Archive of December, 2024

December, 16 2024

Google Search Tests New Favicon Design With Backgrounds Google is testing yet another design for favicons in the search result snippets. This one has these [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Emails Asking To Add Social Profiles Google is sending out emails asking business owners to add their social profiles to their Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Research More Articles Section Google is testing a "Research more" section in its search results that shows articles on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Attach File To Ask About A File Google Search is testing adding a paper clip icon to the search bar, next to the voice search icon, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Search Console API Does Not Support New 24-Hour View Google's Daniel Waisberg confirmed that the new 24-hour date filter that is in the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 15 2024

Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2024 Hanukkah (aka Chanukah) starts pretty late this year, compared to other years. The holiday starts [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google December 2024 Core Update Landed & It's Big As you know, the December 2024 core update was announced on December 12, 2024 at around 10:46 am ET [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 13 2024

The latest jobs in search marketing Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google To Have More Core Updates, More Often Google held its Google Search Central Live event at its large Zurich office (where the Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Decoding Google’s E-E-A-T: A comprehensive guide to quality assessment signals Unpack the complexity of Google's quality assessments with a deep dive into E-E-A-T's influence on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google December 2024 Core Update Is Live - What Are We Seeing Google surprised most of us with a new core update being announced yesterday, only a week after the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Campaign-Level Negative Keywords For Performance Max In Beta Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, confirmed that campaign-level negative keywords are now in beta [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Lens Serving Outage Yesterday Google Lens stopped working for all users for a short period of time yesterday morning (NY time). [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Performance Max negative keyword exclusions now in beta Google is rolling out a beta feature for campaign-level negative keyword exclusions in Performance [...] - Search Engine Land
Year in Search 2024: The Breakout searches of the year Take a look at the Breakout searches of the year on Google Search, from the Olympics to the [...] - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 13, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How Gen Z is redefining discovery on TikTok, Pinterest, and beyond Visual, authentic, and community-driven – Gen Z’s search habits are reshaping online [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI Generated Reports BETA Google Ads is beta testing its new AI tools to generate reports by asking Google for the report you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Completes DMA Hotel Tests In Search Several weeks ago, Google announced it would test changes to the search results for hotels in order [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 12 2024

Google December 2024 core update rolling out now Google has released its fourth core update for the 2024 year today. - Search Engine Land
Google Rolls Out December 2024 Core Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google rolls out December 2024 core update, weeks after November update, capping off a year of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Lens is having a serving issue Google has confirmed a serving issue specifically with Google Lens. - Search Engine Land
Official: Bing Search Drops Cache Link After months of testing, and after Google was the first to make this move, Bing has dropped support [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A 13-point roadmap for thriving in the age of AI search Actionable insights for optimizing your digital presence across search engines, AI platforms and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Is Testing Gemini 2.0 Powered AI Overviews In Search Google announced its "new AI model" named Gemini 2.0 and with that confirmed Google has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 11 2024

Analysis: 75% of Google AI Overview links come from top 12 organic rankings And if you aren't getting clicks, it may be because AI Overviews and featured snippets, in [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing officially removes cache link from search results This comes after Google removed the cache link in February. - Search Engine Land
Google Gemini 2.0 coming to Search and AI Overviews AI Overviews will be able to handle more complex topics and multi-step questions, including [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console New Date Picker & 24-Hour View This morning we reported about weirdness with the Search Console performance report date picker. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Adds More Hours Categories Google now supports even more categories for more types of hours for your business listing. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Video Search Tests Dropping YouTube Channel & Upload Date Google's video search results seem to be testing removing the YouTube channel name and video upload [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 11, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Product Details With Track Price, Save & Share Buttons Google is testing adding the ability to track prices, share and save products you are looking at in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console rolling out new date controls for performance reports This includes a new hourly view of the data. - Search Engine Land

