WordPress 6.5 gains lastmod date for sitemaps files
Google and Bing both encourage sites to include accurate lastmod dates within sitemap files.
Google adds two new Googlebot crawlers: GoogleOther-Image and GoogleOther-Video
Google said these new crawlers are to “better support crawling of binary data that may be used for research and development.”
Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon
AI Overview link cards get a higher click through rate than normal web search results but Google won’t break out click data in Search Consoles for content creators.
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Google begins enforcement of site reputation abuse policy with portions of sites being delisted
Sites like CNN, USA Today, LA Times and others are seeing their rented subdomains and subfolders dropping out of the Google Search index tonight.
Google March 2024 core update rollout is now complete
The first core update of 2024 finished rolling out on April 19 – this was a pretty big one but it overlapped with other big changes leading to a 45% reduction in unhelpful content.
Google Publisher Center to stop allowing you to add publications
Instead, Google will automatically add eligible publishers and will eventually remove those publishers not eligible.
Google structured data carousels (beta) clarified for summary pages
Google also added the feature availability for this carousel beta.
Google did not drop Web Stories from image results
Google issued a correction plus explained Search Console had a reporting bug with Web Stories in Image Search.
Google adds 3D model markup for product structured data
Now when you have multiple images, this markup can help Google known which image the 3D image references.
Google March 2024 spam update done rolling out
The spam update took nearly 15 days to complete. Google’s core update is still rolling out, so we’re not done yet. Remain seated and buckled.
Google to replace perspectives filter with forums filter
The perspectives carousels, clusters and traditional web page listings will remain.
Google updates its page experience docs to clarify ranking signals
Core Web Vitals are a ranking signal but not other page experience signals.
What we’re seeing a week into the Google March 2024 core and spam updates
Ranking volatility hit on Friday and Saturday, with limited reversals on Monday after a storm of manual actions last Thursday.
Google Interaction to Next Paint coming to Core Web Vitals this Tuesday
Don’t confuse this with the Google Core Update – they are two very different things.
Google issues search ranking penalties through manual actions
Check your properties within Google Search Console for manual actions to see if your were impacted.
Google Search Console recipe rich result report adds two new properties
Google added recipeInstructions and recipeIngredient and thus you may see an increase in warnings for recipe items.
Google Search turned off some event rich results
Google says you may see a drop in clicks and impressions for your event search appearance reported metrics in your performance report.
Google releasing massive search quality enhancements in March 2024 core update and multiple spam updates
The Google helpful content update is now part of the core update; all of this leading to a 40% reduction in unhelpful content within search.