Daily Search Forum Recap: February 16, 2024

Here’s a recap of what occurred within the search boards immediately, by the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and different search boards on the net.

Google says once more, what Google desires to rank properly in search is what customers like, so do what customers like. Google’s proper to be forgotten take down notices now not share particular particulars. Right here is how some SEOs use the hyperlink knowledge inside Google Search Console. Google digital try-on has mannequin peak. Google is testing left aligned logos within the data panel. Plus I posted the weekly search engine optimization video recap.

Search Engine Roundtable Tales:

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Update, Recipe Blogs Drop, Google Hits Reviews & More SEO, PPC and Local
  
  This week, we coated one other unconfirmed Google search rating replace that hit on February 14th and fifteenth. Google has some bugs or adjustments that basically harm recipe bloggers large time proper earlier than the Tremendous Bowl. Google’s featured snippets disappeared for a few hours…
• Google: Google Search Wants What Your Website Users Want
  
  Google’s Danny Sullivan mentioned it once more, in the case of what you do in your web site, Google Search desires what your customers need. Sullivan wrote, “Nearly every part somebody asks about what Google desires, the touchstone is “Is that this what your reader / viewers desires?” As a result of that’s what Google desires. ”
• How SEOs Use Google Search Console Link Data
  
  How do you utilize the hyperlink knowledge inside Google Search Console? That’s what John Mueller of Google requested earlier this month, and he bought a pleasant listing of makes use of for the hyperlink knowledge inside the Search Console.
• Google Removed Details From Right To Be Forgotten EU Takedown Notices
  
  Google has up to date its proper to be forgotten EU takedown notices and particulars to not present the precise URLs and to cease notifying publishers of those requests. It is a large change from how these initially labored again in 2014.
• Google Search Virtual Try-On Models Now Displays Model Height
  
  In June, Google launched digital try-on fashions to some clothes
• Google Tests Left Aligned Logo In Knowledge Panel
  
  Google appears to be testing aligning the brand to the left in some data panels inside the search outcomes. Usually the brand would present up on the correct high nook, however now Google is testing the brand on the left high nook.
• Google Colored Latte Pattern
  
  Here’s a latte made on the Google workplace, it has the Google colours and a tree sample. I lately discovered this on Instagram however it’s truly from over six years in the past.

Different Nice Search Threads:

• Also, I’m seeing a new SGE test with more links in the SGE answer. We have seen tests like this in the past, but it just showed up this AM for me. The dashed links say, “More about {topic…}” when you hover over them or click them., Glenn Gabe on X
• Good thing we are working for our users 🙂 As long as they are happy and can tell the difference…, Mikhail Parakhin on X
• Impacted the HCU? There seems to be a bit of confusion about if the helpful content update can impact Discover visibility. YES, IT CAN. Google even included that in their documentation about the HCU (see below). And here’s a good example… Site flatlined, Glenn Gabe on X
• Launching our new series: How Search Works! Join @methode from Google’s Search team as he demystifies the world of Google Search. Subscribe on YouTube to never miss an episode! → https://t.co/mKiDLczoOS #GoogleSear, Google Search Central on X
• Microsoft Bing might be putting a special spotlight on software and apps in their SERPs: a potentially new element is displaying buttons for download or install., Frank Sandtmann on Mastodon
• Tip: use unique and descriptive HTML title tag, and relevant META description that summarizes your main content, and HTML5 semantic elements as main to help detect your webpage primary content: This maximizes the c, Fabrice Canel on X
• Welcome back, today we’re going to wrap up what we’ve covered so far this week ahead of strengthened user consent policy enforcement starting in March., AdsLiaison on X

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