Search Updates and News from Search Engines

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Googlebot crawl rate tool is now gone

You can no longer set your desired crawl rate within Google Search Console.


Google Product Structured Data Also Now Supports suggested Property

Google officially supports the suggestedAge property as an alternative to suggestedMaxAge and suggestedMinAge within its product structured data. Google says they added this support to make it more flexible for people to specify age ranges for a product.


Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses to Search Snippets

Google updated their search snippet documentation to clarify what influences Google’s algorithm for choosing what to display as the snippet in the search results. This change may represent a big change in how meta descriptions are written and how content is optimized.

Google Search FAQ Rich Results Drop Out Again

Google said that FAQ-rich results in the Google search results will be shown for only authoritative sites. Then, around September 13th, they dropped out of the search results only to return around two months later, but they're now gone again.

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Danny Sullivan debunks the myth of the 'Perfect Page' Formula for Google.

Danny shares there isn’t a perfect page formula, and no one should feel they must work to some mythical formula. He says following third-party advice doesn’t guarantee search rankings, and the best advice is to focus your efforts on your readers.



Google Groups To Fix Spam Issues By Removing Usenet Groups

Google is ending support for Usenet groups on its Google Groups platform, effective February 22, 2024, to combat spam and the increasing struggle with spam content.



Google is shutting down websites made with Business Profiles.

Websites made with Google Business Profiles will be turned off in March. Businesses needing to maintain their online presence must rebuild their sites using an alternative platform.