Feeling the seasonal blues? We analyzed GoogleTrends data and found that searches for “seasonal depression” is already 30% higher than last year. See what else we learned via the research analysis below: thriveworks.com/help-with/rese…

Anyone else find it mildly amusing but also old that the first example on GoogleTrends has been Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian ? Swear it’s been front page for years.

Another glitch in the matrix.

when Google gets it wrong — Google thinks Vin Diesel is in Avatar! Then if you Google “is vin diesel in avatar” much of the answer is “no”.

Never came across a massive website that implements crawl delays. Pretty unheard of but I suppose if your server can’t handle?

Google mobile results showing individual search result snippets separated by the Business Profile listing, then later reviews, etc seroundtable.com/google-mobile-… not sure if it is new, seems familiar via Melanie Funderburk

Google mobile results breaking out Business Profile snippet from reviews seroundtable.com/google-mobile-…

#chatgpt tip. Save helpful ‘convos’ as a link (next to the query menu). Then, add it as a Bookmark Link to your browser. I created a “ChatGPT” folder and will be saving key learnings there — especially if it helped me write a complex REGEX or formula.

Loved this.

“Hum a song to Google” being promoted in Search — has nothing to do with the core search query. Barry Schwartz

Google updated its Search quality raters guidelines PDF by updating the characteristics of untrustworthy pages and adding illustrative examples (pretty minor update) seroundtable.com/google-search-… hat tip Melanie Funderburk and Marie Haynes

AFAIK: I am seeing a NEW Google test where 40 GBPs are on page 1 of Google Mobile Search for “dentist near me” 😍😲 Wow! Darren Shaw Colan Nielsen Joy Hawkins Barry Schwartz Miriam Ellis