Support pages, any of them, at support.google.com, you will see a banner at the top come up again. The banner says “as a precautionary health measure for our support specialists in light of COVID-19, we’re operating with a limited team.”

Google’s John Mueller said in this past Friday’s hangout that in rare situations some sites can get stuck in some sort of algorithmic penalty limbo or black hole state and not be able to recover because Google stopped updating that algorithm. He said this can lead to some sites not being able to recover for several years.

This is a very special vlog, I interviewed the very person who has been editing these videos for the past couple of years, Joseph Goldsmith. And we did it overlooking the George Washington Bridge, from the Fort Lee Historic Park…

Google has this interesting Christmas looking Doodle on its home page today with the alt tag that says Seasonal Holidays 2021. When you click on it, it goes to a query for [seasonal holidays]. Tonight is Chanukah, so maybe that is why they put up the Christmas decorations logo?

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…