Google Renames AI Answer Back To AI Overview
A week ago, we saw Google renamed the AI overview experimental results to simple “AI Answers.” Well, that didn’t seem to last long. Google renamed it back to “AI Overview” but left off the “experimental” text on that label – at least in the forefront.
Google Tests New Search Notes Button
Google is testing a new button to add a note to the search results. As a reminder, Google launched Notes in Google Search and Discover last November as a labs feature. The new note button is much smaller and just has an icon of a notebook with a plus …
Google Analytics Gains Google Ads Conversion Performance Beta
Google Analytics has a new beta Google Ads report named “conversion performance.” This is a beta feature right now, so you might not be able to see it. But you must link your Google Ads account to your GA4 account. Then you will see the conversion perf…
Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, Responds To Google Search Quality Issues
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, was interviewed by Emily Chang at Bloomberg before the big Google I/O event. They talked a lot about a lot of things, but there was 25-second clip where they spoke about core search quality. As you can imagine, he didn’t sa…
TikTok highlights its value to brands and search experience
TikTok is highlighting the discovery modes that power community-driven search ecosystems to show what brands will miss if the app is banned.
Reddit eyes potential in search ads following Google traffic gains
Reddit sees advertising against over 1 billion monthly user searches as an untapped high-intent monetization opportunity.
ChatGPT search feature rumors heating up
OpenAI may be getting closer to launching its ChatGPT product that searches the web and cites sources when answering questions.
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Bing Tests Clear Distinction Between Free & Paid Search Results
Microsoft’s disclosure of search ads on Bing has not been the greatest, honestly, in many cases, worse than Google’s disclosures. Recently, however, Bing has been testing a clearer distinction between its ads and organic free listings.
Google: Having News In Your Site Name Is Fine
Here is a new SEO myth I have not heard before… Someone said that using the word “news” in your site’s name is bad for SEO and Google ranking. John Mueller from Google said it is not, it is fine to use “news” in your site name.
Bing Ads Carbon Neutral Label Goes Green
Microsoft Advertising, the ads you see in Bing, have these “Marketing with Purpose Attributes” ad labels with carbon-neutral labels. Those labels used to be gray, but now Bing has them in a dark green, which makes them way more visible.
Google Product Review Summary Labels Snippet
Google is now showing these short summaries of reviews by placing a label over the review with one or a few words. So the labels might show “low quality,” “compact,” “lightweight,” “performs well” and so on.
Google Local Business Profile Reviews Listings Updated
Google has updated the page where you view, reply and report reviews for your Google Business Profile listing. Joy Hawkins spotted the change and she says it seems to be live, personally, I think I still see the old version.
Google Local Business Profile Reviews Listings Updated
Google has updated the page where you view, reply and report reviews for your Google Business Profile listing. Joy Hawkins spotted the change and she says it seems to be live, personally, I think I still see the old version.
Google is not about blue links, says ex-CEO Eric Schmidt
Calling AI ‘underhyped,’ Eric Schmidt believes Google will be able to monetize AI answers and improve advertising.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 7, 2024
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 has started to enforce the site reputation abuse policy with manual actions…
Meta launches AI-powered ad creativity tools
Meta unveiled generative AI features – images and text – to help advertisers automate parts of ad creation.
Report: 64% of technical SEOs believe AI isn’t a job security threat
However, SEOs view Google SGE as a threat. Also, AI is impacting SEO planning and roadmaps for brands and agencies.
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