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Google’s “Branded Search” Patent For Ranking Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2024/08/12 at 9:17 am

A little-known Google patent describes the use of branded search queries as ranking factors similar to links The post Google’s “Branded Search” Patent For Ranking Search Results appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

AI Agnostic Optimization: Content For Topical Authority And Citations

Posted by admin on 2024/08/12 at 9:00 am

Unlock the potential of AI and citations in search engines.

Google Search Ranking Volatility August 9th and 10th (No HCU Progress)

Posted by admin on 2024/08/11 at 12:30 pm

Since Friday, August 9th, I have been seeing yet another intense spike in Google Search ranking volatility. This is based on the SEO chatter within the communities and of course, the third-party Google Search rank volatility trackers

Google Confirms 3 Ways To Make Googlebot Crawl More via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 8:08 pm

Google acknowledged three things that can cause an increase in Googlebot’s crawling frequency The post Google Confirms 3 Ways To Make Googlebot Crawl More appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 9, 2024

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 2:00 pm

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. Google spoke about crawling, ways to make it more efficient and some questions around it…

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Monopoly Ruling, Ranking Volatility, Million Dollar Ad Bugs, Search Console Recommendations & More

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 12:01 pm

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week, we covered the big ruling that Google is officially a monopoly, a federal judge ruled. Google search ranking volatility heated up the day after that ruling…

Google Search Team On Crawling & Improvements To Crawling

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 11:51 am

Google posted a new “Search Off The Record” podcast yesterday on the topic of crawling where John Mueller, Lizzi Sassman, and Gary Illyes spoke about how Google crawls, some ideas on how to make crawling more efficient and some misconceptions around crawl frequency and site quality.

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

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 11:41 am

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

Google Featured Snippets With Emojis & Special Characters

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 11:31 am

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.

Google Lens Rolling Out Speak Now To Ask About This Image

Posted by admin on 2024/08/09 at 11:21 am

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.