Support for datasets markup schema in the Google search results has been announced by Google. This markup support makes it possible for searchers to better visualize data represented on a web page directly in Google's search results. According to Google, “news organizations that publish data in the form of tables can add additional structured data to make the [...]
Researchers at Google AI, Jannis Bulian and Neil Houlsby presented a paper that shed light on new methods they’re testing to improve search results at the Sixth International Conference on Learning Representations. Although publishing a paper doesn't always mean the methods are being used, or even will be, it will likely increase the odds when the results [...]
In an announcement made by Google, it has updated its recipe structured data documentation, which is meant to help webmasters to improve the visibility of their recipes in Google Search and on Google Assistant, including Google Homes devices. Google said, “The updated structured data properties provide users with more information about your recipe, resulting in higher quality traffic to your [...]
Google has updated its schema documentation that focuses on job posting to explain that if you use job schema on your job listings on your website, and they end up expiring, Google could end up preventing you from showing job schema in the future. Google said, “[J]obs that are no longer open for applications must be expired in [...]
Google's article schema document has been update for AMP articles to require larger images in your markup. Before, the minimum requirement for your image sizes was 696 pixels wide and 30,00 pixels in total. Now, it's 1,200 pixels wide and 800,000 pixels in total. This is specific to the markup you use for your AMP articles so that they [...]
Review snippets, in which review stars appear next to your SERP listing, have been something SEOs have coveted in terms of rich results. But because many have pursued these review snippets quite heavily over the years, it has lead to a lot of abuse. Both SEOs and webmasters would try gaining the rich results by implementing [...]
Beginning December 19, 2017, “rich results” is the new name for all of Google's special search results features and enhancements, including rich snippets, rich cards and enriched results. These terms aren't new to marketers. They're intended to make search results stand out by incorporating additional information in the form of pictures, review stars and so forth. [...]
In an announcement mad by Google, a new version of a structured data testing tool for rich results has been launched, and can be found at https://search.google.com/test/rich-results. According to the company, both rich snippets, rich cards or enriched results will be called "Rich results" from now on, grouping them all together. Google said the new testing tool “focuses on the structured [...]
It was reported early on October 2 that Google is doing away with the old “first click free” program and replacing it with flexible sampling. Basically, Publishers are being given more options for allowing search users to access their content without hurting ranking visibility in Google search results. With this, Google introduced a new paywall structured data [...]
Bing has announced that they are finally, and officially, supporting the "Fact heck" label in check. This is powered by the ClaimReview schema markup, and now shows up in Bing search results. A few months ago, it was reported that Bing was adding this to their webmaster documentation, but the label didn't begin showing up in the search results until [...]