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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 22, 2025
by rustybrick
Today at 7:00 AM
Today at 7:00 AM
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Starting On Jan 20th
by rustybrick
Today at 4:51 AM
Today at 4:51 AM
We may be seeing more Google search ranking volatility start to get heated starting this weekend, through January 20th and 21st (and maybe today). Some of the Google tracking tools are having issues tracking these changes but some are not. But I do see a lot of chatter spike in the past couple of days.
Google Clarified Site Reputation Abuse Policy & Manual Actions
by rustybrick
Today at 4:41 AM
Today at 4:41 AM
Google has updated not just its site reputation abuse policy for clarification purposes, Google also updated the manual actions section for site reputation abuse. Again, these are just clarification changes, and as Google put it, "it include guidance from our blog post's FAQ on site reputation abuse."
Google Map Pins On Service Area Businesses - A Bug?
by rustybrick
Today at 4:31 AM
Today at 4:31 AM
For the past month or so, Google has been showing map pins on Service Area Businesses within Google. Previously, Google did not show pins on businesses without a public address but now they are, in some views.
Google: Sometimes Doing SEO Can Cause More Problems
by rustybrick
Today at 4:21 AM
Today at 4:21 AM
John Mueller of Google said that sometimes doing SEO can cause sites more problems with search and search rankings. Sometimes not doing SEO, might be better, John implies.
Google Tests Expandable Brand Store Panel
by rustybrick
Today at 4:11 AM
Today at 4:11 AM
Google is testing an expandable brand store knowledge panel. So if you search for a brand like New Balance, Google will show a knowledge panel on the right with products, descriptions and so on but then if you click on the arrow button, it will expand and show you even more.
Google Business Profiles Launches Chat With Text & WhatsApp In US
by rustybrick
Today at 4:05 AM
Today at 4:05 AM
Google Business Profiles started to allow chat through texting and WhatsApp for businesses in international regions. Now, this feature seems to be rolling out to businesses based in the United States.
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 21, 2025
by rustybrick
Yesterday at 7:00 AM
Yesterday at 7:00 AM
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Microsoft Bing Now Hiding Google Search Results
by rustybrick
Yesterday at 4:51 AM
Yesterday at 4:51 AM
Recently we saw Microsoft tricking searchers to thinking they were searching in Google and not on Bing.
Google Ads PMax Reports With Private Search Term Category
by rustybrick
Yesterday at 4:41 AM
Yesterday at 4:41 AM
In the Google Ads Performance Max search category, Google is now displaying "private search term." Private queries are terms that have been searched for by fewer than 50 unique users over the past 90 days, Google explained.
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