That is only a reminder, since I lined this again final April however I forgot myself, there may be actually no prime tales eligibility necessities in Google Search anymore. It use to be that you simply wanted to have AMP pages to be eligible in prime tales on cell. However that went away and also you additionally don’t must have good web page expertise to be in prime tales both.

As a reminder, the awkwardly positioned core net vitals FAQs clearly says so:

Q: Am I eligible for High Tales carousel if my webpage will not be clearing Core Net Vitals?

A: Sure. With the upcoming change to High Tales carousel, all net pages regardless of their web page expertise standing or Core Net Vitals rating are eligible for High Tales carousel. When the modifications go reside the compliance with Google Information content material insurance policies would be the solely requirement, and we are going to use web page expertise as a rating sign throughout all of the pages.

It additionally says:

Q: If publishers resolve to not use AMP, how will they know their content material is eligible for High Tales carousel?

A: With the upcoming change to High Tales, any information writer’s content material whether or not by way of AMP or one other know-how is eligible supplied it complies with Google Information content material insurance policies. Whether or not content material exhibits up in follow will depend upon plenty of elements that rating considers, and web page expertise standards will probably be considered one of them. To be clear, any content material regardless of its web page expertise metrics is eligible for High Tales function on Google Search.

Q: If my AMP pages don’t have a very good web page expertise, are they nonetheless eligible for the High Tales Carousel?

A: Sure, any content material that meets the Google Information content material insurance policies is eligible to be displayed within the High Tales carousel. Web page expertise refers to a set of alerts which might be all vital to ship a very good web page expertise, and the alerts have gotten a consider rating, together with within the High Tales Carousel. Which means web page expertise elements, along with many different elements together with the content material itself and the match to the question, will decide its placement within the High Tales carousel. Publishers must be centered on improving web page expertise a relative precedence over time as web page expertise rating turns into the norm that customers count on and different publishers would need to match.

John needed to remind me of this once I requested:

@JohnMu I’m not 100% clear on if you have to have good web page expertise to be within the prime tales carousel – I do know AMP is now not required however was that changed by web page expertise for prime tales eligibility? https://t.co/ydlofNobqo

— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) February 25, 2022

… eligible for High Tales carousel. When the modifications go reside the compliance with Google Information content material insurance policies would be the solely requirement, and we are going to use web page expertise as a rating sign throughout all of the pages.” does that assist?

— 🐐 John 🐐 (@JohnMu) February 25, 2022

So once more, any web site is actually eligible to point out in prime tales on cell or desktop, even when it has a poor web page expertise rating.

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