Tag Archives: Removes

Google Removes Related Search Operator

Google has removed the related search operator from its “overview of Google search operators” help documentation. The related search operator would show you pages that are related to a specific URL. It still seems to work for me, but it was removed from this help documentation page. This is what it looked like a month […]

LinkedIn Removes Native Carousels, Profile Movies and In-Picture Hyperlinks

It’s the Friday before a long weekend, which means that it’s time for companies to drop their latest bad news, and LinkedIn has used the opportunity to quietly phase out a couple of creator featuresincluding carousel posts, profile videos, and its in-image linking option. LinkedIn has sent a letter to creators with a brief explanation […]

Google Bard Removes Waitlist, Good points Search, Maps, Lens & More Options

Google Bard had a bunch of updates roll out at Google I/O, which I did not cover the other day, because there was a lot of core search I had to cover. Google removed the waitlist for Bard, and added Google Search, Maps, Lens, and other search-related features to the AI ​​generative service. Oh, and […]

Google Removes Choose Out For Education Q&A Carousel

Google has removed the ability to opt out of Education Q&A carousel in its search results. The original help documentation had a section with a link to a form to request not to show your content in the Education Q&A carousel, which was now removed. Google launched Education Q&A structured data just about a year […]

Google Removes Cellular-Pleasant, Page Pace, Safe Websites & Page Expertise As Retired Rating Programs

Google has updated its documented ranking systems page over here to remove four ranking systems from the list, including removing three ranking systems. Google has removed the page experience system from the main list, not adding it to the retired list, and removed mobile-friendly ranking, page speed, and secure sites systems from the retired list. […]

Twitter Removes State Affiliated and Authorities Funded Media Labels

With all the various changes happening at Twitter, it’s hard to tell right now what’s an actual systematic change, and what’s a mistake, as a side effect of some other update. But, at least right now, Twitter seems to have removed all of its labels on government and state-affiliated media accounts – you know, those […]

LinkedIn Removes ‘Curious’ Response Possibility on Posts

What a curious case this is. This week, many LinkedIn users have reported that the ‘curious’ emoji reaction has gone missing from the app, with the reactions set now back to just six options. After the addition of its ‘funny’ reaction back in JuneLinkedIn was up to seven quick reactions available on each post, but […]

Google Removes 110 Character Restrict From Article Headline Structured Information

Google has updated the article structured data help documentation by removing the 110-character limit from the headline properties. It now says, “Consider using a concise title, as long titles may be truncated on some devices.” Previously, as you can see in the Wayback Machine archives it said for the headline property on the article structure […]

Google Removes Search Options Bug Affirmation However Replaces It With Google Discover Search Console Reporting Error

Google has done something unusual, it has removed one of the confirmed data anomalies notes about a search features bug, and added a new note confirming a bug with Google Discover logging resulting in a data drop in the Search Console Discover performance reports on October 23rd. As a reminder, Google posted on October 28th […]

Google Removes Maps Assessment Gating Coverage?

Chris Silver Smith noticed how Google has updated its Google Maps contributed content policy and removed a line that prohibited review-gating. The line that was removed was “don’t discourage or prohibit negative reviews or selectively solicit positive reviews from customers.” Chris posted on Twitter saying “It appears Google has removed its policy that specifically banned […]