Daily Search Forum Recap: October 18, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google is testing an article view design. Google is testing centered people also ask more results. Google is testing a new image pack design. Gogole translate in Google Search can show images. Google Local maps pack testing open in maps button. Plus, I scheduled my video for you all today. I am offline Wednesday night through Saturday night, so anything you see from me was pre-written and pre-scheduled to be posted. I'll catch up when I return.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

• Video Recap: Google Shopping Goes AI, Bing Webmaster Tools Updates & Semrush Acquires SMX & Search Engine Land
  Yep, another week, more Google search ranking volatility to report on. Google released new shopping features including a new home page, a new researched with AI, more personalized results and deal-finding.
• Google Search Tests Article List View Instead Of Carousel
  Google Search is testing replacing the article carousel format with a list view format of sort. This shows the articles in two columns with a show more button, instead of a carousel of article cards you can toggle through.
• Google Tests People Also Ask More Results Centered Button
  Google is testing a more results button with a bit more design, the button expands or refines your query in the people also ask section. Normally you just see a text link that says "more results" but here Google a query and a search icon enclosed in a button.
• Google Tests New Image Pack Design In Search
  Google is testing a new image pack design that shows four images instead of three images with a more images button. This may not be a new change, it might be query dependent but it seems newish to me.
• Google Search Translate Feature Can Show Images
  Google Search's translate feature may sometimes show images that match the word or words, depending on the language you are translating from and to. So if you want to translate the word baby into Spa
• Google Local Pack Map Tests Open In Maps Button
  Google is now testing an "open in maps" button in the local pack maps embed interface. That button takes you into the core Google Maps product for that Google search query.
• Dog In The Google Bike Basket
  HEarlier this week we posted a photo of a baby in a Google bike basket, well now here is a photo of a small dog in the basket on a Google bike.
• Programming Note: Offline For Sukkot On Thursday & Friday
  This is a programming note that Thursday and Wednesday are Sukkot and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Thursday and Wednesday, October 17th and October 18th.

Other Great Search Threads:

• Google changing category order and sending "profile change" alert, Local Search Forum
• Blocking your own robots.txt file with robots.txt is extremely common -- it's what happens when you "disallow: /", John Mueller on LinkedIn

Search Engine Land Stories:

• Google Ads API v18 launches with new features for developers
• Google simplifies Video ad testing with new experiment tool
• LinkedIn expands video ad options and enhances automated campaigns
• YouTube’s triple threat: Mastering Feed, Shorts and Skippable ads
• How the Digital Markets Act is reshaping search and Google’s monopoly in Europe
• Semrush acquires Search Engine Land

Other Great Search Stories:

Industry & Business

• Here’s a bunch of bananas shit Trump said today about breaking up Google, The Verge
• DeepMind Operating Profit Rose 91% to $175 Million in 2023, The Information
• Google Antitrust Drama: Why YouTube Will Thrive No Matter The Verdict, AdExchanger
• Google.org announces new public sector AI training grants, Google Blog
• Trump Called Google CEO Because He Couldn't Find Good Stories About Himself, Newsweek

Links & Content Marketing

• How Travel Oregon’s Content Strategy Drove $50+ Million in Economic Impact, Content Marketing Institute
• The Future of Content Marketing: Emerging Trends in the Philadelphia Media Landscape, Delaware County

Local & Maps

• Business Listings Visibility Study, BrightLocal
• Google Releases Highly Anticipated Google Maps Feature, Way Too Many Disappointed Users, AutoEvolution

Mobile & Voice

• Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence, Apple
• Apple just dropped a new hint for when iOS 18.1 will be available, 9to5Mac

SEO

• A web designer, a copywriter, and an SEO strategist walk into a bar - LIVE (Bonus EP29), Compass Digital Strategies
• E-A-T and YMYL: Mastering Google’s Quality Guidelines, Bitvero
• Guide to understanding AI Overview Impact, SERP's Up SEO Podcast

PPC

• 'Engaged Audiences' Automatic List, PPC News Feed
• Google Ads Lead Forms: How to Access Your Lead Data, Jyll Saskin Gales

Search Features

• Gboard beta adds a limited font switcher , 9to5Google

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Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Sukkot.