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.
Google has a problem with Nazi stuff showing up in the search results, Google said it is a priority. Google's interesting finds feature is missing, Glenn Gabe discovered. Google Search is testing highly rated by users search carousel. Google is testing a things to do carousel overlay. Google reminded us that third party reviews are not to be marked up with structured data.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google's Interesting Finds SERP Feature Goes Missing From The Search Results - Maybe It Wasn't Interesting To Users Anymore
It seems that Google's Interesting Finds feature has been removed from the mobile search results. I'm not sure when it was removed exactly, but the removal could have happened a while ago. I realized this while analyzing the SERPs for several clients that once had a number of listings ranking in the Interesting Finds feature. After noticing the removal of the module, it hit me that I haven't seen Interesting Finds in some time... - Google Tests Things To Do Overlay Over Search Results
Google is testing a new user interface for the "Things to do" carousel. In this test, Google is overlaying the results on top of the search results, instead of taking you into a new page and set of search results. - Google Highly Rated By Users Search Carousel
Google is testing a new carousel in the mobile search results named "Highly rated by users." This will show product results that have, um, high ratings from user reviews. - Reminder: Don't Markup 3rd Party Reviews With Structured Data
As a reminder, back in 2016, Google updated its guidelines for using schema markup on your site with third-party reviews. Google reminded us in 2018 that this is not in accordance with their rich results guidelines. And now, John Mueller of Google reminded us again - he said "You can't mark up 3rd party reviews with structured data." - Google: Removal Of Nazi Stuff In Google Search Results Is A Priority
Last Thursday, June 30th, a lot of folks across social media began to talk about how a search for [desk ornament] in Google Image Search brought up Swastikas, German Nazi items and more really horrible items. Danny Sullivan from Google escalated the issue to the Google Search team and said this is a priority for Google to fix. But just almost a week later, the results seem to still appear. - Urs Hölzle At Google Zurich
Urs Hölzle, Google's 8th employee and Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, visited the Google office in Zurich, Switzerland the other day. Uri is one of the most prominent active Google em
Other Great Search Threads:
- Before People also ask, now I have saw "People Also Search For" two times in mobile serp. Here is the video in action, Khushal Bherwani on Twitter
- Does the homepage of sub-folder doestn't exist hurt SEO? : TechSEO, Reddit
- SEO guys. I can see schema links linked with "sameAs" and "url" in my GSC external links report., Christian Radny on Twitter
- Does this product require the used item filter option?, Shameem Adhikarath on Twitter
- What Google needs to do in 2022 and beyond for the sake of humankind, WebmasterWorld
- Without knowing the details, that sounds like we're just not able to fetch all the files from your server for a live test. The live test is generally done with a shorter time, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Microsoft launches Merchant Promotions Coupons
- Microsoft launches auto-updates for shopping campaigns
- 5 ways content helps create a better user experience
- 20220706 SEL Brief
- TikTok abandons plans to bring shopping to the U.S.
- Why you should invest in branded keywords even if your company ranks #1 on Google
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- 8 Mistakes to Avoid with Google Tag Manager Server-Side Tagging, Measure Minds Group
- How To Find Your Best Performing Pages In GA4, Koozai
Industry & Business
- Google balks at 'excessive' fee request in sanctions dustup, Reuters
- Google News Showcase continues to grow in the UK, Google Blog
- Supporting news innovation in the Asia Pacific region, Google Blog
Links & Content Marketing
- Follow This Purpose-Driven Path to Greater SEO Success, Content Marketing Institute
- How We Used a Video Course to Promote Ahrefs (And Got 500K+ Views), Ahrefs
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- A new wave of digital assistants aims to transform the future of work, Fortune
- BMW Will Integrate Android Automotive Without Google's Help, Voicebot
SEO
- Resources You Need to Build a Strong SEO Strategy, Deepcrawl
- Save time in SEO with these 6 tips, Yoast
- SEO for Images: How to Optimize Images for Search, SEO Clarity
- SEOCausal: Measuring the impact of small but impactful changes using causal impact, Builtvisible
- What Are The Common SEO Mistakes?, SEOSLY
- Why doesn’t my website appear in some regions or countries?, Oncrawl
- How Can I Tell If Google Has Indexed My Site?, SEOSLY
PPC
- Google Ads Performance Max: 10 Dos, Don’ts, Watchouts & Workarounds, WordStream
- How to Level Up Your Product Sales Using Product Listing Ads?, PPC Expo
Other Search
- Zero Search Volume Keywords with Mark Williams Cook, RankRanger
- Charlie Hill's 71st Birthday, Google
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