Google Reveals Top Searches Of 2024

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Matt G. Southern from Search Engine Journal writes about Google’s “Year in Search” report, highlighting the top search trends of 2024 across numerous industries based on the tech giant’s search data.

Key takeaways:

Google’s annual report provides search statistics on figures, topics, and events that define 2024.
Major sporting events dominated global searches, with the Olympic Games and Copa America leading the way.
Unsurprisingly, the U.S. presidential election topped the news category’s most searched global topic.
In entertainment, rising stars and established performers were hugely popular.
The New York Times claimed the two top spots in gaming luxembourg mobile numbers list with its ever-popular puzzle and word games.
Virtual adventures, travel, and our love for nature were also popular searches throughout 2024.
Top 15 SEO stories of 2024
Editorial Director of Search Engine Land Danny Goodwin reviews the top 15 SEO stories of 2024. Goodwin says that while 2023 was the wildest ever for SEO, 2024 wasn’t far behind. His list includes what many in the SEO community believe are the biggest SEO stories in history!

Key takeaways:

In no particular order, Goodwin’s list includes.

The removal of the much-loved cache link in the Google Search results snippets.
Google announced that starting July 5, 2024, it would only crawl and index mobile website versions using Googlebot Smartphone.
Number three on Danny’s list is the rollout of AI Overviews, which dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons upon its release in March.
A Google endpoint discovery by Mark Williams-Cook revealed how Google classifies queries and websites.
Arguably, the biggest SOE story of 2024 was the news of a massive leak into how Google’s ranking algorithm works, broken by Michael King and Fishkin.