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Google: We Don’t Track How Expensive It Is To Crawl, Render, Index & Serve Pages

2024/08/09

There has been some confusion around how Google handles pages that might be more costly for Google Search to crawl, render, index and serve – i.e. JavaScript pages

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Google Featured Snippets With Emojis & Special Characters

2024/08/09

It is not every day that you see a Google featured snippet with emojis and special Unicode characters. Here is an example of one spotted by Nick Churick (hat tip Patrick Stox) that he posted on X.

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Google Lens Rolling Out Speak Now To Ask About This Image

2024/08/09

Google seems to be rolling out a new Google Lens feature that lets you record with your camera and also speak with your voice on top of that video. Then Google Lens will match the video or image with your spoken text to give you a set of search results or an AI Overview.

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Bing Search Tests Opening Searches In New Window From Home & Pagination Bar

2024/08/09

Microsoft is testing a weird change to the Bing Search results user experience. Bing is testing that when you do a search from the home page, that it opens the search results in a new window, instead of loading those results on the same tab you are on

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The 6 Best AI Content Checkers To Use In 2024 via @sejournal, @annabellenyst

2024/08/09

Unlock the power of AI content checkers to ensure original, high-quality content. Discover the top AI content checkers for 2024 and detect plagiarism with ease. The post The 6 Best AI Content Checkers To Use In 2024 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Search Intent and the Organic Funnel — Whiteboard Friday

2024/08/09

In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Tom connects search intent to the organic funnel and how this can help guide our keyword research.

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Google Warns: URL Parameters Create Crawl Issues via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2024/08/09

Google’s Gary Illyes warns of URL parameter issues causing crawler inefficiencies, especially for e-commerce sites.

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Google’s Mixed Messages: Does Googlebot Really “Follow” Links? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2024/08/08

Google’s Gary Illyes reveals Googlebot collects links instead of “following” them, contradicting official documentation. The post Google’s Mixed Messages: Does Googlebot Really “Follow” Links? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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How Will Google’s Antitrust Ruling Affect You?

2024/08/08

What does the recent Google antitrust ruling mean for us as search marketers? What happened and where do we go from here? Dr.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 8, 2024

2024/08/08

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.

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