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January 17

Google Search Now Requires JavaScript Be Enabled – WebProNews

Google Search Now Requires JavaScript Be Enabled Friday, January 17, 2025 Google has made a change to Google Search, requiring users have JavaScript enabled in their browser in order to use the site. Until now, users could have JavaScript disabled and still use Google Search. While JavaScript is commonly used for a variety of reasons, including animations, media playback, web forms, data coll...
January 17

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search – TechCrunch

Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the change is intended to “better protect” Google Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and to improve the overall Google Search experience for users. ...
January 17

How to benchmark your SEO performance in 2025 – Search Engine Land

https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidEFVX3lxTFBFQ1Q5VXVQdTYteHhOei14cnZlenN2cnRZWU0xZHZEdHpURjZQRnRtWDZCb1dxYXRsT2FkNU0xRlFWc3BjRDBYTDVTUzcxa0cydk5qNkY1LUJQaVNsbUt5UV8yX2RpZnRSTlAyZUJnTFREdDdi?oc=5The post How to benchmark your SEO performance in 2025 – Search Engine Land first appeared on One SEO Company News.
January 17

Google made a change that is disrupting SEO tools, rank tracking – Search Engine Land

Google apparently made a significant change to its system in the last 48 hours that is impacting multiple SEO tools. The change appears to have blocked many scrapers and APIs. Data lags are being reported by users of SEO tools including Semrush (disclosure: Search Engine Land is owned by Semrush), SimilarWeb, Rank Ranger, SE Ranking, ZipTie.dev, AlsoAsked and possibly others. What happened. Sha...
January 17

Video: Google Search Volatility Cooling, AI Overviews Penalties, Maps Pin Hack Fix, Search Market Share & More – Search Engine Roundtable

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week I covered how the third-party search rank checking tools seem to have cooled, but the chatter is still pretty heated. Maybe Google is blocking these tools, as I covered. Google still shows sites in AI Overviews even if they have manual actions. Google updated its manual actions for News and Discover policy violations. Google says it selects...
January 17

Google Ads Search Max Coming Soon? – Search Engine Roundtable

Google may be bringing Search Max to Google Ads soon. A “Search Max” option is showing up in the Google Ads match type report for some advertisers. This was spotted by Lars Thoning Dybro where Adriaan Dekker posted on LinkedIn this screenshot of “Search Max” showing in the match type report: There isn’t a lot of information out there on Search Max, but Adrian Dekker has more details here – he w...
January 17

Google Updates Events & Estimated Salary Images In Structured Data Markup Gallery – Search Engine Roundtable

Google has updated the screenshot examples of the events and estimated salary sections of the Structured data markup that Google Search supports. I assume this update was to better match the newer updated designs that Google uses in the actual search results. Here is a screenshot of the live version compared to the earlier version: There are still a number of examples in that Google help page t...
January 17

Google Testing AI Generated What People Are Saying – Search Engine Roundtable

Google seems to be testing an AI-generated version of What People Are Saying in Google Search. This shows a similar video or social media type of search results but it says generative AI is experimental. This version was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted a video of it in action on X: Forum discussion at X. Read Full Story: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOUFlsbjNPcklnbl...
January 17

Voice Search SEO: 9 Practical Tips For Businesses – Search Engine Journal

Voice search is increasingly important and optimizing for voice search is essential for businesses to stay competitive in today’s SEO market. In the US and UK, 28% of consumers claim to use voice assistants daily, which is well over a quarter of users. This guide presents eight strategies for voice search optimization, including conversational keywords, featured snippets, local SEO, and voice-f...
January 17

Google Causes Global SEO Tool Outages – Search Engine Journal

Google cracked own on web scrapers that harvest search results data, triggering global outages at many popular rank tracking tools like SEMRush that depend on providing fresh data from search results pages. What happens if Google’s SERPs are completely blocked? A certain amount of data provided by tracking services have long been extrapolated by algorithms from a variety of data sources. It’s p...