We recently spotted Google testing a new e-commerce / shopping card format at the top of the results. Now it looks like Bing is testing its own version of this e-commerce / shopping card panel at the top of its …
Category: SE Roundtable
Google Business Profile Food Orders Performance Metrics Gone
In April 2022, Google Business Profiles added performance metrics for direction requests, website clicks, bookings, products and food orders. Well, it seems like food orders are no longer being tracked by Google Business Profiles.…
21 Years Covering The Search Industry
Today marks the 21st year anniversary of when I started this site, the Search Engine Roundtable……
December 2024 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the big Google Webmaster report for the past month, including the launch of the Google November 2024 core update that has ventured into December, passing Thanksgiving and Black Friday……
Google Chrome Site Engagement Metrics
Google Chrome has a way to see site engagement metrics for your personal browser usage across the sites you visit. It shows the origin URL, base score, bonus score and then total score. Google writes, “The Site Engagement Service provides …
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 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. Google’s November 2024 core update did not yet finish and we passed the …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Black Friday Google Core Update, Personalized Google, Google Ads, Google Local & Bing Webmaster Tools With Yahoo Search
Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday! The Google November 2024 core update is not done rolling out yet – it should have been. And yes, we are still seeing heated volatility throughout this week, even today. Google warned….…
Google Sitelinks Search Box Now Really Gone
Google told us that the Sitelinks search box would stop working within Google Search on November 21st. Well, it finally stopped working a week later on November 27th, in the afternoon.…
Google Maps Adds Report Business Conduct To Report Review Manipulation
Google has launched a new report form in Google Maps to “report business conduct.” Specifically, this form is to report businesses that offer incentives in exchange for reviews, or pressuring people to leave reviews.…
Google Business Profiles Guidelines Updated: Storefronts Required For Minimum Age Products
Google has updated its Google Business Profiles guidelines to say that businesses associated with products or services that require the customer to be a certain minimum age are not permitted as service-area businesses without a storefront.…
Bing Webmaster Tools Shows Data For Bing & Yahoo; Not ChatGPT
Bing Webmaster Tools shows search data for Bing Search and Yahoo Search but not OpenAI’s ChatGPT search feature. I actually forgot that Bing Webmaster Tools has Yahoo Search data but that was the deal when Yahoo closed Site Explorer in …
Google Ads More Sponsored Results Button In Search
Google is testing displaying a button in Google Search to load more ads. The button reads, “More sponsored results” and when clicked, it can load more ads, if Google has more to serve.…
Google On Giving Prior Notice To Search Penalties
Google’s John Mueller said he was generally in favor to the idea of giving prior notice to receiving a manual action, but he said “it’s challenging.” John then explains that Google’s search algorithm try to reward sites, while also negating …
Thanksgiving & Google November 2024 Core Update
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, so I was planning on not posting anything – since most of you just want to enjoy your time with your family. But I felt I needed to (1) showcase the Thanksgiving Doodle …
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 27, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Are Google Search Results More Personalized?
There is some speculation within the SEO and search community that Google’s search results have recently become more personalized and tailored. This is based on people comparing the search results to being logged into Google and signed out of Google.…
Google Ads New Conversation Started Column For Message Assets
Google Ads has a new column named “conversation started” for message assets, like WhatsApp messaging, through Google Ads. Clicking on a WhatApp button in Google Ads will trigger the “conversation started” metric in Google Ads.…