As you know, Google released its August 2024 core update on Thursday, August 15th, followed shortly after by a large search ranking bug hours later. SEOs and site owners are asking how we can differentiate between the two. Google’s John Mueller explained that you should not fully judge the effect of the current core update until it is fully done rolling out.
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Google: Wait Until The August Core Update Is Complete To See Effects
Google’s Martin Splitt posted a video in his SEO Made Easy series on the topic of the Google Search Console “Discovered – Currently Not Indexed” page indexing report status note. In short, there are three primary reasons you’d see pages in this category, they are:
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Google Discovered – Currently Not Indexed – Quality, Timing Or Server Speed
Google core updates, such as the August 2024 core update, seem to directly impact if a site shows in the Google AI Overviews or not. Google did say quality is a benchmark for showing in the AI Overviews, plus we know featured snippets and many other search features are all impacted by Google core algorithmic updates.
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Seems Like Google AI Overviews Are Impacted By Core Updates
Google is testing a new search feature named “your related searches” that seems to be pinned to the sidebar of the Google Search results. It reminds me of the Chrome Journeys but this seems to be baked right into Google Search.
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Google Your Related Searches Timeline On Sidebar
Google Search has a new design for the embedded map you see for both local pack maps and knowledge panel maps. The new map has a more subtle design, with blue roads, not yellow roads and other design differences.
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New Google Maps Design Within Google Search Results
The longer users have to wait, the more likely they are to abandon your site. Identify and reduce render-blocking resources to display visual content ASAP
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How To Identify & Reduce Render-Blocking Resources via @sejournal, @abbynhamilton
Google launched a new crawler for commercial use, accompanied by documentation for site owners to track its traffic The post Google Quietly Launches New AI Crawler appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Quietly Launches New AI Crawler via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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Understand the non-digital marketing aspects of a company that can significantly impact your digital marketing performance and ROI. The post Non-Digital Marketing Factors That Hurt Digital Marketing ROI appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Non-Digital Marketing Factors That Hurt Digital Marketing ROI via @sejournal, @coreydmorris
Meta announces ad platform updates for Facebook and Instagram, focusing on AI-driven optimization, enhanced analytics integration, and improved conversion attribution. The post Meta’s New Ad Tools Promise More Precise Customer Targeting appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Meta’s New Ad Tools Promise More Precise Customer Targeting via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google explains ‘not indexed’ status, advises improving content quality and server performance to enhance visibility in search results. The post Google’s Martin Splitt On Why Pages Aren’t Indexed appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Google’s Martin Splitt On Why Pages Aren’t Indexed via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern