DuckDuckGo Adds Quick Answers to Search Results via @MattGSouthern
DuckDuckGo has been spotted serving quick answers in search results, which are largely similar to Google’s featured snippets.
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10 Reasons Why WordPress Is the Best CMS for SEO via @JuliaEMcCoy
Looking for the best CMS for your website? Here are 10 reasons why WordPress is the best choice for SEO
Google’s John Mueller on Ranking Important Pages via @martinibuster
Google’s John Mueller shares how to rank important pages.
Google’s Featured Snippet Changes & Impact on Organic Traffic [STUDY] via @MattGSouthern
A new study from seoClarity examines the changes to organic traffic following Google’s featured snippet update on January 22. The post Google’s Featured Snippet Changes & Impact on Organic Traffic [STUDY] via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Desktop Results Without Favicons; The Old Design
Some folks are seeing Google test the old Google desktop search interface. Remember the one before Google launched those (what I feel are horrible) favicons and black ad labels for the snippets? Yea, Google is testing showing the old interface to some searchers
Google Rolls Out Profile Icon To Local Knowledge Panel
Google announced this a while back but now it seems to be rolling out. Profile icons for your local knowledge panel is now showing up on many local knowledge panels.
Google Dataset Search Is Now Out Of Beta With New Features
Google announced that Google Dataset Search which launched in beta in 2018 is now out of beta. With that launch, it added several new features. This can probably be used for awesome research when developing rich content and might also send traffic to your site if you implement the correct datasets schema markup
Google Search Console Performance Reports Not Impacted By Featured Snippet Change
Just to be clear, and honestly, I am surprised so many people do not know this, but the featured snippet change from the other day has no impact on the Google Search Console performance reports. That report only counts the top-most result anyway, so the lower results on the page did not count anyway.
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 24, 2020
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…