Bans lifted, ad outages, feature releases, and more CWV; Tuesday’s daily brief
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Possible Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool Bug With HTTP/2?
Google may have a bug with the URL inspection tool in Google Search Console specific to websites on HTTP/2. The tool shows a malformed response when it is run on the HTTP/2 server.
Reset Australia Calls The New Disinformation & Misinformation Code ’Wholly Inadequate’ via @RebekahDunne
An in-depth look at Australia’s new code to combat Disinformation and Misinformation and why it has been called ‘pointless’ by Reset Australia. The post Reset Australia Calls The New Disinformation & Misinformation Code ’Wholly Inadequate’ via @RebekahDunne appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Yelp’s Waitlist, analytics and POS updates aim to address shifting consumer preferences
Waitlist now supports takeout orders, and enhanced analytics may help managers evaluate how their restaurants are performing Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
Google Testing Keyword Tags Or Labels In Snippets Again
Brodie Clark spotted a new Google Search snippet test where Google is showing keywords labels or tags above the description and below the title and URL. This reminds me a bit of the tags Google showed in the snippet in 2017 and 2019.
Google: Focus Less On Individual Pages & More On Category Pages
Google told one site owner, this is specific advice to one specific site owner and not meant to be a generalization for all sites, that he should not focus on his individual pages but focus more on the category level pages. The issue was the individual pages on this site had very little content on it and John thought a good strategy would be to create higher level pages that can have more significant content on them.
The Strategic Value of Structured Data Implementation on SME Websites
Posted by CrystalontheWeb Structured data is one of the most effective ways to increase the visibility of your website content and increase the sustainability of your SEO as Google implements regular updates to the SERP environment. Over the last five years, many of Google’s most game-changing SERP features have been driven by the use of structured data from across the web. Google for Jobs, Google Shopping, featured snippets, how-to instructions, recipe cards, knowledge panels, and other rich snippets all serve content from sites with structured data
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 22, 2021
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…
How to Build Links for Ecommerce & Affiliate Sites [Webinar] via @brentcsutoras
Join our next live webinar with PureLinq founder Kevin Rowe and learn how to boost your ecommerce and affiliate site’s search visibility with link building. The post How to Build Links for Ecommerce & Affiliate Sites [Webinar] via @brentcsutoras appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Displaying Auto Suggestions On Scroll Up
Google is testing displaying and popping up the auto-suggestions auto complete search terms in the search bar when you scroll back up towards the top of the search results. Here is a GIF of it in action captured from Valentin Pletzer who posted a video of it on YouTube and Twitter.