Feb 7, 2020

Google is going through their artsy experimental phase on the SERPs

By Ross • Issue #6 • View online

Google is 21 years old.

When I was 21, I went through an experimental artsy phase where I thought I wanted to be a pro guitar player….I also had the hair to match.

Oh, dear....

Well, it seems Google is also going through a similar phase as the SERP layouts having been all over the place. First favicon, then none. Removing URLs used in rich snippets, then back.

Due to the changes, achieving position zero or a featured snippet have completely different connotations and repercussions for reporting and research.

This weeks Canonical Chronicle

In this weeks Canonical Chronicle, we talk about:

☠️ Avast killing off Jumpshot

🌪️ Crazy changes to rich snippets and what we can do about it

✂️ Updates to search console removals

Changes to Feature Snippets | Youtube

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From the Twittersphere

Jono Alderson

@jonoalderson

Clicks were never your objective. Visits were never your objective. Convincing a consumer that you're a good fit was your objective. You can do that on a web page. You can do that in a rich snippet. You can do that in image. You can do that in environments other than a Goog SERP.

2:16 PM - 4 Feb 2020

Alistair Lattimore

@alattimore

Modern webdev best practice says break up your js/css into many small files & use img srcset. Since these separate resources drain #SEO crawl budget, what impact does this have on large sites with 1M+ SKU and does HTTP/2 help with more parallel requests? @JohnMu @g33konaut

11:14 PM - 4 Feb 2020

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