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    Daily Search Forum Recap: January 27, 2025

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 7:00 AM
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Google Search Ranking Volatility Spiked Friday Jan 24 Through Weekend

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:51 AM
    Google Search may have pushed some unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update or tweak around Friday, January 24th. I briefly mentioned this on my Friday video but I felt it was worth kicking up here as its own story.

    Yahoo Search AI Chat Expanded & Adds AI Answers To Search

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:41 AM
    Yahoo is continuing its AI Chat features within Yahoo Search, while also incorporating AI Answers into its search results. The AI powered answers and chat seemed to be powered by OpenAI.

    Bing Tests AI Answers Sources Section In Carousel View & Videos

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:31 AM
    Microsoft Bing is testing placing the sources section of its AI Answers in a carousel view, instead of a list view. This let's you scroll through the sources as opposed to just seeing them below in a list view.

    Bing Tests Black Organic URLs & Green Sponsored URLs

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:21 AM
    Microsoft is testing different colored URLs for its organic (free) results and its sponsored (paid) results. The organic URL slugs are bold black colored and the sponsored URL slugs are bold green colored.

    Google Search Tests Jobs At Similar Employers

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    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:11 AM
    Google is testing a new job carousel in the search results titled "jobs at similar employers." This likely pulls from the Google Jobs postings schema and more but it can come up if you are just searching for products from that company.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: January 24, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Friday at 7:00 AM
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Volatility, European Manual Actions, Quality Raters Updated, Bing Hides Google & Yahoo AI Chat

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    by rustybrick
    Friday at 5:01 AM
    Google search ranking volatility is heated this week, but some of the tools are having issues tracking them. Google is sending out penalties, manual actions...

    Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gain 11 New Pages

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    by rustybrick
    Friday at 4:51 AM
    On Thursday, January 23rd, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The last time Google updated this document was for the March 2024 spam update changes, over ten months ago. This update seems to focus on on spam and adds some additional details.

    New Google Ads Performance‬‭ Max‬‭ Features

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    by rustybrick
    Friday at 4:41 AM
    Google announced a number of new Google Ads Performance'¬'­ Max'¬'­ features with the aim to provide advertisers with more control, transparency, and actionable insights within Performance Max campaigns, the company said. These include updates around more campaign control, enhanced Search reporting and guidance, and asset group improvements.