Google Will Link Searchers to 'Key Moments' Within Videos, a New Consideration in Search Results
Google is adding a new search option which will link users to specific moments within YouTube videos related to search queries. Source link
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How Google keeps searchers within its own universe – Econsultancy
Google is gradually evolving from being a provider of website listings into a ‘response engine’ that seems to increasingly stop searchers from moving away from its own ecosystem. The days of Google search results characterised by the ten simple blue organic links per page are long gone. Today, there are dozens of SERP features such
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Google search results not fully rendering for many searchers
There are widespread complaints in the Google forums about the search results not fully rendering when a search is done. This seems to be happening for some searchers on mobile. Google has confirmed the company is working on a fix. Google’s confirmation. Google posted on Twitter at 3:30pm ET, “We’re aware that for some people,
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Google AMP URLs not letting searchers click through to main site
There seems to be a bug where when you go to the Google AMP cache version of a page through Google search, clicking on the link to go to the main URL will not work. We tried it ourselves in both Chrome and Safari on an iPhone and clicking on the link does not give
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Can searchers tell the difference between ads and free listings? Google engineer says ‘yes’
Google has made numerous design and layout changes to their search ads over the years, prompting a grumbling from the search community that the changes were done to confuse searchers into thinking search ads are the same as the organic search results. But Paul Haahr, a senior Google engineer, said on Twitter Sunday that, based
82% of searchers choose a familiar brand for the first click [study]
When it comes to grabbing a user’s attention on the search engine results page (SERP) in order to win that all-important click, a lot of factors are at work. In search engine optimisation, we tend to focus on ranking – whether it be positions 1-10, or the coveted “position 0” – as one of the
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How to Make Your Content Powerful in Eyes of Searchers (and Google)
The value of building SEO content is second to none. However, I’m not merely talking about properly optimized content that has the right meta information, links, keywords, and technical SEO. Instead, I’m talking about honing powerful content that speaks to readers irresistibly. It’s optimized, sure, but it’s also constructed to be the ultimate read. This
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Google looking for ways to handle sites blocking searchers over GDPR
It is estimated that one-third of US news sites block EU users because they do not want to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This has become an issue for European users of Google search. When users in the EU clicks on a search result listing one of the web sites that is blocking
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Google asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search results
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How to Give Searchers What They Need, Not Just Linkbait
Top 200 Stores Offering Student Discounts or 38 Products With Lifetime Warranties can be eye catching and attract a few links, but do they actually answer how people are searching? Let’s stay in the discounts and warranties space. Does Walmart Give Student Discounts? Outside of the StudentRate result, does anyone want to click on these?
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