December, 10 2024

Discover the top trending searches of 2024 See the top trending searches in sports, pop culture, news and more. - Inside Search
Google’s Updated Crawler Guidance Recommends ETags via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google recommends using ETag for efficient caching for reducing unnecessary crawling and server load - Search Engine Journal
Google Confirms Search Indexing Issue via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms widespread search indexing delays affecting a "small number" of websites. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Insights no longer to show data from Google Analytics Google says this change is to make it easier to use these reports. - Search Engine Land
Google Site Reputation Abuse: FAQ Addresses Concerns via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google releases FAQ clarifying site reputation abuse policy, confirming rules for third-party [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search has delayed indexing issues Google has confirmed it is investigating indexing issues within Google Search. - Search Engine Land
Copilot Beta Now Bing Webmaster Tools For 10,000 Users In October, Microsoft announced it was testing adding Copilot features to Bing Webmaster Tools. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Having Indexing Issues Again Google Search is once again having indexing issues where new content is not showing in the index [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Insights Removes Google Analytics Data Google has dropped Google Analytics data from its Google Search Console Insights tool and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools releases Copilot beta Microsoft has rolled out Copilot within Bing Webmaster Tools to 10,000 of its top users. - Search Engine Land
Google: Sometimes Over Optimization Drift Towards SEO Spam Google's John Mueller was asked about over-optimization and if that can cause issues for ranking in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 9 2024

SEO for ChatGPT search: 4 key observations Here’s how ChatGPT search compares to Google, plus insights into the role of long-form [...] - Search Engine Land
Watch Google CEO Sundar Pichai Interview Say Search To Profoundly Change In 2025 Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai was interviewed by New York Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin. In this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to find emerging audience needs using Google Trends Bridge the gap between SEO and audience intent. Learn how Google Trends, digital PR and behavior [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Links Report With Large Change In Links? Google Search Console may have made a big update to its link counts. I am not sure how widespread [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Legacy Tools & Reports Has Been Removed Google Search Console has dropped a whole section on its side bar navigation. The Legacy tools and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google clarifies how Google’s crawlers handle cache control headers Google is also asking site owners to allow Google to cache your web pages. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 9, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Try these 4 tips for easier last-minute shopping Use these Google Shopping, Maps and Gmail tools for last-minute holiday shopping. - Inside Adwords
Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues Post Core Update The Google November 2024 core update finished on December 5th, but we have continued to see search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google details shopping annotations and badges for ads and free listings Google’s new guide on Shopping annotations and badges outlines tools like "Price [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 6 2024

Google CEO: Search Will Change Profoundly In 2025 via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Google Search will profoundly change in 2025 and struggled [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Marauding Black Holes With Clustering & Error Pages As part of the topic of clustering and canonicalization with Google Search today, Allan Scott from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Has 40 Signals For Canonicalization Did you know that Google uses around 40 different signals to perform canonicalization in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Focus On Field Data For Core Web Vitals via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google advises prioritizing field data over lab data for Core Web Vitals, as PageSpeed Insights [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google CEO Sundar Pichai: Search will profoundly change in 2025 Pichai thinks we'll all be surprised in early 2025 about the newer things that search can do [...] - Search Engine Land
Crawl budget: What you need to know in 2025 Confused about crawl budget? This comprehensive guide explains it all – from server capacity [...] - Search Engine Land
Google November 2024 Core Update Finally Finished Rolling Out The Google November 2024 core update finally finished rolling out yesterday at around 1:30 PM ET. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Difference Between Clustering & Canonicalization Google's John Mueller explained the difference between clustering and canonicalization within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search: How Clustering Works With Localization As part of the topic of clustering and canonicalization with Google Search today, Allan Scott from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds FAQs on site reputation abuse policy Google added several frequently asked questions around the site reputation abuse policy. - Search Engine Land
Google Does Try To Handle Broken Canonicals With all this talk about clustering and canonicalization today, what about if you get it wrong, or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 5 2024

Google November 2024 core update rollout is now complete This update took 24 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update. - Search Engine Land
Top 6 technical SEO action items for 2025 Prepare for 2025 with technical updates that optimize website resources, enhance visibility and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to analyze your SEO competitors to find opportunities Gain the upper hand in search by analyzing your competitors' strengths and weaknesses in on-page, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Warns Of Duplicate Content “Black Holes” Caused By Error Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google warns websites about error pages creating "black holes" that can permanently [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads To Test New Offers / Incentives For Agencies & Advertisers Google Ads is testing new offers for agencies and advertisers, trying to find impactful incentives [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search makes it easier to search without personalization Google Search now labels if the results are personalized and gives you a quick way to turn off [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Buttons For: Results Are Personalized - Try Without Personalization Google Search has a new button at the bottom of the search results that shows you if the results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Uses About 40 Signals To Determine Canonical URLs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google reveals it uses about 40 different signals to choose canonical URLs when dealing with [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Shopping Results Tests View All Buttons Google is testing "view all" buttons in the Google Search results, maybe shopping [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Easier consent management comes to Google Tag UI Google offers seamless consent management integration in Google Tag UI. You can connect CMPs and [...] - Search Engine Land

