20 Years Covering The Search Industry

Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2023

Dec 3, 2023 • 8:27 am | (0) by Barry Schwartz

Hanukkah (aka Chanukah) starts this coming Thursday night, December 7th. Google has added its Hanukkah decorations to the Google Search results interface to celebrate. Google does this every year and I expect to see the same rollout in the coming weeks for Christmas and Kawanzaa but for now, since Chanukah is in the coming days, we have the Hanukkah decorations live at Google Search.

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 1, 2023

Dec 1, 2023 • 4:00 pm | (0) by Barry Schwartz

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.

I am celebrating the 20th year anniversary of writing about search - well...

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Done Followed By Intense Search Volatility, New Structured Data, Google Ads Head Steps Down & 20 Years Covering Search

Dec 1, 2023 • 8:01 am | (0) by Barry Schwartz

Google's November 2023 core update finally finished rolling out this week, and it was the longest core update rollout. Then, a day later...

Google Discover Showing Older Content Since Follow Feature

Dec 1, 2023 • 7:41 am | (3) by Barry Schwartz

Typically, Google Discover shows content that is less than a day old, but it can show content that is weeks, months, or even years old. However, typically, Google will show more recent content in the Discover feed. Well, that may have changed with the new Google follow feature.

Google Pay Accepted Labels In Google Search Results

Dec 1, 2023 • 7:31 am | (2) by Barry Schwartz

Google seems to be testing a Google Pay Accepted label or icon in the Google search results. This label has the super G logo followed by the words "Pay accepted" words next to search result snippets that support Google Pay and notate such in their structured data.