Google drops the character limit for headlines in article structured data
Google says headlines should be concise, eliminates 110 character limit.
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Microsoft to add ChatGPT features to Bing Search
Microsoft wouldn't comment, but this feature could launch in the next couple of months.
Google algorithm updates 2022 in review: Core updates, product reviews, helpful content updates, spam updates and beyond
Google introduced a brand new ranking algorithm this year, the helpful content update but pushed the same number of official updates in 2022 as it did in 2021.
Microsoft to go fully live with new Bingbot user-agent change in January 2023
After a couple years of testing, Microsoft said it will stop using the old BingBot user agent next month.
Ranking data during the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam update
The data providers sent us data looking at the Google Search results over the last couple of weeks.
Google Search testing search in video
Google announced this as a pilot feature in India, but some in the U.S. are also seeing it.
Google search retires Web Light, Google’s method to serve faster, lighter pages to people
Google said this feature is no longer needed these days, as providers and devices are now faster.
Google says don’t expect a new core update by year-end
The holidays are approaching and SEOs are worried that we might get another core update by year end.
Google doubles up on E with updated search quality raters guidelines (E-E-A-T)
Add an E to E-A-T with experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness.
Google Question Hub to close down
But will it be replaced by the Google Search Console "content ideas" feature?
Google releases December 2022 link spam update
This update is rolling out now for the next couple weeks, while the helpful content is still rolling out.
Google launches new Google Search status dashboard
This report will confirm if there is an issue with crawling, indexing or serving with Google Search.
Google launches visual elements gallery documenting 22 elements on the Google Search results page
This new document explains the most common user interface elements of Google web search page.
Content ideas may be coming to Google Search Console
This feature looks and feels a lot like the Google Question Hub.
Subscribe with Google publishers may see an increase in clicks and impressions from Google Search
This started on December 5th, in the search performance report in Google Search Console.
Google helpful content system update rolling out now (December 2022 update)
This update adds new signals and also brings the helpful content update globally for all languages.
Google Search rolls out new search refinements for top bar filters with related topics
As previewed at the Search On event, now these new related topics options can show in the top far filter options.
Google brings continuous scroll to desktop search results
This is now rolling out for English / U.S. search results.
Google Discover performance reports improve accuracy
Google Search Console said click and impression data may appear to increase because of this update.