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    Google Sitelinks Search Box Now Really Gone

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Google told us that the Sitelinks search box would stop working within Google Search on November 21st. Well, it finally stopped working a week later on November 27th, in the afternoon.

    Google Maps Adds Report Business Conduct To Report Review Manipulation

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Google has launched a new report form in Google Maps to "report business conduct." Specifically, this form is to report businesses that offer incentives in exchange for reviews, or pressuring people to leave reviews.

    Google Business Profiles Guidelines Updated: Storefronts Required For Minimum Age Products

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Google has updated its Google Business Profiles guidelines to say that businesses associated with products or services that require the customer to be a certain minimum age are not permitted as service-area businesses without a storefront.

    Google On Giving Prior Notice To Search Penalties

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Google's John Mueller said he was generally in favor to the idea of giving prior notice to receiving a manual action, but he said "it's challenging." John then explains that Google's search algorithm try to reward sites, while also negating any benefit any spam may have - but not demote. But that may have dodged the specific question provided.

    Bing Webmaster Tools Shows Data For Bing & Yahoo; Not ChatGPT

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Bing Webmaster Tools shows search data for Bing Search and Yahoo Search but not OpenAI's ChatGPT search feature. I actually forgot that Bing Webmaster Tools has Yahoo Search data but that was the deal when Yahoo closed Site Explorer in 2011 and I guess that deal still lives on.

    Google Ads More Sponsored Results Button In Search

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 29, 2024
    Google is testing displaying a button in Google Search to load more ads. The button reads, "More sponsored results" and when clicked, it can load more ads, if Google has more to serve.

    Thanksgiving & Google November 2024 Core Update

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 28, 2024
    Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, so I was planning on not posting anything - since most of you just want to enjoy your time with your family. But I felt I needed to (1) showcase the Thanksgiving Doodle that (2) resembles the volatility of the Google Search results with the Google November 2024 core update still not being complete before Thanksgiving and likely Black Friday.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: November 27, 2024

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 27, 2024
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Are Google Search Results More Personalized?

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 27, 2024
    There is some speculation within the SEO and search community that Google's search results have recently become more personalized and tailored. This is based on people comparing the search results to being logged into Google and signed out of Google.

    Google Ads New Conversation Started Column For Message Assets

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    by rustybrick
    Nov 27, 2024
    Google Ads has a new column named "conversation started" for message assets, like WhatsApp messaging, through Google Ads. Clicking on a WhatApp button in Google Ads will trigger the "conversation started" metric in Google Ads.