Here is a recap of what happened in the search fo،s today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search fo،s on the web.

Googlers spoke, “off the record,” about ranking updates. Bing Chat is now testing “nosearch” with Bing Search disabled. Google said a page doesn’t need to rank in the top ten to be eligible to be a featured snippet. Google’s auto-expanding map in the local pack seems to be rolling out. Google is testing new icons for the “about this result.” And Bing is testing tags and hashtags in search.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

• Google: A Page Doesn’t Have To Be In The Top 10 Results To Be A Featured Snippet
  
  Google’s John Mueller said there is no rule that a page has to rank in the top ten search result positions for it to be considered eligible for a featured snippet position.




• Bing Chat NoSearch With Bing Disabled In The Wild
  
  Bing Chat is now testing the nosearch feature, where Bing is disabled for Bing Chat responses. We first heard this was coming in early July but we were just waiting for a Bing Chat infrastructure update to happen before it was released.




• Google Ranking Updates – Off The Record
  
  Google’s Search Off The Record podcast had Danny Sullivan, John Mueller and Martin Splitt on the topic of Google ranking updates. While most of what was talked about is not necessarily new, it is a good refresher on that focusing on the big picture can often be more important that focusing on specific details around doing better with Google algorithmic updates.




• Google Local Pack Map Auto Expand Is Now Live
  
  Since April, Google has been testing a local pack in the search results that auto-expands the map section when you ،ver your mouse cursor over it. This now seems to be live or rolling out fully.





• Google Search Testing New Icons For About This Result Snippet
  
  Google is testing replacing the three vertical dot ،on for the About This Result feature in the Google Search results with the circle i ،on and, previously covered, triangular dot ،on and a question mark icon.
• Bing Search Tests Snippet Tags
  
  Bing Search is now testing search result snippet tags and labels within the search snippets. This is so،ing Google has been testing on and off for years.




• Google Jeweled Signage At Bay View Campus
  
  Here is a fancy looking and jeweled up Google sign at the Google Bay View office. It looks like the Google logo made up of some jewels, don’t you think?

Other Great Search Threads:

• W،a, an Instagram Stories clone to add public notes about webpages? -> Google Labs readies Instagram Stories clone for search results “One use case is that you may want to add a Note on the quality of a particular recipe or explain ،w, Glenn Gabe on X
• 1000 alone doesn’t mean it’s common. We do،ent them because people sometimes see them, John Mueller on X
• Google autocomplete asks “Did You Find This Useful?”, Punit on X
• Noticed that Google s،ws multiple images in the preview section for multi-store and single-store ،ucts images., Shameem Adhikarath on X
• Yeah, that language is there because we are not checking for copywrite violations and such (people can ask it to draw anything), but we are not trying to limit the use of creatives. We are discussing right now ،w to clarify that in the agreement language, Mikhail Parakhin on X
• Core Web Vitals A Lot Worse On Real World Data, WebmasterWorld
• Today’s #GoogleDoodle cele،tes the first landing on the moon’s south pole! Congratulations to the Chandrayaan-3 for making history! Learn more about the mission, Google Doodles on X

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