Daily Search Forum Recap: February 14, 2023

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 says traveling and uploading photos in a local region to social media won’t help your SEO. Google Ads added a quick campaign settings button. Google said 301 redirects are for close 1 to 1 matches, even when the content language differs. Google’s top stories are testing stock tickets. Microsoft Bing is testing the map interface in the search results.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Threads:

• For lighthouse 10’s scoring, “TTI’s 10% score weight is shifting to Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), which will now account for 25% of the overall performance score” Love the pun there with “shifting”. And note, this doesn’t, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
• Is [redacted] using human contractors to judge AI conversation on safety? I’m certain they are, they invited me to help., Seania Crowley on LinkedIn
• I don’t know your site, but judging from your Twitter bio, you’re trying to target an extremely competitive topic. IMO this is the kind of thing where you need to build up value, John Mueller on Twitter
• The flood of AI generated content is bad news for search engines. Why? Without a clear way of differentiating content we could: Miss quality content, Overemphasize generated content Read on for how the @Neeva team is looki, Sridhar Ramaswamy On Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

• 80% Error Rate On ALLINTITLE, Study Shows, Serpsonar
• Maximizing Your SEO with Vlookup and Xlookup: Insights from Twitter’s Top SEO Pros, Ayodeji Ogunbanjo
• Semrush Site Audit Can Now Render JavaScript, Semrush
• SEO Split Test Result: Power of Caps Lock in the Title Tag, Semrush
• Does Changing Page Title Affect SEO?, SEOSLY
• Why Is Unique Content Important For SEO?, SEOSLY
• Creating Better SEO Content Briefs For Your Writers, Ten Speed
• How To Find A Good SEO Consultant: 23 Characteristics To Look For, SEOSLY
• What is content (re)hydration, and how can it impact your SEO?, Antoine Eripret
• Screaming Frog SEO Spider Update – Version 18.0, Screaming Frog

PPC

Search Features

Other Search

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