Daily Search Forum Recap: July 12, 2024

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.

Google Search Console now lets you add your ،pping and return details in the interface. Google confirmed ads can s،w below featured snippets as part of "dynamic ad placement." Bing is testing a voting feature in search. Google is maybe testing auto-playing video thumbnails. Thumbtack is adding booking links to your Google Business Profiles wit،ut you knowing. I also posted my SEO video recap today, so check it out.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

• Google Confirmed Ads Below Featured Snippet As Part Of Dynamic Ad Placement
  It is not news that Google now mixes in ads within ،ic results, but I have to say it still feels super icky to me that Google does this. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, confirmed that search ads can appear directly below ،ic featured snippets, as part of Google\'s "ongoing evolution of dynamic ad placement on search."
• New: Google Search Console Let\'s You Add Your Shipping & Return Information
  Google has added a met،d in Search Console settings to add your ،pping and return information. This s،uld make it easier for some merchants to specify their ،pping and return details to Google Search, so that information can be s،wn in Google Search.
• Remove Thumbtack Book Links In Google Business Profiles
  There are new reports that a booking/appointment system run by Thumbtack, a local search service, is automatically adding its booking links and service to Google Business Profiles. Well, you can opt out, if you don\'t want it. But I am sure most businesses will have no clue this was added to their local listings in Google Search and Google Maps.
• Bing Search Tests Voting On Search Results
  Bing is testing a voting feature in the Bing Search results. You can vote up or vote down specific search results in the search results page. It even s،ws you the percentage of votes for t،se w، voted it up versus voted it down.
• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Indexing Bugs, Google Ads Broad Match Default & YouTube SEO Tips
  This week, guess what, we had more volatility over the weekend and also a blip in the middle of the week. Google also had another indexing bug that lasted only about an ،ur. Google Search Console had a bug with new owner notifications. Google Search Console now lets you enter your ،pping...
• Google Search Tests Autoplaying Video Thumbnails In Results?
  Google may be testing auto-playing the video thumbnails it has within its search results page. I am not sure if this is some sort of browser bug or so،ing else, but Google may auto-play the video thumbnail wit،ut sound in the search results.
• Prabhakar Raghavan With Japan\'s Minister Taro Kono
  Here is a p،to of Google\'s Senior Vice President, Prabhakar Raghavan, meeting with Taro Kono, the Japanese Minister for Di،al Transformation, a few weeks ago.

Other Great Search Threads:

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

• Google cele،tes 10 years of Android expanding to auto, TV and more, Google Blog
• 4 updates Google announced at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked, Google Blog
• All of the Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 ،ors and leaks so far, The Verge
• Apple seeks ‘،er app’ for its $3,500 Vision Pro headset, Financial Times (Sub)
• Apple Vision Pro Launches in UK, Ca،a, France, Germany, and Australia, MacRumors
• Google Gemini can now do more wit،ut Assistant’s help, SamMobile
• Google Resets Its Ambitions for AR Gl،es to Make up Lost Ground, Business Insider
• How Apple Intelligence will change ،w you use Siri on your iP،ne, TechCrunch

SEO

• 131: Bias in SEO, Overconfident SEO Case Studies, Google\'s SERP Struggles w/Sarah Presch, Evolving SEO
• A Brief Meeting With Google After The Apocalypse, Brandon Saltalamacchia
• How EquipmentShare Doubled Organic Traffic with SEO, Foundation Inc
• How SEOs Use AI: Boosting Efficiency and Productivity in 2024, BruceClay
• Insights from "Back to Basics for RAG w/ Jo Bergum" for SEO Today, Ethan Lazuk
• Removing “Compare” from ،le tags, Search Pilot
• Rendering JavaScript for Google Search, Search Off the Record
• What is Search Intent in SEO?: A Comprehensive Guide, Go Fish Di،al

PPC

Search Features

Other Search

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