This week was a huge week for search; between Google I/O and Google Marketing Live – it was just a lot. We had two unconfirmed Google ranking updates, one on I/O day and one on May 16th. Google announced AI Mode was…
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Google On Unrelated Content As A Search Ranking Issue
Google’s John Mueller responded to a complaint about indexing issues and ranking drops within Google Search, citing that the possible reason is unrelated content on the site. John said in response to the complaint, “One of the things I noticed is that there’s a lot of totally unrelated content on the site.”
Google Drops Support For Noarchive Meta Tag Directive
With Google removing the cache operator from its search service, Google has stopped supporting the noarchive directive in Google Search. The directive, the noarchive meta tag, would tell Google not to keep a cache copy of your page. Since Google doesn’t have a cache anymore, there is no need for Google to support this directive.
Google Search Tests Angled & Off-Centered Design Elements
Google is testing angled or off-centered design elements within the search results. The search box seems angled, the favicons seem twisted, the box elements throughout seem tilted – it just seems like an interesting test that should never see the day of light.
