Tag Archives: Search

Google Search Console Launches Small Person Interface Changes

Google Search Console has quietly launched some relatively small user interface changes. It seems like the filters and sorting boxes are now curved and more modern. The buttons look more modern and are a different color and the font sizes are larger. Here is a screenshot of the new look for those filters overlay boxes: […]

Every day Search Forum Recap: February 14, 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 says not al that think they were hit by the helpful content update actually have unhelpful content. Google Maps released its spam fighting metrics showing it removed […]

Day by day Search Discussion board Recap: February 13, 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. Some recipe sites got hit hard in the Google search results this Sunday, right before the Super Bowl. Google says again, EEAT is not a ranking factor nor […]

Day by day Search Forum Recap: February 12, 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 spoke again about the timing to recover from a helpful content update. Google SGE seems to now be working on mobile Safari, not just Chrome or the […]

Google Testing Blue Shaded Search Bar Headers That Stick

Google Search is testing various shades of blue for its search header, including a sticky version that, um, sticks as you scroll down the search results. Here are various screenshots from a few folks that I found on X over the past several days. Khushal Bherwani spotted this blue sticky header and posted this screenshot […]

Google-Extended Bot Token Does not Have an effect on Google Search

Google has made an update to its Google-Extended section of the Google crawler (user agent) search documentation to change the references of “Bard” to “Gemini” because of the product name change. Google also clarified that Google Extended has no impact or effect on Google Search. Google added this new line that reads, “Google-Extended does not […]

Google Replace Brewing, High quality Enhancements Nonetheless Coming, Rating Confusion & Bing Deep Search

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week we covered a new possible Google search ranking update that started brewing on Wednesday, February 7. Google’s Danny Sullivan said again, search quality improvements are coming in the near future. Google said it will clarify E-E-A-T and its search quality raters. Google explained the differences between […]

Day by day Search Forum Recap: February 9, 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 removed Web Stories from image search results and the carousel view. Google-Extended does not impact Google Search. Google Business Profiles added events and activities. Google is testing […]

Every day Search Discussion board Recap: February 8, 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 signs of another Google search ranking algorithm update brewing. Google finally fixed that indexing issue that started over a week ago. A “legit” guest blog […]

Google Search Rating Algorithm Replace February seventh and eighth

I am seeing signs of a new Google search ranking algorithm update brewing. It started yesterday, Wednesday, February 7th, and is going into today, Thursday, February 8th. There is an increase in chatter within the SEO industry and also some, not all, of the tools are showing spikes in volatility. This is all while we […]