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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 6, 2024

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 6, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. The Google November 2024 core update is finally done rolling out after almost 24 days...

Dec 6, 2024 - 10:00 am
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google November Core Update Done, Chrome Site Engagement Metrics, Canonicals, 21 Years & More

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google November Core Update Done, Chrome Site Engagement Metrics, Canonicals, 21 Years & More

Google’s November 2024 core update was finally completed this week, yesterday to be more exact. This came after even more volatility from early this week. I also posted the big December 2024 Google webmaster report...

Dec 6, 2024 - 8:11 am

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Google Does Try To Handle Broken Canonicals

Google Does Try To Handle Broken Canonicals

With all this talk about clustering and canonicalization today, what about if you get it wrong, or your CMS breaks and serves the wrong thing to Google? We know how consistency and communicating that to Google is super important. Well, Google tries to handle canonicals that seem broken or flat-out wrong.

Dec 6, 2024 - 7:51 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Search: How Clustering Works With Localization

Google Search: How Clustering Works With Localization

As part of the topic of clustering and canonicalization with Google Search today, Allan Scott from Google explained how Google Search's clustering technology works with its localization technology. The answer is, wait for it, "it depends," but let's dig in.

Dec 6, 2024 - 7:41 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Marauding Black Holes With Clustering & Error Pages

Google Marauding Black Holes With Clustering & Error Pages

As part of the topic of clustering and canonicalization with Google Search today, Allan Scott from Google explained what he called "marauding black holes" in Google Search. Where Google's clustering takes in some error pages and they end up in this black hole of sorts in Google Search.

Dec 6, 2024 - 7:31 am