Google inexplicably removed the in-depth articles section from search results over two weeks ago. Now it appears the section has returned just as quietly as it was removed. The in-depth articles section surfaces long-form content and has been around since 2013, before being removed 17 days ago

Earlier this month, Google’s In Depth articles search features mysteriously dropped out. I emailed Google about 5 times asking for a comment, almost each time they said they would get back to me and never did. But now…

Posted by MatthewBarby The traditional ways of measuring the success or failure of content are broken. We can’t just rely on metrics like the number of pageviews/visits or bounce rate to determine whether what we’re creating has performed well. “The primary thing we look for with news is impact, not traffic,” says Jonah Peretti, Founder of BuzzFeed.

Sergey Alakov posted on Twitter a screen shot of Google testing a slimmed down or reduced size local box. If you search for a specific company, normally it will give you a nice branded box for the company, with the map, address, phone number and so on…

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…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Finally, webmasters can now unsubscribe and mute email notifications from the Google search console. The post Google Search Console now lets you unsubscribe from some email notifications appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

This isn’t really new, Google has been testing ads and sponsored results in images for many many years.

If you want to learn more about how to create a ‘galaxy’ of content around each piece of content you build, you will want to join us for the next SEJ ThinkTank webinar on May the 4th (be with you) for a Star Wars-themed webinar. The post Next #SEJThinkTank: How To Build A Galaxy of Content Through Repurposing by @dantosz appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google seems to have fixed a bug with their search results interface, bringing back the “in-depth articles” section for some queries. The post Google brings back in-depth articles to search results after 17-day outage appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.