Google may be pushing out a new Search Console feature where for the partial data, the most recent data it has, which was not yet finalized, shows up as dotted lines. Google always put a disclaimer on the most recent …
Google Tests Dropping Results Count After Moving It Under Search Tools
In April, Google moved the search results estimated count (the about X results) section to only display it after you click on the “tools” search option. Well, now, in some browsers, for some people, that results count is completely missing …
Google Ads Optimization Score With Competitive Pressure Data
Google Ads has this optimization score card that shows you how well your Google Ads account is set to perform. It seems Google is testing adding if there was a change to that score because of “competitive pressure” and might …
Bing Rolls Out New Sponsored Label For Search Ads
After a month or so of testing, it seems like the “sponsored” labels are rolling out across Bing’s search ads. I am now seeing them across all browsers and searches in my tests. This may be a test but it …
Google Proposes New Shipping Data Schema Including Type ShippingService
A couple of weeks ago, Google created a proposal on the schema Github proposing expanding and enhancing shipping data in schema.org. One of the enhancements is a new schema type named ShippingService, that groups shipping constraints such as delivery locations, …
Google Testing Orange Links For Search Results
Google Search is testing orange links, instead of blue links, in dark mode. This is more like a muted orange color, but it seems orange nevertheless.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2024
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 is discussion that Google said you should stop hiring SEOs and buying …
Google Wants You To Stop Hiring SEOs & Paying For SEO Audits? I Highly Doubt It.
In Rutledge Daugette’s write up from the Web Creator summit that got a lot of attention last week, he wrote a line that struck a cord with the SEO community. In short, some are taking it to mean that Google …
ChatGPT Search Is Powered By Bing’s Index & More
As many of you know, OpenAI launched Search within ChatGPT last week. And as many suspected, the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI seems to still be strong, because it seems that the ChatGPT Search index comes from Bing – for …
Google AI Overviews Highlight Feature Expands AI Responses
Google is testing a new feature in the AI Overviews within Google Search. There is this “highlight” button that when you click on, it lets you highlight text in the AI Overview, which then in turn gives you more AI …
Google: Having Different Links On Mobile vs Desktop Pages Can Slow Crawl
Google has made a small update to its crawl budget documentation page to add a best practice is to have the same links on both the mobile and desktop version (if you have different versions) on the page. If you …
Google Ads Adds Segmenting Option To PMax Asset Groups In Reports
Google Ads has added a new segment option to the reporting for Performance Max assets groups. Some advertisers are seeing the “segment” option within the PMax Asset Group Performance section of reporting.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 1, 2024
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.
We are seeing some spooky Halloween Google search ranking volatility. OpenAI is rolling …
Google Tests Discover More Places & Explore Places Nearby
Google is testing more local search features and sections including a section in the local finder named “Discover more places” and a local search box in web search named “Explore places nearby.”…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Update Coming Soon, Downgrading Content, AI Overviews Expands, ChatGPT Search, Volatility Continues & Unauthorized Ad Rep Changes
This week, we covered that Google told creators that a new search ranking update is coming fairly soon, but you shouldn’t expect to recover with this update. Google is now downgrading the rankings of content that is starkly different from …
Halloween 2024 Google Search Ranking Update 
I am seeing a significant spike in chatter from within the SEO community about a possible Google Search ranking update and/or heavy volatility happening starting October 31st. Let’s call it the Halloween 2024 Google Search ranking update – because why …
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Search: Citations, Robots.txt Controls & More
After beta testing SearchGPT for a few months, OpenAI is now rolling out Search within ChatGPT for ChatGPT Plus and Team users, which will come to free users in the future. The first thing most of us will look at …