Forbes has reportedly fired some of its freelancers for some stories over its ongoing issue with Google’s site reputation abuse policy, aka parasite SEO.

Google is testing a much richer experience for things to do style queries. Instead of showing a calendar box, text format with image boxes, Google is testing showing this rich image carousel of events that slides by itself from right to left.

Google is testing another search result snippet interface change, this one is when you hover your mouse over the snippet, it adds a shadow effect to the snippet.

Google has confirmed it is testing allowing showing the same ad, from the same advertiser, on the same search results page. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison said, “We’re conducting a small experiment testing different ad configurations” in regards to this test being spotted.

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Microsoft enhances Bing search with new language models, claiming to reduce costs while delivering faster, more accurate results. The post Bing Search Updates: Faster, More Precise Results appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google releases official documentation on managing faceted navigation, warning websites about SEO risks of poorly implemented filtering systems. The post Google Formalizes Decade-Old Faceted Navigation Guidelines appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…