Survey Says SEO Think Microsoft will Gain Less Than 5% Market Share From Google
Matt McGee posted a poll on Twitter asking how much of Google’s search engine usage market share do you expect the new Bing with ChatGPT to take in the next year? Most who responded, who I assume are SEOs, said less than 5%.
Google Ads API Version 13.0 Now Available
Google has released Google Ads API version 13.0 and below is a list of what changed. Version 12.0 was released in October 2022, Version 11.0 of the Google Ads API was released in June, and version 11.1 was in August.
Another Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around February 14th
Here we go again; yet another Google search ranking algorithm update seems to have touched down on February 14th, maybe as early as February 13th, and seems to be continuing to shake things up throughout today. We previously covered unconfirmed update…
Swarm Of Google Ads Campaign Ad Disapprovals & Suspensions
Last night, Google Ads started to suspend and mass disapprove Google Ads and Google Merchant Center campaigns. There are numerous reports of this issue starting around 4 pm ET on Tuesday, February 14th.
Microsoft Bing AI Codename: Sydney
The other week I spotted this Twitter thread where someone was able to ask Microsoft Bing AI chat what its codename is. In short, Bing AI responded that it was “Sydney.” The back-and-forth interaction is very Westworld interaction-like, which is funny.
Does Microsoft Bing’s New Terms Of Service Go Too Far?
When the new Microsoft Bing AI copilot was announced, and I reported about the changes to the Bing webmaster guidelines, Glenn Gabe also picked up on some potentially problematic language in the new Bing terms of service.
PSA: Legacy Google My Business Insights API Going Offline Monday, February 20th
Just a PSA, Google is fully deprecating the legacy Google My Business API on February 20, 2023 – this coming Monday. This is not new, most of those using the old API had most of its features deprecated now and we reported about this last year. But now…
Bing Tests Map Interface Within Search Result Snippets For That Company
Similar to what we reported about with Google a few months ago, with Google testing a map within a search snippet for a specific company. It seems like Microsoft Bing is testing the same thing, well, it depends on how you search for the company.
Google Top Stories Tests Stock Tickers In These Articles
Google Search seems to be testing adding stock tickets with the stock price of public companies mentioned in the articles Google is showing in the top stories section.
Google: 301 Redirect Close 1:1 Match Even When Content Language Does Not Match
Gary Illyes from Google said on Mastodon this morning that you should 301 redirect URLs when there is a “close-to 1:1 match” for that URL. We know that, but what he added was this is even true for when the “language of the content doesn’t match.”
Google Ads Gains Quick Campaign Settings Button
Google Ads seems to be rolling out a small but yet powerful icon in the campaigns listing where you can quickly open up the settings for the campaign without clicking through numerous screens.
Reddit: SEO Guy Travels Across Europe To Upload Photos Locally To Facebook
A Reddit thread, spotted via Areej AbuAli on Twitter, says that there is an SEO guy who travels across multiple regions in Europe to upload photos to Facebook from that local region. The SEO claims it helps with “better reach and ranking in the eyes of…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 13, 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.
Publishers, as expected, are super concerned over the new AI features in Google and Bing…
Vlog #210: Jeff Ferguson On The Zero Click Google Study & The Future Of SEO
In part one, we go through Jeff Ferguson’s long history in search marketing. In part two, we pick up with him starting his own agency. Then in part three, we talk about the state of SEO studies…
Big Publishers Concerned With AI Powered Search From Google & Bing
It is somewhat satisfying to see non-SEOs dig deeper into how search is changing at Google and Bing and to hear the concerns they have about these changes. We covered your concerns as SEOs and publishers a week ago but now the big publishers are voicin…
Google Simplifies Policy Circumvention Spam Policy
Last November Google introduced a new catchall search spam policy named policy circumvention. That spam policy was listed to be able to take action on sites that bypass the other Google spam policies through other means.
Google Reorganizes Sitemaps Documentation
I believe Google changed the sitemaps-related search developer documentation last week. I am not sure if any of the content specifically changed, but Google did rename some of the pages and create new pages, maybe to consolidate the content and make i…
Google: Checking If The Site Connection Is Secure CDN Interstitials Are Not Search Engine Friendly
Gary Illyes from Google is back and this time he said that those “Checking if the site connection is secure” interstitials you see on some sites, some of the time, is the “last search-friendly things you can do.”
Google: Mobile-First Indexing Transition Might Be Completed In A Couple Months
Google’s John Mueller said he thinks, and he said he might be wrong, that the final mobile-first indexing batch will be done in the next couple of months. Desktop indexing is not going away, and it will be used for “a tiny number of sites,” John added.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Bard, AI Powered Bing Search, Google On AI Content, Two Google Algorithm Updates & More
What an insane week between the AI announcements, algorithm updates, content, and so much more. I start off talking about Google’s Bard announcement and a bit about the Paris announcement two days later. But Microsoft Bing stole the show….