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Site queries live on in SGE (at least for now) -> Ever since SGE launched, I noticed site queries did not return the total number indexed for some reason. I had to search incognito to see that number. Well, I've noticed over the past few days that the number has returned when… pic.twitter.com/zIEAuzBazQ

Good Morning Google Land! This is the April 23 edition of "Core Update Notes". Yes, it's still rolling out... We are now on day 50 of the update. That's still below the 79 day rollout of the 2021 Page Experience Update, but hey, that was the Page Experience Update so who cares?… pic.twitter.com/PoBS1QryMW

Here's a fun one. Why would Google show the favicon for the organic result, but not the ad, for the exact same URL*? (Granted, different URL parameters and the one with no favicon passes through googleadservices.com) pic.twitter.com/gM80Z8yBNY

I have been digging deep into what Google is doing with parasite folders/site sections, or site sections otherwise "subleased" to third party content suppliers and/or UGC (often leading to spammy 'best casino' type content) It looks like the last 2 weeks of the algo update have… pic.twitter.com/VHKd0eyCAN