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Google Search Snippet Shows "X Topics Include"

Posted by admin on 2020/08/26 at 9:30 am

Kevin Webster shared this screen shot of a Google search result snippet. The snippet says “4 topics include” and then shows those four topics. It pulled from the header tags on the page he said.

Back to school looks very different this year

Posted by admin on 2020/08/26 at 8:00 am

For back to school season, know that virtual and online schooling is top of mind, and parents are leveraging search to know and do more. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google Search Console Performance Report Data Hints At Featured Snippet Filters

Posted by admin on 2020/08/26 at 6:33 am

Fairly recently Google told us we should not expect to see a filter to see featured snippet related data in our performance reports in Search Console. But then we saw the that Google started showing #:~:text= url parameters in the reports for image results and now Glenn Gabe is seeing them for web results.

Facebook Shops & Instagram Checkout Expand to All US Businesses via @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2020/08/26 at 5:53 am

Facebook is rolling out a dedicated shopping tab, and expanding Shops and Instagram Checkout to all US businesses. The post Facebook Shops & Instagram Checkout Expand to All US Businesses via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Do SEOs Blindly Believe Google’s John Mueller

Posted by admin on 2020/08/26 at 3:02 am

There is this Reddit thread asking if you blindly believe and follow what John Muller of Google says. So John actually shared this thread on Twitter and added Twitter poll asking the question. I reshared it, as did dozens of others and there are thousnads of responses.

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 25, 2020

Posted by admin on 2020/08/25 at 10:34 pm

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

Google: Most Sites Don’t Need to Worry About Crawl Budget via @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2020/08/25 at 8:12 pm

Google’s Search Relations team says most sites don’t need to worry about crawl budget in the latest episode of the Search Off the Record podcast. The post Google: Most Sites Don’t Need to Worry About Crawl Budget via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google Tests Line Separators Between Search Results Again

Posted by admin on 2020/08/25 at 7:55 pm

We see Google testing line separators between the Google search results every now and then.

Google: The 2004 Sandbox Ranking Theory Was Likely About Indexing

Posted by admin on 2020/08/25 at 6:14 pm

The Google Sandbox theory started in early 2004, where new sites would not rank well for a while. Well, Gary Illyes and his Google friends spoke about it in the latest Search Off the Record podcast

New Google AdSense Reporting

Posted by admin on 2020/08/25 at 2:49 pm

Google announced it is rolling out new AdSense reporting that will “enable publishers to make decisions to grow their businesses by providing information and insights about their monetization performance, audience and content,” Google said. This is rolling out in the next week or two, I do not personally see it yet.