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Google's Favicon for search Documentation https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search updated, min size is...

Google's Favicon for search Documentation https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search updated, min size is 8x8px, but 48px min still recommended.

Still has to be 1:1 aspect (square), but that requirement for it to be a multiple of 48px has gone. That one always felt weird!

I've updated https://faviconcheck.tamethebots.com/ & https://tamethebots.com/tools/fetch-render to reflect these changes.

#seo #favicon

Another heads up for Product Schema, EnergyConsumptionDetails will be depreciated in April '25, in favour of...

Another heads up for Product Schema, EnergyConsumptionDetails will be depreciated in April '25, in favour of hasCertification

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing#certification-example

hasCertification is more flexible and should give opportunities to markup relevant stuff other than energy usage certs down the road. Currently limited to EPREL and some vehicle emissions stuff though, at least in terms of what Google support: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing#certification-properties

New guidance on how to define sales prices in schema on the merchant listing support...

New guidance on how to define sales prices in schema on the merchant listing support doc!

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing#sale-pricing-example

I did a quick bookmarklet for this, grab it here: https://tamethebots.com/blog-n-bits/view-original-wayback-versionShould work if you're...

I did a quick bookmarklet for this, grab it here: https://tamethebots.com/blog-n-bits/view-original-wayback-version

Should work if you're viewing directly from searching in the wayback machine or via the link in the Google serps.

This is looking slick! A RFC to finally allow styling of the select element, this would remove a whole lot of need for JavaScript fussing to...

This is looking slick! A RFC to finally allow styling of the select element, this would remove a whole lot of need for JavaScript fussing to create some great UX elements https://developer.chrome.com/blog/rfc-customizable-select

Interesting to see that Google are adding links to the way back machine under the about us bit, see...

Interesting to see that Google are adding links to the way back machine under the about us bit, see https://mastodon.social/@searchliaison/113119939150725261

Here's a little trick, if you want to see the archived page without the internet archive bit injected & links rewritten, add:

id_

After the date string in the URL and youll get the html as it was crawled. Don't forget to tip your friendly, hyper useful, internet archive! https://archive.org/donate/

Like the tools on my site? I've just published a chrome extension that adds options to the right-click menu in chrome to quickly test...

Like the tools on my site? I've just published a chrome extension that adds options to the right-click menu in chrome to quickly test the Page your viewing, including the Visualise CWV History tool, the robots.txt tool and more, grab it here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ttb-tool-shortcuts/jkkgaoiilkbabokgoijmghdbkcamklia

Loving this new Local & Field Metrics panel in Canary Chrome's devtool > Performance panel.To enable it:- open devtools, click...

Loving this new Local & Field Metrics panel in Canary Chrome's devtool > Performance panel.
To enable it:
- open devtools, click the settings cog in the top right
- choose Experiments on the left hand menu
- find "Performance Panel - enable live metrics landing page" & tick it

You'll be invited to reload devtool, after which if you open it whilst looking at a page, & navigate to the performance panel, you'll see live local data, & optionally real user metrics from CrUX.

#WebPerf #CoreWebVitals

Dang!https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/google-loses-antitrust-case-over-search.html

Dang!
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/google-loses-antitrust-case-over-search.html

I'd like a table for two, and for you to rank my page number...

I'd like a table for two, and for you to rank my page number one:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/01/google-listed-my-restaurants-number-as-its-british-hq

#oops #seo

A truly excellent study into JavaScript rendering and SEO from @giacomozecchini & vercel, busting some myths by bringing facts and...

A truly excellent study into JavaScript rendering and SEO from @giacomozecchini & vercel, busting some myths by bringing facts and figures

https://vercel.com/blog/how-google-handles-javascript-throughout-the-indexing-process

#seo #javascript

This just triggers a bit of an Ick response to mehttps://wordpress.com/blog/2024/07/30/perplexity-partnership/

This just triggers a bit of an Ick response to me
https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/07/30/perplexity-partnership/

Be Trendy with Daniel!New Google Trends Training!https://youtu.be/03tySMdo-E8?si=jSk4KshuQvQPz3wC#seo

Be Trendy with Daniel!

New Google Trends Training!

https://youtu.be/03tySMdo-E8?si=jSk4KshuQvQPz3wC

#seo

CrUX docs on RTT: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux/methodology/metrics#round-trip-time-metricMore about RTT in general:...

CrUX docs on RTT: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux/methodology/metrics#round-trip-time-metric
More about RTT in general: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Round_Trip_Time

RRT is a measure of latency, and the time it takes for a request to go from your users browser, to your server (or CDN) and back again....

RRT is a measure of latency, and the time it takes for a request to go from your users browser, to your server (or CDN) and back again.

It's a part of what makes up TTFB, and looking at both together can help you understand where you need to improve, so my tool also gives you a chart of TTFB & RTT, if you're seeing TTFB getting worse and RTT climbing, perhaps time to look at where your users are coming from and if you need to use a CDN with a point of presence closer to that market.

Round Trip Time (RRT) now available in CrUX!RRT has been added to the CrUX API, so I've added it to my core web vitals history tool...

Round Trip Time (RRT) now available in CrUX!

RRT has been added to the CrUX API, so I've added it to my core web vitals history tool here: https://tamethebots.com/tools/cwv-history

There's no 'Official' guidelines for good or poor, so currently I've kind of pick some that make sense, these thresholds will definitely change over time!

#webperformance #webperf

no great insights I guess, but I built a fun little widget to show where Googlebot is crawling my site from over time. (just a handful of...

no great insights I guess, but I built a fun little widget to show where Googlebot is crawling my site from over time. (just a handful of crawls from London on one day, all the rest from around the USA)

https://tamethebots.com/blog-n-bits/googlebot-locations-visualisation

For reference https://youtu.be/JhrD5SVo3OU?si=tLELgMg5V9QTIIfL

For reference https://youtu.be/JhrD5SVo3OU?si=tLELgMg5V9QTIIfL

That's your favourite planet that is. That's where you go on holiday https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm901rdyjdo

That's your favourite planet that is. That's where you go on holiday https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm901rdyjdo

On today's game of dystopian bingo:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436859-smiling-robot-face-is-made-from-living-human-skin-cells/

On today's game of dystopian bingo:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436859-smiling-robot-face-is-made-from-living-human-skin-cells/