Google said starting in June 2023, the Google Merchant Center policy will stop disallowing the listing of COVID-19-related terms for Google Shopping Ads and free listings. This is an update to the Google Merchant Center Sensitive events policy. Google wrote, “In June 2023, we will be removing restrictions on coronavirus (COVID-19) related content under our … Read more
Google updated the video structured data to say that the description property is no longer required. Instead, Google moved the description property item to the “recommended” section, from the “required” section of the help document. This means that videos that were missing the description property within your structured data are now valid. Google Search Console … Read more
Google has removed the requirement to have the description property as part of your video structured data. Google says it is still recommended to provide a description to your videos in the structured data but it is not a requirement. With that, Google Search Console will not report errors for missing description property items. Structured … Read more
Google now says the canonical link element is not recommended for syndicated content; instead, block the syndicated content from being accessed to avoid duplication. Google posted this new piece of information in this help document over here. What’s new. Google posted this paragraph under the section “syndicated content:” “The canonical link element is not recommended … Read more
Google has removed the ability to opt out of Education Q&A carousel in its search results. The original help documentation had a section with a link to a form to request not to show your content in the Education Q&A carousel, which was now removed. Google launched Education Q&A structured data just about a year … Read more
Sitecore’s SXA accelerator comes with a large library of components that help accelerate development. One of those components will no longer work after May 2023: The Social Share Component. SXA’s social share component leveraged the AddThis service to inject social sharing buttons on your website. You could create an account on AddThis, configure what buttons … Read more
Google’s John Mueller is no longer recommending you verify all the variations of your domain with Google Search Console. Instead, he said, keep it simple and verify using domain verification. Why is he no longer recommending you verify all the property types, www, non-www, HTTP, https, etc? Because he said on Reddit, “in practice you’ll … Read more
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