Month: March 2022

What Discover’s “More Recommendations”, Journeys in Chrome, and MUM mean for the future of Google Search

How Google is building a true Search assistant that can provide a wealth of recommendations based on the topics users are searching for. And it’s partially live now in Google Discover with a focus on products. I’m a heavy Google Discover user and have covered many of the features rolling out, or being tested by … Read more

How to extend a multi-site indexing monitoring system to compare Google-selected and user-selected canonical urls (via the URL Inspection API and Analytics Edge)

Last month I published an article on Search Engine Land explaining how to use the new URL inspection API to build a multi-site indexing monitoring system. By using Analytics Edge in Excel with the new URL Inspection API from Google, you can check the indexing status for the most important urls across multiple sites on … Read more