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’s search results exploded this morning in terms of volatility but still, no confirmed update from Google. Bing Search is testing search within search. The sale of Google Domains won’t impact your SEO or rankings. Google Business Profiles adds red dots to show you unread items. Google again said 302 redirects are fine. And I posted my weekly SEO video with more details on how to win a Bluesky invite.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google Search Ranking Volatility Exploding Today – Where Is The Confirmed Algorithm Update?
So it’s been well over a week of incredible volatility within the Google search results. Pages have been bouncing all over the place, rankings are jumping and then last night and today we are seeing even hotter temperatures from the Google tracking tools and more chatter from within the SEO industry.
Bing Search Within Search Results By Selecting Text To Search
Bing Search now lets you select text within the search results page and search for that selected text. I believe Bing was testing this for a while, and so has Google Search, but now it seems to be live.
Google Selling Google Domains Won’t Impact Your SEO Or Google Rankings
I have seen some folks in the SEO industry suggest that there will be some sort of search ranking and SEO impact with the sale of Google Domains to Squarespace. I just wanted to clarify this sale should have zero impact on your Google Search rankings or SEO efforts.
Google Business Profile Dashboard Now With Red Dots To Unread Items
Google has added red dots to the unread reviews, messages and other items on your Google Business Profile web search dashboard. If Google thinks you have not seen a new review, it will mark the reviews icon with a red dot until you click on it and read the unread item.
Google Issues PSA Saying 302 Redirects Are Fine
Google’s John Mueller went to Twitter and Reddit to issue a PSA saying, “302 redirects are fine.” Yea, we covered the 302 versus 301 topic countless times over almost 20 years here, so here is the 2023 version. 302 redirects are just fine to use, according to Google.
Google Pride Float In Tel Aviv
Here is a photo of Googlers marching in the Tel Aviv, Israel Pride parade. Google Israel had a float that has the Google logos and says “be who you are.” This and more photos were shared by Daniel Wa
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heated Search Results, Using AI For SEO, INP Report, Bing Chat & Google Ads Updates
This week we saw the continues heated and incredibly volatile Google search results continue throughout the whole week, and then it exploded this morning. Google’s Gary Illyes said we should avoid using LLMs and AI for diagnosing SEO issues. Gary also…
Other Great Search Threads:
img is the most widespread invalid tag in the head (1.5M pages!) Coming in v1.2, the Capo extension will highlight these and other invalid elements, Rick Viscomi on Twitter
I don’t see it on https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery – so my guess is Google does nothing with it. There’s a lot of http://schema.org markup which Google doesn’t use explicitly for search, but it’s also not, John Mueller on Twitter
If you’re cherry picking individual items to fixate on for ranking, you’re going to have a bad time., John Mueller on Twitter
Totally unimportant, but if you’re using it like URL parameters, just make your life easier by using real URL parameters. Search engines can deal much better with real URL parameters., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Google updates when 4 attribution models will be retired
GA4 gives marketers choice in Google Ads conversion credit eligibility
Microsoft rolls out predictive targeting to all advertisers
Instagram Ads on Reels now available to more marketers
Google SGE snapshot carousel: 4 winning SEO strategies in B2C, B2B
How to use location-specific authority content for SEO
SEO during website development and post-launch: Key considerations
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
New Vlog: Navigating Google’s Universal Analytics Sunset, Adswerve
Industry & Business
Google Ad Tech in Peril as EU Joins US on Breakup Bandwagon, Bloomberg
Modi White House State Dinner: Apple, Google, Microsoft CEOs Among Guests, Bloomberg
Canada’s Online News Act Targets Facebook and Google, New York Times
EU, US Join Forces Targeting Google Ad Tech Dominance, Bloomberg
Links & Content Marketing
Using Screaming Frog to Improve Programmatic SEO Content, Screaming Frog
How to Become a Better Writer (Beginnner’s Guide), Ahrefs
Local & Maps
Overture Map Foundation goes open source to solve 3D mapping for the “rest of us”, Near Media
Expert Focus: AI and Local Search, BrightLocal
Mobile & Voice
Hands on with visionOS, the operating system for Vision Pro, AppleInsider
Apple Vision Pro has a speed limit and a Travel Mode, 9to5Google
Bing Widgets for iPhone: A Guide, Analytics Insight
SEO
15 of the Most-Important On-Page SEO Tactics, BruceClay
ChatGPT: Everything SEOs need to know, Wix SEO Hub
Why is my site not indexed?, Search Off the Record
PPC
See the future with Predictive Targeting, Microsoft Advertising
Search Features
DuckDuckGo browser beta for Windows bakes in a lot of privacy tools, Ars Technica
Microsoft Bing Rewards: How to get paid for surfing the internet, Android Police
Other Search
ChatGPT vs Bing vs Bard: You can pick the best in this chatbot arena, Mashable
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