Gary Illyes from Google has posted a blog entry on the Google Webmaster blog, touching on Googlebot and crawl budget issues that site owners might have. First, it is important to note that not all site owners will be impacted by crawl budget issues. For the most part, sites with 4,000 or fewer URLs generally […]
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Google AdWords Testing 3 Product PLAs at Top of Search Results
Google is testing a reduced number of Product Listing Ads showing at the top of the search results. While we usually see 6 items, and often a carousel, seeing only three items is a bit unusual, especially when there are more products available that could be shown. What I find most interesting about these is […]
Google AdWords Expands Product Listing Ads on Right Sidebar
It looks like Google is expanding the size of the Product Listing Ads on the right sidebar of the search results. There are now some PLAs displayed with three rows of products, up from the usual two. When Google shows Product Listing Ads (aka Shopping Ads) in the search results, we either see one row […]
Publish Recipes? Google Just Changed the Image Size Requirements in Schema
If you publish recipes on your website, you will want to pay attention to this change. Google is increased the minimum image size required to show a recipe thumbnail in the Google search results. The change size is not huge, but if you use a plugin that created a specially sized thumbnail image for the […]
Google Switches to New UI Style & Font Worldwide
Google has made the switch to a brand new UI style for all users. The new style, which has been tested over the past few months, has been made permanent. It is easiest to tell if you have the new UI or not by looking right under the search box. If you see the “Settings” […]
Google Testing Another News Card Styles in Desktop Search Results
Google is testing yet another card style in the Google desktop results for their “Top Stories” news related listings. This test is quite distinctive because it does have some mobile elements, with it being in the card format. But it isn’t displayed carousel style and Google has removed the images from the test. So while […]
Google Adds “Buy e-Book” Options to Book Knowledge Panels
Google has launched new “buy e-books online” feature in the Google knowledge panel for books. These first showed up for book related searches on Friday morning. Here is what it looks like: The most interesting thing about these is that they seem to be organic results and NOT paid. They do not have a sponsored […]
Google Testing New Card Style News in Desktop Search Results
Google is testing a new card style of news results in the regular Google search results on desktop. These cards are somewhat similar to what you see on mobile, except that they are not a carousel. Here is what it looks like: The title above the news card results translates to “headlines”, as in news […]
Google Testing Mobile Local Knowledge Panel on Desktop
Google is testing a new style of the local knowledge panel on desktop, which is actually the mobile version of the knowledge panel. Here is how it appears, the primary difference in the photos at the top being displayed carousel style rather than the desktop style: With the mobile style, it is also missing the […]
Google’s Pilot for Real Time Indexing of Breaking News Now Available
Want to push breaking news live directly to Google’s search results? Google is now accepting publishers for their pilot of the Search Live Coverage Carousel feature, which allows publishers to push breaking news to the search results in real time. Yes, you can push your breaking news content updates, whether content or video, directly to […]