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Google local search ranking algorithm strengthens ‘openness’ signal
If your business isn't open 24/7, Google does not recommend you change your business listing to be open 24 hours per day.
Google November 2023 reviews update now done rolling out
This update will be the last time Google has confirmed a reviews update.
Data providers: Google November 2023 core update was more volatile than the October 2023 core update
Keep in mind, the November 2023 Reviews update overlapped with this core update and is still rolling out.
Google Search Console to stop reporting on product results search in performance reports
This e-commerce related search reporting will end next month, in January 2024, Google said.
Google expands video requirements for “Video mode” where video must be main content of the page
If your video is not the primary part of the page, Google will not show your videos in search and within "Video mode" of Google Search.
Google officially drops Mobile Usability report, Mobile-Friendly Test tool and Mobile-Friendly Test API
We knew this was coming and now these Google mobile tools are no longer available.
New Google Search vacation rental rich result
This new vacation rental structured data comes with new Search Console and Rich Results reports.
Google Search Organization markup adds name, address, contact information, and other business identifiers
Google has updated the Search Console and Rich Results test reporting to support these new additions.
Google November 2023 core update rollout is now complete
The fourth broad core algorithm update of 2023 is now done rolling out.
Google Search now supports discussion forum and profile page structured data
Google can show these as rich results in Google Search and Google also added new Search Console reports.
Google Search Console was down today
You may be seeing a 500 error when trying to access the tool.
Googlebot crawl rate tool in Search Console is going away
The tool is going away on January 8, 2024 because Google says it is no longer useful.
Google Search Console experience and enhancement reporting bug
Google is working on a fix, this has no impact on indexing or ranking.
Google adds small business filter to shopping search results
Google said it is "making it easy for U.S. shoppers to discover and shop at small businesses this weekend and beyond."
Google updates search quality raters guidelines
It has been 11 months since the last update, here is what changed.
Google Search goes after fraudulent and manipulative DMCA takedown requests
The lawsuit alleges two men created over 65 Google accounts and submitted hundreds of thousands of fake DMCA takedown requests to remove competitors from the search results.
Google Search ranking improvement aims to surface hidden gems
Google will surface personal insights and experiences from social media blog posts and forums. This is not an updated helpful content update.
Google says major changes coming to search rankings
Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, was quoted as saying that major changes are coming Google's search ranking algorithms.
Google adds reports for learning video rich results
The reports are within Google Search Console's performance report, where you filter by search appearance.
Google releases November 2023 reviews update
This is the third reviews update of the year and the last reviews update Google will likely confirm.
Google page experience report updated in Search Console
Plus the good page experience search appearance filter from the Performance report has been removed.
How Danny Sullivan shares SEO issues with Google’s Search team
Part of job of the Search Liaison at Google is to share feedback on how to improve search.
Google November 2023 core update released
The reviews update will be switching to ongoing regular updates, which means Google will not be announcing future review updates.
Google fixed a bug with the October 2023 core update impacting Discover traffic
Some sites may see an increase in their Discover traffic starting soon.
Google adds small business attribute and other information to business profiles and shopping listings
Google is also rolling out Product Studio.
Google says mobile-first indexing is complete after almost 7 years
Google said it will turn off the indexing crawler information in the settings page in Search Console.
Google rolls out about this image and more SGE links
Google said the links in SGE AI answers are from high-quality sites.
Google syntax graph merge for structured data
This allows you to use different syntaxes that can now connect together.
Data providers on the Google October 2023 core and spam update
This was a very big set of Google updates, here is an analysis.
Google rich results for events removed from search snippets
You may have noticed a reduction in clicks from Google Search related to this change.
Google sees spike in failed hostload exceeded error in Search Console
Google's request indexing tool may be having issues due to abuse by spammers.
Google October 2023 spam update done rolling out
This spam update targeted several spam tactics and had a larger impact in some non-English languages.
Google October 2023 Core Update rollout is now complete
This felt like a big update, taking almost 14 days to fully roll out.
Google Rich Results Test now supports paywalled content
You can use this new feature to validate that Google Search understands your content is paywalled.
Google updates Favicon search documentation
Google removed the Favicon user agent and said you must allow Googlebot and Googlebot-Image for Google to index your site's favicon.
How to repair your Google search results and reclaim your online reputation
Learn three steps for removing or suppressing negative Google search results that harm your brand's reputation.
Google adds new vehicle listings structured data
With this new structured data, Gogole launched a new rich results report and testing tool support for the markup.
Google Search officially stops indented results
Google's Search Liaison confirmed Google stopped indenting search results a "few weeks ago."
Google-Extended does not stop Google Search Generative Experience from using your site’s content
Instead, you need to block SGE by blocking Googlebot completely.