Google Search Launched 2,453 Changes In 2017
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In that CNBC article, Google told them that in 2017 Google ran 31,584 side-by-side experiments with its raters and subsequently launched 2,453 search changes. Of course, the "2,453 search changes" can be small design tweaks and such. Google does not disclose the number of algorithm changes.
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 18, 2018
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Programming Note: Offline Wednesday For Yom Kippur 5779
This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Tuesday night through Wednesday night for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur, everything here will be paused until Thursday morning (or if something is urgent, Wednesday night).
Google Guidelines: Can You Hypnotize Someone For Links?
A funny question came up in a Reddit thread, and I am in the mood for funny right now. The question was, can you hypnotize someone to get links to your web site and if you do, is it against Google's webmaster guidelines? The funny thing is also that John Mueller from Google responded.
Google: Don't Build Sites Where You Need To Test To See How Search Engines React
Google's John Mueller has said on Reddit that it is better to build a site where you know how Google and search engines will treat it then build a site where you are unsure. There isn't always a need to get fancy with your code to the point where you need to go through various tests to make sure Google will crawl, index and rank those pages.
New Google Sitelinks With Image Thumbnails
Google seems to have launched image thumbnails in the sitelinks of the mobile search result snippets. If you search for [bear] on Google mobile search and look at the Sitelinks for the Wikipeida snippet, you will see these images in the Sitelinks carousel.
- Google Image Search Tests Image Refinement Buttons | Sep 18, 2018
- Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2018 | Sep 17, 2018
- Google Responds To Auto-Translated Content Spam Issue; It's About Intent | Sep 17, 2018
- Google: We Index & Rank Content In Accordions & Tabs Fully Despite Some Studies | Sep 17, 2018
- Google Ads Adds Videos To Shopping Ads With Showcase Shopping Ads | Sep 17, 2018
- Google Maps Showing Future Open Dates For Businesses | Sep 17, 2018
- Google My Business Reviews Can Now Be Edited In Local Panel | Sep 17, 2018
- Daily Search Forum Recap: September 14, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018
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