Daily Search Forum Recap: June 3, 2024

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

There was numerous Google Search rating volatility over the weekend once more, nothing confirmed from Google… I posted the month-to-month Google webmaster report for June – wow was it a loopy month. Google values the suggestions and doesn’t get upset over it, they are saying. I posted a small case research on learn how to get into the Google AI Overviews. Google could also be renaming Google Uncover to Google Dwelling. Google stated its spam studies don’t result in particular person motion.

Search Engine Roundtable Tales:

• June 1st Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility
  
  Google has been tremendous risky over the previous a number of weeks and now I’m seeing much more volatility contact down on the primary day of June, this previous Saturday. It really was a fairly heated weekend, with most of the instruments exhibiting excessive volatility and the chatter throughout the search engine marketing neighborhood was unusually excessive for a weekend.
• June 2024 Google Webmaster Report
  
  What a completely wild month in Google Land – between the Google Search API leak, the extraordinary rating volatility in Might, and AI Overviews launching and all of the hoopla round that. Let’s not neglect the continued core replace, the location popularity abuse, the Search Console bugs and a lot extra.
• SEOing Into Google’s AI Overviews
  
  A bunch of SEOs at the moment are experimenting with how they will present up within the Google AI Overviews, not simply take away themselves from AI Overviews. Cyrus Shepard posted a “mini case research” on X, exhibiting how he was in a position to work his web site into the AI Overviews.
• PSA: Google Doesn’t Take Direct Action Over Violations Submitted Via Spam Reports
  
  As a reminder, Google has reiterated that when Google receives a search spam report, it doesn’t take direct motion in opposition to the violation or violating web site. As an alternative, Google makes use of that suggestions to its spam detection programs that hopefully will take motion algorithmically sooner or later in opposition to the violation.
• Google: We’re Not Upset With Those Who Share Constructive Feedback Of Our Search Results
  
  Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, stated on X, “you or anybody who shares constructive suggestions about our outcomes shouldn’t really feel like we might be upset with them.” He went on to clarify that “complaints and suggestions are alternatives.”
• Google App To Rename Discover To Home & Browse?
  
  Google appears to be testing renaming Google Uncover to perhaps Google Dwelling or perhaps Google Browse. I imply, it isn’t stunning Google would renamed Uncover to one thing else. Uncover was beforehand named the Google feed and I feel earlier than that it was Google Now.
• Statue Of Liberty Balloon Sculpture At Google NYC
  
  Right here is a photograph from the Google workplace in New York Metropolis the place they’d this balloon sculpture of the Statue of Liberty. I discovered this on Instagram the place the one who posted it wrote “Welcoming workers to the NYC workplace requires an applicable balloon sculpture.”

Different Nice Search Threads:

• I’m seeing a surge in Google linking to wrong social profiles in panels. In the screenshots below the socials that I highlighted (blue pointer) are not their real accounts and it seems like these are managed by someone else. Arou, Gagan Ghotra on X
• I made a website for the Google leaks which includes search functions, AI overviews (just for @lilyraynyc) and a terrible design. I hope fellow SEOs find it as useful as I have. Again, thanks to @iPullRank for his fantastic work on this d, Matt on X
• Interested in the Google data leak? Of course you are. This is pretty cool. Search and filter the data based on several criteria. Just started testing it out but could be helpful for those wanting to dig in further -> The Google Sea, Glenn Gabe on X
• AdSense Earnings and Observations – June 2024, WebmasterWorld
• Google moved the “Recent match” section above — now displayed as a card in a football player’s knowledge panel. Live stats available as well., Radu Oncescu on X
• Google trying to fix its search engine by adding inaccurate AI answers, Courageous on X
• I think Perplexity is on it’s way to pull-off the biggest Programmatic SEO play based on AI written content. I’ll be watching this very closely. Here is one example:, Mihir Naik on X
• Is Google Enabling Negative SEO Attacks?, Reddit

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search engine marketing

• AI Overviews by Google and how Yoast SEO helps you prepare, Yoast
• AI Overviews: What Are They & How Do They Affect SEO?, Semrush
• Guaranteed SEO Services: Here’s the Only SEO Guarantee That’s Not a Scam, Ahrefs
• How to track your AI Overviews Inclusions and Traffic Impact [Paid & Free Methods], Aleyda Solis
• Leveraging Google’s Content Warehouse API for Structured Annotation, Semantic Analysis and Feature Tagging, MarketMuse
• What the Google Search data leak means for SEO, DAC
• What we learned from the huge Google Search leak, The Verge
• 4 Insights From the Google Leak — Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• Google’s AI Overview: In-Depth Guide into How it Works, Wealthy Sanger search engine marketing
• How one change to Google search blew up one independent publisher, Platformer
• Marketplace SEO: A beginner’s guide, Blue Array search engine marketing
• Rand Fishkin interview on the importance and learnings from the Google Search Leak, YouTube NearMedia
• SEO in the newsroom: Tips from the SEO for News meetup, Wix search engine marketing Hub
• The Real Impact of AI Overviews, search engine marketing for Google Information
• NEW: Search Modifiers in SparkToro V2 Make It Easy to Analyze Your Audience’s Search Intent, SparkToro

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