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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 23, 2024
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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 Analytics is not showing data from yesterday or today right now...
Google Analytics is not showing data from yesterday or today right now...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Bug Fixed, August Core Update Swings, AI Overviews, Google Ads Bug & More
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Google's larger search ranking bug was fixed four days after the issue was confirmed. Google's August core update continues to roll out, some hit by the helpful content update are seeing some surges, but Google says wait until the update is complete...
Google Migrating All To Merchant Center Next By Next Month
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Google announced that all merchants will be migrated (or as Google put it "upgrading") from the old Google Merchant Center to Google Merchant Center Next by September (next month). We knew this was coming, we covered the upgrade emails back in July but here is the official announcement.
Hardbacon Announced Closure Day Before August Core Update, Then Sees Traffic Surge
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:41 AM
There are many sad stories around sites getting hit by Google algorithm updates, such as core updates and of course the September 2023 helpful content update. But Hardbacon, a financial and budgeting company, was hit hard by those Google updates, then announced the company would file for bankruptcy the day before the August 2024 core update.
Google Search Local Pack UX Update
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Google has updated the local pack, the local results box, in the Google Search results. Now when you click on the results in the local pack, the map slides to the left, behind the local pack listings. Then the detail local listing slides to the right.
Google: Many Noindex & Nofollows Do Not Signal Site Quality Issues
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Martin Splitt from Google said on the latest SEO office hours that having lots of nofollow or noindex tags or attributes on your site does not signal to Google that you have quality issues with your site or many low quality pages.
Bing Images Search Refinement Cards
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Microsoft now has these refinement cards or boxes directly in the Bing Image Search results interface. In these cards, Bing will show you a refinement option for your query with example photos you might find for that refined search query.
Google Search Console Search Appearances Documentation Updated
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Google has greatly expanded and clarified its documentation around how Search Appearances work within the Google Search Console reports. Google wrote on X, "We improved our documentation on Search Appearances supported in Search Console." Daniel Waisberg from Google said, "I've been asked about this 1000 times, hope you're all happy now."
Google Analytics Missing Data From Yesterday/Data
by rustybrick
Aug 23, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Aug 23, 2024 at 2:56 AM
There are a ton of complaints and a lot of concern around Google Analytics missing data in the normal overview report for yesterday and today. I see it also, I am seeing no data from this site and others in my GA4 reports for yesterday or today - although the real time reports work.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 22, 2024
by rustybrick
Aug 22, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Aug 22, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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.
Now we are seeing some early reports of those early August core update gains are being reversed...
Now we are seeing some early reports of those early August core update gains are being reversed...
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