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. The Google Search ranking volatility has not calmed……

Google’s John Mueller responded to questions around image SEO, specifically explaining that while the image itself and the alt text is useful, so is the page that image is embedded on. This is all useful for Google to know the …

The Information posted survey results of its 1,088 subscribers they surveyed and said that 77% said they are using traditional search engines like Google because of generative Al products. So I ran the same’ish poll on X and I got …

Google is testing using its top card format for shopping and e-commerce related queries and information. This shows product results with pricing on the left, with popular stores on the right, and then some review content in the from on …

Google Ads can show a nice number of sitelinks under the ad, as sitelink extensions. But I’ve never seen Google show 10 sitelinks under a single sponsored listing. Google did respond saying “this is not intended,” which implies this is …

It’s like Google cannot make up its mind – with all the volatility we reported post Google August 2024 core update, a lot of that volatility means ranking changes for sites like yours. Some of you who saw modest increases …