We have noticed an increase in visits to our blog of around 30 percent.
— Samuel Soler (@samuelsolers)
November 8, 2019
Let us know if your site experienced any traffic fluctuations during those days.
Source: Google Confirmed Search Algorithm Update Rolled Out; Here Is What We Know
New Expandable Featured Snippets Layout
Some Twitter users have noticed a new look to Expandable Snippets. This type of featured result was launched about a year ago.
Now, it seems that Google is testing a new version.
First time seeing a drop down off of a featured snippet like this before cc: . @rustybrick pic.twitter.com/WWCaearRSz
— Brian Freiesleben (@type_SEO)
October 24, 2019
Surprisingly (sarcasm), there is no official information on the scope of these tests at the moment.
Source: Google Changes Expandable Featured Snippet Look
Flash goes down in history
Google is preparing to stop indexing Flash in its searches.
Adobe previously announced that it would stop supporting the technology in philippines cellphone number 2020.
Flash is currently disabled by default in the latest versions of Chrome, Edge and Mozilla.
on websites.
In a rather poignant post on the Webmaster Central blog, Google engineering manager Dong-Hwi Lee recalls the days when Flash was “the answer to boring, static websites, enriching them with animations, multimedia elements and actions.”
Now superseded by the new HTML5 standards, its former glory is long gone.
Source: Goodbye, Flash
Google tests to remove the normal snippet when displaying a featured snippet
In the past, if you achieved a featured feature, you could have additional properties in the search results with links in the main listings.
Now, it appears that Google is testing removing top listings from a featured snippet if they already have a featured snippet.
What we have seen so far may be both evidence and a preview of what is to come.
The question is, what happens if you lose your page in a featured result listing and then lose the featured snippet? Will you get your page back in compensation?
Source: Google Tests Removing A Site's Normal Snippet When Featured Snippet Is Displayed
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