Microsoft: We’re Improving The Bing Image Creator Moderation System
Microsoft Bing image creator through the image creator tool or Bing Chat can make images for you using AI. But recently, it has come under fire around its moderation system for those images being a bit too strict and having too many false positives.
Google News Showcase Can Show In Google Discover
The Google News Showcase is new for those in the US and with that we are seeing content from within the Google News Showcase show up in more places. One place it can show is in Google Discover with a “Showcase” label.
Google Testing New Recipe Search Interface
Google is testing yet another new recipe search interface. This may be an ongoing test, as I cannot replicate it, but the recipe interface is way more interactive and useful than the current one.
Bing Tests New Video Search Results Layout
Microsoft Bing is testing a new layout for the Bing video search results page. The layout has sections, and headings, for different types of videos, grouping those videos together. The results are grouped in two by five results with a headline, alterna…
Google “People Also Buy From” Section In Search Results
Google shows a section in the search results for “people also buy from.” It seems Google will show you other stores where people can and will buy the item you are searching for.
Google Ads Policy For Ads That Offer Rewards To Allow Indirect or Non-Monetary Items
Google Ads later this month will update its policies for ads that offer rewards to allow indirect or non-monetary items to be offered as rewards. This policy change will happen on October 31, 2023.
Google Business Profiles Auto Edits Business Attributes
There are reports that Google is automatically editing the attributes of businesses within Google Business Profiles. I am told these edits are helpful and logical, since Google is using okay logic to make the necessary changes to attributes when busin…
Google Discover “Get The Latest On” Feature
Google Discover now shows a new section named “Get the latest on” and shows an author/journalist that you can click on and see their knowledge panel with their recent articles.
Google Local Ads With Expanding Images In Carousel
Google is testing a new ad format, at least I think it is newish, where it shows local ad that has images that expand when you swipe over them to move them in a carousel motion.
Google Ads Serving & Spending Bugs Impacting Many Advertisers
Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads this morning “affecting a significant subset of users.” The issue is specific with serving Google Ads and the spending controls for campaigns running in Google Ads. Google is investigating the issue.
Google Search Volatility Heats Up As Core Update & Spam Update Rollout
We are now a few days into the two October Google Search updates, the October 2023 spam update and the October 2023 core update and the Google search results are getting heated. The tracking tools are finally all showing large volatility and the chatt…
Google-Extended Robots Directive Does Not Work For Search Generative Experience
A couple of weeks ago Google released a new robots.txt directive to tell Google not to use your content for Bard or other AI Google projects. The Google Search Generative Experience does not currently use Google-Extended, Google told me. That means SGE…
Google Lens Can Trigger Search Generative Experience AI Answers
Did you know that a search through Google Lens can trigger an AI-generated response in the Search Generative Experience? I guess it makes sense, Lens is generally just triggering a query and if you are in the SGE beta, why wouldn’t it show an SGE resp…
Google People Also Ask Card Carousels
Google Search’s people also ask is now showing cards in carousels. This has been going on for several weeks, I believe, but I never covered it.
Google Search Local Results Expandable Refinement Feature
Google can show local pack results in the mobile interface with these expandable refinements section. So if Google is not sure if you want one type of business category, it might show two or more for you to click on and reveal matching local businesses.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 9, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google’s October 2023 spam update is now being felt…
Vlog #244: Chris Long On Helping SEOs On LinkedIn & SEO Career Change
In part one, we learned about Chris Long and also spoke about his co-worker, the profession of SEO, Bill Slawski. In part two we dig into helping people in SEO on social media and SEO career change
Chris Long is super active on LinkedIn…
Google Search Generative Experience Lite Version Test
Google is testing a lightweight version of the Search Generative Experience. This version shows a more subtle AI-generated answer box, without all the color and with just a few lines, which you can then expand to see more.
Google’s October 2023 Spam Update Starting To Target Spam Sites
I am hearing reports that the Google October 2023 spam update that touched down on October 4, 2023, at around 12:50 p.m. ET is starting to do its job. This means people see fewer spam sites on Google Search results this morning.
Google Discover Showing E-Commerce Products Section
Google is showing some folks an e-commerce or products section in their Google Discover feed. Glenn Gabe was shown a “clothing” section in his Discover feed that led to Google Shopping for more details.