December, 4 2024

How to search Google by date with before: and after: search commands The before:YYYY-MM-DD and after:YYYY-MM-DD search operator commands yield results for before, [...] - Search Engine Land
19 advanced Google search operators you need to know (and some we’ve said goodbye to) Gain powerful insights to inform your marketing efforts. Use the following advanced Google search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On Robots.txt: When To Use Noindex vs. Disallow via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google clarifies robots.txt best practices and explains when to use robots.txt directives and [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to improve PPC lead quality for B2B campaigns Get actionable tips for qualifying B2B leads, optimizing paid media channels and using data [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Web Rendering Service Cache Lasts For Up To 30 Days We knew Google's web rendering service (WRS) does its own thing with caching but now a new post [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A Week Overdue, Google November 2024 Core Update Still Causing Volatility We are now over a week past the estimated time the Google November 2024 core update was expected to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics enhances remarketing with Customer Match integration Google’ Customer Match update lets you use first-party data for more precise targeting and [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing See Results Only From... Bing Search can now place a button under a search result snippet that triggers a site command to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to fix the ‘Alternate page with proper canonical tag’ error in Google Search Console Fix this GSC error by identifying the true canonical source, inspecting the URL, checking your [...] - Search Engine Land
6 tips for successful ecommerce search campaigns From labeling best practices to maximizing automated bidding, these tips will streamline your [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 4, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Refreshes Email Templates Google announced that it has modernized and refreshed the emails that are sent out from Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 3 2024

7 pieces of AI news we announced in November From a powerful new AI-flood forecasting initiative to help from AI in advancing quantum computers. - Inside Adwords
Surprising data: 15% of Google searches are driven by only 148 terms In other findings, 56% of Google searches are for generic terms and the long-tail accounts for just [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Host Resources On Different Hostname To Save Crawl Budget via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google recommends hosting website resources on CDNs or subdomains to preserve main site's crawl [...] - Search Engine Journal
Rand Fishkin on the SEO opportunity pie shrinking and more insights Rand Fishkin shares his thoughts on the importance of creativity, chasing traffic, branded search, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Just Because You Call Yourself It, It Doesn't Mean You Will Rank For It Google's John Mueller responded to a question on why a company is not ranking for its new brand [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search YouTube Summary Pilot: Quick Takes & Key Takeaways Google is testing a new video format for some YouTube videos that provide "easy to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Performance Max vs. Search campaigns: New data reveals substantial search term overlap Is PMax cannibalizing your Search campaigns? Learn insights on overlap rates and campaign [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Underline Title, Link & Domain On Hover In Search Results Google seems to be testing underlining the title, link and domain in the search result snippet when [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Customer Match For Google Analytics Audiences Google Analytics now supports Customer Match from Google Ads. Audiences exported to Google Ads will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 2 2024

21 Years Covering The Search Industry Today marks the 21st year anniversary of when I started this site, the Search Engine Roundtable... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome site engagement service metrics In Chrome, type chrome://site-engagement/ to see which sites you engage with the most. - Search Engine Land
OpenAI has no immediate plans for ChatGPT advertising Is OpenAI discussing plans for an ad model? Maybe. But don't expect advertising to appear in [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Math Solver Watch Animated Tutorials Google is now showing animated tutorials for some math solver questions in Google Search. Math [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
8 tips to craft clear and impactful client communication Enhance client engagement with these actionable tips for writing and designing effective agency [...] - Search Engine Land
How to cultivate SEO growth through continuous improvement Maximize your SEO potential with an iterative approach. Optimize, monitor and refine your strategy [...] - Search Engine Land
How to become an industry thought leader by building content pillars Build authority in your niche with a strategic approach to content creation. Explore how content [...] - Search Engine Land
5 ways our latest Gemini models are changing retail Here are five ways Gemini models and generative AI are helping retailers modernize their businesses. - Inside Adwords
Google Business Profile Food Orders Performance Metrics Gone In April 2022, Google Business Profiles added performance metrics for direction requests, website [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Shopping / E-Commerce Card We recently spotted Google testing a new e-commerce / shopping card format at the top of 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 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome Site Engagement Metrics Google Chrome has a way to see site engagement metrics for your personal browser usage across the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 2, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

December, 1 2024

New Report Shows AI Overviews Trends Are Stabilizing via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google AI Overview citations were generally stable in October and November but growth in more [...] - Search Engine Journal
How Chrome Site Engagement Metrics Are Used via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google Chromium documentation exposes the truth about Chrome Site Engagement Metrics and their [...] - Search Engine Journal