Google working on fix for broken favicons in Google Search
The issue started earlier this week and today, Friday, Google has confirmed it is a bug on its end.
Topic: Favicon
Google News automated publication pages to start in March
This comes after Google announced in April 2024 that Publisher Center will stop allowing you to add publications manually.
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.
Google Site names now work for all languages
So if your site is not in English, check how your Site name appears in Google Search.
Google Search rolls out site name updates and workarounds
After much frustration over the new Sitenames feature in Google search, Google released some additional updates.
Google Site names now support subdomains on mobile devices
Google also said if you find issues, you can submit those issues in their forum.
Google updates site names in search results after numerous complaints
The fix is rolling out and while it does fix a number of inappropriate site names, it does not resolve all the reported issues.
Bing search results gain site name and favicons
Bing Search is looking a lot more like Google Search and you can now report issues with site names to Google.
Google rolled out new site names, favicon and sponsored label on desktop search
After launching this design for the mobile search results last October, this is now officially live for desktop 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.
Google rolling out site names and updated favicon logos in search results
Make sure to check out the new site name structured data documentation.
Google Ads label is now a bold black text Sponsored label
Google said this it to make the ad label more distinguishable from the organic search results.
New mobile Google ad experiment puts favicon in-line with display URL
A new confirmed mobile Google Ads display experiment brings favicons next to the URL in a fashion comparable to organic results.
Google tests favicons in text ads
Google has confirmed a small experiment that might help users more easily identify an advertiser — by including their favicon in the URL.
How big and fast was this Google June 2021 core update?; Wednesday’s daily brief
Google cuts short names from Google My Business
Google to experiment with more desktop search changes after favicon/black ad label rollout
Expect more changes to how your search snippets in Google search are rendered on desktop.
Google rolling out desktop search redesign with black “Ad” label, favicons for organic results
After several months of being live in the Google mobile results, Google has launched the new design on desktop.
Yoast 12.1 adds custom favicons to the mobile snippet preview
Also introduces more schema filters and matches Google’s search font size on desktop.
Yoast SEO 11.5 updates the mobile snippet preview
It replicates how your content is likely to appear in Google's mobile search results.
A favicon is worth a thousand keywords
SEOs predictably unhappy about shrinking distinction between paid and organic mobile search results — and, they’re not wrong.
Google rolling out mobile search redesign with black “Ad” label, favicons for organic results
The new look brings some branding to the search results, but also preps the results pages for more types of content and actions for users to take right from the search results.
Bing Testing Favicons In Search Result Snippets
Bing is testing displaying favicons in the search results, next to the title of the search snippet. A reader, Joshua Hedlund, emailed us a screen shot of this test. Bing has confirmed this is not a browser extension modifying the search results, but rather one of Bing’s many tests to the search results user interface. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 5, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SMX East 2009 Day One Live Blogging Day one of the SMX East 2009 show is just about done. Here is some of the live blogging coverage from the day. If […]
Microsoft Bing Search Ads To Test Favicons
MediaPost reports Microsoft adCenter, Bing’s search ads, will be testing placing favicons and logos in the search ads. I have conducted about 20 queries to try to bring up such an ad, but I personally do not see them myself. MediaPost wrote, “James Colborn, director at Microsoft Advertising and long-time adCenter veteran, believes the market […]
Yahoo Testing Favicons In Search Ads
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they are now testing favorite icons (favicons) in the search ads. For example, a search for expedia may return an ad that shows Expedia.com’s favicon. Here is a picture: Why is Yahoo testing this? Yahoo said: Well, it’s just one more way for users to know they’re really looking at […]
Live Search Testing Icons In Sponsored Search Ads
Here’s something you probably haven’t seen unless you’re a Microsoft employee: The screenshot above shows a Honda logo icon placed inside a Live Search sponsored search ad. It comes to us from a Search Engine Land reader doing search marketing in the auto industry, who explained how it happened: “I’ve been told by Microsoft reps […]
Google Expands AdWords Fav Icon Test
Earlier this month we reported on Google’s test of favicons in Germany and Poland in AdWords. Subsequently I was alerted by someone in email that this was happening in the UK as well. Dave Naylor noticed it today in the UK and has some screenshots. I was unable to find any conducting various searches on […]
Google Tests Favicons For AdWords In Germany And Poland
We were alerted that Google appears to be testing favicons in Germany and Poland for AdWords advertisers. Here are a few screens: A number of advertisers in the US have informally reported higher CTRs using the Google Checkout icon. (One discussion I had with an advertiser in the UK last week said he saw an […]
Google Confirms Testing Favicons In Search Results
Over at Search Engine Roundtable, Barry posted this weekend about Google showing favicons in search results, and updated the post with confirmation from Google that it’s a test, not a bug. I can’t get this to show on my computer right now, but here’s the screenshot Barry posted (via Brian Ussery): The favicon only appears […]
Google Changes, Colorizes Favicon
It looks like Google just updated their favorite icon for the second time in less then a year. Don’t see it? Visit https://google.com/favicon.ico and refresh the page. Below, more about the old, new and newest ones.
Google’s New Icon: It Sucks & Now You Can Submit Your Own
As we’ve covered earlier, Google’s updated its icon recently to one it said reflects a “simple, playful and unique” brand. Today, the company has blogged more about the design change and calls for ideas from others. Good. Sorry, that new icon is just ugly to me, no matter how much design work went into it. […]
Google Says Icon Reflects “Simple, Playful & Unique Brand”
Last Friday, Google changed their favicon and it caused a big stir amongst Google users. We asked Google why they made the change and they replied that it was to reflect the “simple, playful and unique brand.” Here is the official response from a Google spokesperson:
Google Updates Browser Favorite Icon
I reported that Google has updated their favorite icon on Google.com, from the old multi-colored boxed in “G,” to a single blue lowercase g. New Favorite Icon: Old Favorite Icon:
MetaGlossary – Two Million Terms, Phrases And Acronyms
MetaGlossary provides users with access to over 2 million words, terms and so on. It works in a similar manner to the Google define: function, though I’ve found that it tends to be rather more comprehensive. Definitions for ‘search engine optimization’ resulted in 1 related phrase with Google and 15 with MetaGlossary. Google gave a […]