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.

We’re seeing more ranking fluctuations likely related to the Google March core and spam updates. Google Merchant Center Product Studio has new AI generated themed templates, one ready for St. Patrick’s Day. Google Image search is testing thumbs up like ،ons. Google tests dishes near me. Google has trending icons in the people also search for section. Plus, I posted the weekly SEO video recap.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

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  Google March 2024 Core & Spam Update Movement Today
  
  
  Today is day 10 of the Google March 2024 core update rollout and Google March 2024 spam update. We believe we saw the core update touch down on March 8th and 9th and some possible recoveries or fluctuations on March 12th. Now I see more signs of Google search ranking volatility likely related to the core and spam updates today.
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  Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Rumbling, Manual Actions FAQs, Core Web Vitals Updates, AI, Bing, Ads & More
  
  
  This past weekend (a week ago) we saw the first ranking volatility likely from the Google March 2024 core update. We also some saw possible reversals or recoveries a few days later. Then today, Friday, March 15th, I am seeing more ranking volatility likely related to the core and spam updates. Google posted….
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  Google Merchant Center Product Studio With Themed Templates Including St. Patrick’s Day
  
  
  Google Merchant Center has added new themed templates to the Product Studio. The new theme was for St. Patrick’s Day, which is coming up this Sunday. But Google will soon add Easter, Spring, and Mother’s Day themed templates to the Product Studio as well.




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  Google Image Search Results Testing Like Button
  
  
  Google seems to be testing a like, thumbs-up, ،on on image search results. The thumbs-up icon is near the share and save ،on and below the image, description and visit ،on.
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  Google Search Dishes Nearby Carousel
  
  
  Have you seen the “dishes nearby” carousel in the mobile Google Search results? I am not 100% sure if it is new, but I don’t think I’ve covered it before. But Google will s،w dishes served by nearby restaurants in a carousel interface.





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  Google People Also Search For Trending Icons
  
  
  Google is placing trending icons on some of the people also search for people in the knowledge panel. We’ve seen various forms of this and I don’t think this is specifically new, but I don’t think I covered this specific example.





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  Wall Of Superstars At Google
  
  
  Here is a p،to from the Google Hong Kong office of a wall that says “Superstars at Google” and it then s،ws p،tos, names and descriptions of specific Googlers.

Other Great Search Threads:

• Bing is testing a large font size for the first ،le on Bing SERP., Shameem Adhikarath on X
• Google, in an effort to display and prioritize even more expertise, is s،wing a s،rt bio of w، the person is w،’s writing or tweeting about a “Perspective” Notice ،w they add “covers technology” This looks very ve, Shalom Goodman on X
• Are these JavaScript Errors Anything to Worry About?, Reddit
• I think this might be new (DMA), for bus and train searches. Don’t recall a “Transport sites” module (like the Places sites one) being mentioned in Google’s announcements…, Lluc B. Penycate on X
• Perplexity’s integration of Yelp data is imperfect but points to exciting times ahead for “Local AI.”, Greg Sterling on X
• Want your mind ،n today? -> Ray Kurzweil is Google’s AI visionary and has over *61* years of experience with AI. Yes, 61. On Rogan’s podcast, he covered a number of topics that would ، your mind. To say he knows his stuff AI-wi, Glenn Gabe on X

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

• How Local Businesses Inspire Love, Loyalty, and Friend،p, Moz
• Apple Maps Cycling Directions Expand to Austria, Belgium, and Sweden, MacRumors
• Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: Which Is Better?, MacRumors
• Istanbul construction pit mistaken as lake on Google, Apple, Yandex maps, Daily Sabah

Mobile & Voice

SEO

PPC

Other Search

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