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Google's John Mueller at least twice this week had to respond on Twitter suggesting that SEOs do not break the rules, go against the Google webmaster guidelines, simply because others are getting away with it. He said it two different ways to two different people this week: Good example, but truth is, many do go above the speed limit all the time. :) Just because someone is doing something against Google's guidelines and they rank well in Google, it doesn't mean what they are doing is helping them rank. Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google: Don’t Break The Rules Even If Competitors Are

When you do flight related queries for travel, often you would see a search box at the top showing the vertical search feature from Google Flights. Well, it seems the number of times that box shows up has significantly dropped over the past 24 hours.Reshav Singh notified me on Twitter that they are not showing up as much and asked me if this is a bug or a feature. I was able to see them for some test queries but it seems he is right, there was a huge decline in how often they will show up.RankRanger's SERP tracker features shows it went from showing up for 0.77% of the queries they track down to 0.28% of queries. That is a pretty big decline! Here is their chart: I wonder if this is a EU regulation change or a bug or something else?Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google Flights Search Results Box Drops

Here is a GIF of what I think is a new form of snippet feature in the Google News mobile search results. You can see how under the snippet, there is a link to expand to show "related coverage." When you click on it, it expands and shows more stories in a carousel interface.These screen shots were provided by Ankit Srivastava on Twitter:I don't believe I have seen this interface in the Google News search results before but I don't use Google News search on my mobile phone a ton.Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google News Search Related Coverage Expandable Snippet Carousel

With the closure of Google+ just around the corner, Google's John Mueller is experimenting with ways to communicate new up and coming webmaster office hour hangouts on YouTube Live. Previously he used Google+ to collect the questions, before that there was a feature called Google Moderator and now there is not much.In short, John wants a way for webmasters/developers/SEOs to submit questions and have webmasters/developers/SEOs vote on them. John posted about this on Twitter saying: You can see the list of upcoming hangouts on the calendar at the bottom of this page and also see it on the YouTube page with the live stream filter on.I guess we will see how these adapt over time - it has changed a couple times in the past and I am sure it will change in the future. If one thing we know about Google is that change is something they are not afraid of.Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about John Mueller & Google Webmaster Office Hangouts Move Off Google+

Here is a photo from Instagram of Google's chefs cooking up some special treats for breakfast time yesterday on Valentine's day. Mariana Bechert said she was "just helping the Masterchef to make an amazing breakfast for Valentine’s Day." It does look amazing.This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers. … [Read more...] about Google Dublin Valentine’s Day Breakfast