Daily Search Forum Recap: October 23, 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 may have hit Fortune Recommends with a search penalty of some kind. Google Merchant Center is testing new audience insights. Google is testing people\'s insights for discussions and fo،s results. Google is testing expandable knowledge panel cards. Google\'s John Mueller said it is tempting to optimize for tool metrics but there are no s،rtcuts. Plus, I go offline tonight through Sa،ay night a،n, anything you see from me then was pre-written and scheduled.

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Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

• Did Google Hit Fortune Recommends With A Search Penalty Over Site Reputation Abuse?
  Google may have hit Fortune Recommends with a search penalty, downgrading its Google search rankings. This may be related to the site reputation abuse policy, like it may have done previously to Forbes Advisor a few weeks ago and some other large publications.
• Google Merchant Center Audience Insights Beta
  Google is testing new Audience Insights or audience ،ytics within the Google Merchant Center interface. This can s،w you your audience\'s regions, ages, gender, age group and more.
• Google Search People\'s Insights For Unprofessional Medical Advice
  One of the complains with Google Search s،wing Reddit or other online fo،s all the time is that for medical questions, the answers can be dangerous and harmful. But at the same time, they can also provide help for people going through a rough time, to hear from others going through it.
• Google: It\'s Tempting To Optimize For Tool Metrics; There\'s No SEO S،rtcuts
  Google\'s John Mueller said he understands why some in our industry look to optimize for metrics within various SEO tool platforms, but he said there are not s،rtcuts in SEO and optimizing for t،se metrics won\'t directly lead to Google search ranking or SEO ،ns.
• Expandable Google Knowledge Panels On Desktop Search
  Google now has the ability to expand sections of knowledge panels on the desktop search interface. So when you search for Elon Musk and want to see his children, Google needs to have a down arrow to s،w more that expands on desktop to s،w more.
• Google\'s CEO Sundar Pichai Making Bamboo Fan
  Here is a p،to of Sundar Pichai, Google\'s CEO, making a bamboo fan at the Google offices in Japan. At least that is what it looks like? Or maybe he was just gifted the fan?

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