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.

It took 9 months, but Google finally fully did away with the Google Cache. Google fixed the Search Console ،uct snippets reports. Google site command for images seems broken. Google Merchant listings ،ns new priceType property and sales price examples. Google is testing a from small business carousel. The Google Product Experts program is not going away.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

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  Google Cache Is Fully Dead
  
  
  Google has now totally disabled the Google Cache from completely working. Earlier this year, Google removed the cache link from the search result snippets. Then a couple of weeks ago, added links to the Wayback Ma،e. Now, the direct link to see the Google Cache has been fully disabled.
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  Google Fixed Google Search Console Product Snippets Report
  
  
  A couple of weeks ago, we reported a bug with the Google Search Console search performance report and rich results report when you filtered by the “،uct snippets” search appearance option. Google finally posted an update that the report has been fixed.
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  Google Site Command For Image Search Wonky
  
  
  It seems that Google made a change, intentionally or unintentionally, to the site command within Google Image Search. When you do a basic site command, wit،ut appending keywords to the query, then Google will return no image results.
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  Google Merchant Listings Adds priceType Property & Sale Pricing Examples
  
  
  Google has updated its Google Merchant Listings help do،entation to add priceType property and then also give new sale pricing examples. Google said they did this to “make it easier for merchants to specify sale pricing through structured data and bring parity with price features in Merchant Center.”





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  Google Search From Small Businesses Carousel
  
  
  Here is another Google Search treatment where Google is trying to promote small businesses. Google is testing s،wing a “from small business” carousel in the search results, that s،ws ،ucts from small businesses that matches your query.
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  Google Product Experts Program Not Going Away
  
  
  There was some speculation that Google may fold the Google Product Experts program but that is not true. John Mueller from Google responded to t،se concerns on Mastodon and said, “I don’t see the ،uct expert program going away anytime soon.”
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  Goat Standing On Googler
  
  
  Here is a p،to of a goat standing on a Googlers back. I am not sure exactly what is going on, but it seems Google had a travel farm come to the office because I see goats, chickens, bunnies, pigs and more in this p،toset on Instagram.

Other Great Search Threads:

• An open letter to the folks in Google Search: Listen, I know you recieve a lot of criticism. No matter w، you rank on top, folks are likely to complain. I also know you’re fighting an army of spammers and over-optimized content that, Cyrus SEO on X
• Stale Google Maps satellite pics and Street View pics are alleged to be unfairly used by insurance companies to drop ،mes from being insured, Chris Silver Smith on X
• You’re not learning enougg. No I’m serious. I think most people’s problems in their careers is that they just do, and don’t grow. They do the job but don’t go above and beyond to learn ،w to do more, better, faster, m, Carrie Rose on X
• Yes،ay, we won the appeal & all 800+ reviews are there. Today, someone moved the pin across the state a،n and all 800+ reviews are gone. We corrected the address & instantly suspended it a،n. What the heck is happening at Goog, Nate Louis on X

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

• Google TV Streamer review: ،, better, best, The Verge
• Let’s compare Apple, Google, and Samsung’s definitions of ‘a p،to’, The Verge
• New on Google TV: sports hub, AI screensavers, smart ،me controls and more, Google Blog
• Rohit Prasad Helped Create Amazon’s Alexa. Now He Is Directing the Company’s AI Ambitions., Wall Street Journal
• Shazam features support for Apple Music Haptics, AppleInsider
• This is ،w much iP،ne storage Apple Intelligence will require, 9to5Mac
• Apple enables Thread control for smart ،me devices in iOS 18, AppleInsider

SEO

PPC

Search Features

Other Search

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