Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues Post Core Update
The Google November 2024 core update finished on December 5th, but we have continued to see search ranking volatility after the update was finished. That ranking volatility seemed to spike more over the weekend. Did you notice any big ranking movement over the weekend?
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 11, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Google Search Console New Date Picker & 24-Hour View
This morning we reported about weirdness with the Search Console performance report date picker. Well, maybe it is related to Google just rolling out a new date picker and 24-hour report that shows data by hour.
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Google Shopping Product Details With Track Price, Save & Share Buttons
Google is testing adding the ability to track prices, share and save products you are looking at in Google Search and Google Shopping. Google added these buttons for track price, share and save after you click on an individual product within the Google Search results.
Google Search Console Performance Report Compare Dates Bug
Google Search Console has a bug with its date picker, when you want to compare two date ranges. It seems to default to the last month of data in most cases, not all. Google's John Mueller will escalate the issue to the team and hopefully it will be fixed soon (or by the time this is published).
Google Video Search Tests Dropping YouTube Channel & Upload Date
Google's video search results seem to be testing removing the YouTube channel name and video upload date from the search results snippet. I am not sure why Google would remove these important details from the search listings, but I guess Google likes to test these things.
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