Test author names
Kamlesh Shukla found out that Google is now testing author names in the top stories carousel.
Kamlesh Shukla found out that Google is now testing author names in the top stories carousel.
Google announced that it is exploring alternatives to robots.txt. Google also said it is inviting members from the web and AI communities to weigh in on approaches to complementary protocols. This message about robots.txt came after ChatGPT was able to go behind paywalls.
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Barry Schwartz found out that in the new Search Experience Google is showing local inventory in generated answers.
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Google will remove Canadian news links from searches in the country. This change comes after the passage of the Online News Act, which requires online platforms to pay content fees to Canadian news outlets.
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Glenn Gabe spotted that Google is testing or rolling out perspectives directly in the SERP.
Google is testing with a chart of the product price from the past 3 months.
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Google is again testing with larger product images in the SERP.
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Google has updated the knowledge panels in the mobile search results with more card-style results, a larger card at the top, and summary cards.
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Sitemaps helped Google with the discovery of new URLs, and also to help with scheduling new crawls of already discovered URLs. Some feature aspects are becoming less practical so that is why Google is deprecating ping and is recommending the lastmod element.
Sitemaps Pings are going away! Read More »
YouTube is rolling out this beta to a few thousand creators in the coming months. This tool will be available more broadly starting next year.
YouTube A/B Testing for Thumbnails is coming! Read More »