I Saw Bing Deep Search In The Wild
On Friday afternoon, I was able to play a bit with Bing Deep Search, Microsoft’s “enhancement” to Bing Search that provides a “deeper and richer exploration of the web.” And honestly, my quick impression was that I was not too impressed, mostly because…
Google’s Revised SEO Starter Guide Is Out – Here’s What SEOs Think
As expected, Google has finally released its updated SEO starter guide and it was cut down in a big way. Google said this update was aimed at making it work for someone first getting into SEO and less for an advanced SEO professional.
Microsoft Copilot (Bing Chat) Upgrade Named Deucalion Being Tested
Microsoft is officially testing a new version of the base model of Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat), which they code-named Deucalion. Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft confirmed this over the weekend saying on X, “We are continually improving Micro…
Google’s John Mueller On Why He Keeps Deleting His Old Tweets (Posts)
A couple of months ago, I documented how some Googlers have been removing some of their old posts (tweets) from X (Twitter). John Mueller from Google didn’t really comment on why back then (I asked) but yesterday he finally explained why he keeps remov…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Indexing Issues, Recipe Bugs, INP CWV, Storm Coming & More Search News
This week, we covered another Google Search indexing issue, plus this ongoing issue with recipes in the Google Search results. I suspect we will soon have a very big Google Search ranking update – a storm is coming…
February 2024 Google Webmaster Report
Are you ready for the big Google Webmaster report – well, here is the February 2024 edition. This month, Google confirmed an issue with teetering in and out results over the weekend and with that fix, we saw the weekend Google ranking updates calm and…
Google Ads Double Line Sitelinks Test
Google seems to be testing two lines of text for sitelinks within the mobile search ads interface. So yea, double-line sitelinks in the search ads in the Google mobile search results.
Google Responsive Search Ads Updates
Google has released three new changes to its Google Ads Responsive Search Ads. First, Google may now show a single-line headline instead of two. Second, Google now lets you associate multiple headlines and descriptions to campaigns. Third, changes to a…
Google Search Stores Filter Bubble On Mobile
Google Search on the mobile interface can show a store button with an arrow on it, that if you click on it, it overlays a filter to filter results by specific retailers and merchants. The store filter in general is not new, we’ve seen it before, but t…
Google Maps Tests AI Generated Answers For Local Questions With Local Guides
Google announced it is testing generative AI technology to answer local specific questions within Google Maps. “Starting in the U.S., this early access experiment launches this week to select Local Guides, who are some of the most active and passionate…
March 12 Interaction to Next Paint Will Become A Google Core Web Vital
Google has announced that March 12, 2024 will be the official date for when Interaction to Next Paint (INP) will replace First Input Delay (FID) as a Core Web Vital metric. We knew it was coming in March but we didn’t have the specific date until now.
Google Search Also Having Issues With Recipe Sites
Not only is Google having indexing issues this morning, but Google has been having issues with showing recipes in the carousel and images of recipes in search over the past several weeks. Google is finally responding to some of those concerns, but ther…
Google Says Mark Those Link Request Emails As Spam & Don’t Worry
Google’s John Mueller said that you don’t need to worry about those spammy emails you get asking to buy or trade links based on a certain DA or other link score. Instead, just report them as spam in your email box and move on with your day.
Google Business Profiles: Add Products With Barcode Scanner
Google Business Profiles now lets you add products to your business profiles and merchant centers section using a barcode scanner; Google will even mail you a free barcode scanner. This allows you to showcase in-store products on Google Search & Maps i…
Google Search Tests Shopping Menu For Home, Orders, Settings & More
We all have been seeing Google Search become more and more e-commerce and shopping-heavy. Well now we are seeing Google testing a specialized menu just for shopping features in the search results.
Google Search Working On Fixing Indexing Issue
Google has confirmed it is working on resolving an indexing issue that it says is “affecting a small number of sites.” Google said that some “sites may experience slower than usual indexing times.” The search company is looking to “identifying the root…
Google Search Related Categories Nearby For Shopping Local Push
Google has a newish section named “Related categories nearby” that shows you various categories of products, when you click on the categories, it then shows you local stores nearby that sell it and other products in the shopping results.
Google Local Service Ads “Highly Rated” Label
Google is testing showing a “highly rated” label on the Google Local Services Ads (LSAs) listings. These are also named Google Screened, as you can see. I guess this filters LSAs by those that have high ratings by users.
Google Ad Revenue Up 11% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 8%
Both Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising revenue were up this past quarter, year over year. Google ad revenue was up 11% and Microsoft Advertising revenue was up 8%. The previous earnings, Google ad revenue was up 9.5% and Microsoft ad revenue was up…
Google May Consolidate Ranking Signals To Canonical Partner URL Even If It’s Not The Source
Lily Ray asked Google’s John Mueller what does Google do with all the ranking signals from the content syndication partners when Google Search decides which URL should be the canonical. It seems Google will consolidate most, if not all, of those signal…