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Weekly Trivia: How many people are willing to wait for a website to load more than 10 seconds?
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Happy Spumoni Day! In case you didn't know, spumoni is a moulded Italian dessert layered with chocolate, cherry and pistachio flavours - perfect for summer days.
As mentioned in our last newsletter, a Google core update is rolling out. It's still too early to see the results, but some sites hit by the September 2023 helpful content update are already seeing small improvements. If you are unsure what to look out for, read our blog post about what to do over the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, there was a ranking bug impacting a large number of search results recently. It had nothing to do with the core update and has now been fixed. Google has also welcomed a new AI crawler for their Vertex AI clients, while OpenAI is launching the widely requested fine-tuning feature to help developers customise responses at a lower cost.
Joyce, editor at The Signal
P.S. The answer to our Trivia? According to a recent Forbes Advisor survey, it's only 24% of searchers. This is a reminder that if your website loads too slowly, you risk frustrating your visitors and losing them to your competitors, especially when your brand is a lesser-known one.
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Google’s John Mueller on Removing Unwanted Content from Search
A Reddit user asked how to remove an old article about their arrest in search results. Google's John Mueller suggested four ways: a complete takedown, adding a noindex tag, name swap and using "the right to be forgotten" law. By Matt G. Southern on Search Engine Journal. |
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Google’s Top Stories Look Broken: Are News Publishers to Blame?
Have you noticed the unusual trend of news websites like The Times of India and The Hindu, which are prominent in India, appearing at the top of search results in the UK and US? We don't know what's causing it yet, but Google has just acknowledged the issue. By Nicola Agius on Search Engine Land. |
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The DNC is Officially the Influencer Convention
More than 200 influencers are invited to the Democratic National Convention's yacht parties to boost reach among Gen Zs. However, journalists are unhappy as some can't even find an outlet to plug in their laptops. By Makena Kelly on Wired. |
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Joyce Yang,
editor at The Signal
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