Google improves error classification in video indexing report
The total number of errors should not change, this is just a reclassification of those errors.
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The total number of errors should not change, this is just a reclassification of those errors.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm ETThis report no longer requires structured data and if Google finds products in your content, it may show in this report starting January 6th going forward.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 19, 2023 at 6:56 am ETThe update started on December 5th and completed 38 days later on January 12th.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 12, 2023 at 2:19 pm ETThat's a wrap, the second Google algorithm update this month is done rolling out.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 12, 2023 at 2:18 pm ETIn short, don't produce content that is written just for search ranking.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 12, 2023 at 9:57 am ETInitially launched about a decade ago, now Apple is adding numerous features for businesses, including messaging.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 11, 2023 at 11:09 am ETAlso, Google will no longer support custom call to actions.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 11, 2023 at 8:16 am ETGoogle said these updates may take one to two weeks longer to complete.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 6, 2023 at 4:22 pm ETGoogle says headlines should be concise, eliminates 110 character limit.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 4, 2023 at 7:59 am ETMicrosoft wouldn't comment, but this feature could launch in the next couple of months.
Barry Schwartz | Jan 4, 2023 at 7:08 am ETGoogle introduced a brand new ranking algorithm this year, the helpful content update but pushed the same number of official updates in 2022 as it did in 2021.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 27, 2022 at 9:02 am ETAfter a couple years of testing, Microsoft said it will stop using the old BingBot user agent next month.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 21, 2022 at 1:19 pm ETThe data providers sent us data looking at the Google Search results over the last couple of weeks.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm ETGoogle announced this as a pilot feature in India, but some in the U.S. are also seeing it.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 20, 2022 at 8:13 am ETGoogle said this feature is no longer needed these days, as providers and devices are now faster.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 19, 2022 at 8:13 am ETThe holidays are approaching and SEOs are worried that we might get another core update by year end.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 16, 2022 at 12:12 pm ETAdd an E to E-A-T with experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 15, 2022 at 12:00 pm ETBut will it be replaced by the Google Search Console "content ideas" feature?
Barry Schwartz | Dec 15, 2022 at 7:59 am ETThis update is rolling out now for the next couple weeks, while the helpful content is still rolling out.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 14, 2022 at 12:22 pm ETThis report will confirm if there is an issue with crawling, indexing or serving with Google Search.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 14, 2022 at 6:44 am ETThis new document explains the most common user interface elements of Google web search page.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 13, 2022 at 12:21 pm ETThis feature looks and feels a lot like the Google Question Hub.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 9, 2022 at 12:27 pm ETThis started on December 5th, in the search performance report in Google Search Console.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 8, 2022 at 8:23 am ETThis update adds new signals and also brings the helpful content update globally for all languages.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 6, 2022 at 11:45 am ETAs previewed at the Search On event, now these new related topics options can show in the top far filter options.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 5, 2022 at 3:00 pm ETThis is now rolling out for English / U.S. search results.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 5, 2022 at 12:35 pm ETGoogle has also retired the DuplexWeb-Google web crawler.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 5, 2022 at 8:03 am ETGoogle Search Console said click and impression data may appear to increase because of this update.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 1, 2022 at 7:15 am ETIf you find ways to get around Google's spam measures, Google may take action on your content, site or account anyway.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 21, 2022 at 6:47 pm ETGoogle also lists the algorithms that are no longer being used for search rankings.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 21, 2022 at 10:26 am ETThere are reports of an increase in fraudulent ownership requests, so be careful.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 18, 2022 at 10:22 am ETMultisearch for food, Google Lens translation, AR beauty and shoes, Maps live view search and more.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 17, 2022 at 9:00 am ETThis gives you more details on your product snippets, merchant listings and the shopping tab listings.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 16, 2022 at 9:58 am ETAt SMX Next, Google revealed that, years ago, the Panda algorithm was replaced with an updated algorithm called Coati
Barry Schwartz | Nov 15, 2022 at 11:24 am ETCommas will continue to work but Google is specifically recommending you use dots over commas.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 15, 2022 at 8:07 am ETA bug with automatically applied suggested edits leads to some businesses seeing all their reviews vanish from Google.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 14, 2022 at 11:05 am ETThis was a reporting bug on October 23rd and did not impact the actual search results.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 10, 2022 at 7:58 am ETAs Google better understands how the content fits in within the context of the whole web, links might not be as necessary.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 4, 2022 at 7:59 am ETBetween October 18th and October 28th, Google Search had a bug with top stories and other search features.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 3, 2022 at 11:16 am ETGoogle rarely changes its desktop home page but today it did.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 1, 2022 at 1:21 pm ET