Google has added one line to its video best practices document explaining that you should have at least 80% of your thumbnail pixels have little or no transparency to enable video indexing.

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So last Monday, we reported about a Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down on May 16th – the 6 month or so anniversary of the last confirmed Google core update. Well, that unconfirmed Google update continued on throughout the rest of the week through today, I updated that story a bit to reflect that.

There is a lot of negativity out there when it comes to Google Analytics 4. I get it. It’s a new product that looks, feels and works differently from what we’re all used to in Universal Analytics.

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Google’s John Mueller said that “rich results would not drop due to a slower response from the server.” He said this on Twitter when someone said they “lost 90% of our Recipe Rich Cards” at the same time as a “slower server response time.”

Let’s move back in time to your third grade English class — lesson of the day: synonyms . Synonyms (not to be confused with cinnamon) are words that have a similar or the same meaning as another word. But, you already know this.

Keep reading to learn how Twitter advanced search differs from regular search, followed by some examples of advanced search in action. The post How To Easily Search For Tweets By Date On Twitter appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google is now also testing that grid layout for ads, not just for desktop results.