It seems Google has fully removed the number of results found, the results count, from the Google Search results page. It was removed from the Google Search Generative Experience last June and Google has been testing removing it for ages but not it seems fully gone. Update; it appears to still be on the page … Read more
Google is once again investigating issues with recipe images and other images not showing for some sites within the Google Search results. We reported on several issues with recipe sites several weeks ago and it seems to be happening again for some of these sites. I am not sure if it is related to Google … Read more
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Google announced a new carousel rich result that can be used for local businesses, products, and events which will show a scrolling horizontal carousel displaying all of the items in the list. It’s very flexible and can even be used to create a top things to do in a city list that combines hotels, restaurants, … Read more
Google is testing fading in the text of the search result snippets as you scroll down to see more search results. The text is a light gray, and then it becomes a more solid black as you scroll toward that search result snippet. This was spotted by Brodie Clark who shared this on X – … Read more
Google is testing a “Chat with a live agent” button in the search result snippets. We have seen Google place the “Chat with a live agent” button in the local pack and local panels before but I don’t believe we have seen it in a search result snippet. Here is a screenshot of the Chat … Read more
We have seen Google show product images in snippets in many variations over the years. Now Google is at it again but not just with products but also local listings. The weird thing is that these listings go to product listing pages and not the products themselves. This new version looks somewhat different and I … Read more
Microsoft is testing a new style for when someone hovers their mouse cursor over a search result snippet in the Bing Search results. Bing will add a shadow effect to that snippet on hover over. This was spotted by Frank Sandtmann who posted about it on Mastodon. Frank wrote, “Bing is testing shadows for titles … Read more
Optimizing for E-E-A-T is challenging because these signals rely heavily on external validation. Simply proclaiming your own expertise and trustworthiness is not enough. What other sites say about you carries more weight. This explains the long history of link building in SEO. Links still matter for quantifying E-E-A-T. But amassing links solely for quantity won’t … Read more
Google has made a number of updates to its how-to control your snippets in search results to clarify that the snippets are primarily generated using the page content. Google removed the section about rich results and structured data on that page. Google explained, that they have clarified in those documents “that the primary source of … Read more
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