Google Helpful Content Update Can Demote & Now Promote Content

The other day we reported how Google will be releasing an update to the helpful content system that can identify "hidden gems" deep within the web and promote that in the Google Search results. As Glenn Gabe points out, that means that the helpful content system can now not only demote unhelpful content but now also promote, at the same time, "hidden gems" within the content.

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Google: No Plans For Historical Data With Search Console to BigQuery Bulk Data Export

Google's John Mueller clarified that there are no plans to enable historical data exports with the Google Search Console to Google Big Query automated bulk data export feature.

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Google Bard Now Shows Citations Like Bing Chat

Google announced last night that it is now better at showing citations, by adding a number by the line of text and when clicked, it shows the source and links to it. Also, Google said Bard is better at writing up summaries.

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Google New Maps Sponsored Listing Box, Business Profile Pending Label & Reviews Aren't Verified Location

Google has been rolling out or testing a few new Google Maps, Google Business Profile and local features that I wanted to share. They include a new sponsored listing box, Business Profile pending pin label and a new location for the reviews aren't verified.

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Reading The Daddy Works at Google Book

Reading The Daddy Works at Google Book

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 15, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Vlog #223: Glenn Gabe On Google Broad Core Updates

In part one with Glenn Gabe, we talk about Bing chat and Google Bard and also the use of AI-generated content...

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Google Reduces Local Pack Results In Web Search?

Google seems to be showing fewer and fewer local packs for various queries in the Google Search results interface. For the past few days or so, local SEOs have been noticing this trend and it is concerning them and their clients.

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Why Google Needs To Encourage Clicks To Publishers In The Search Generative Experience - It's About Ads & Revenues

There is a lot of concern and worry around the new Google Search Generative Experience and how that might impact traffic to content creators, publishers, site owners, and the web as a whole. I get that new things are scary, but I think the concern may be overblown.

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Bing Chat Now With Visual Search Comparisons, Knowledge Cards & More

On Friday afternoon, Microsoft Bing announced its weekly Bing Chat enhancements, including more visual results and layouts, knowledge card images and more features.

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Google +Topic Search Bar Refinements Finally Goes Live On Desktop

After so much testing and several months after going live on mobile search, Google has announced the +topic search bar refinements are now officially live on the desktop search results.

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Microsoft: Dark Mode Coming To Bing Chat

Microsoft will be bringing dark mode to Bing Chat in the future. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, when asked about dark mode for Bing Chat, he said on Twitter, "Coming, man, coming."

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Google NYC Store Gave Away Free Flowers For Pixel 7a Launch

Google NYC Store Gave Away Free Flowers

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 12, 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...

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Food Trucks Inside The Google Office

Indoor Food Trucks At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 11, 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.

I posted my thoughts on the all-new Google Search Generative Experience, and it might be worth a read...

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Google's New AI-Generated Image Label & Meta Data Required

Google also is now asking you to self-label your AI-generated images as AI generated with a IPTC photo meta data attribute. This way Google can label images as being AI-generated in the image search results.

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Google About This Image Snippet Feature

Google has launched the "about this image" feature at Google I/O, it is similar to when Google launched the "about this result" two years ago.

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Goodbye FID, Hello INP - Interaction to Next Paint Coming To Google Core Web Vitals

As expected, although it took a lot longer than we thought, Google announced it will be replacing the FID metric with the INP metric for its Core Web Vitals. This won't happen until March 2024, but it will happen.

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Google Stepping Stones

Google Stepping Stones

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 10, 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.

Bing Chat AI model improvements will improve Bing's core search algorithm...

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Fake Google Men's Clothing Designer Store

Fake Google Mens Retail Store

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 9, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Microsoft: Bing Chat Growing Faster Than Servers Can Handle

Microsoft Bing Chat is growing so fast that the team can't add enough GPUs fast enough to keep up with the growth. This leads to some Bing Chat experiences being slow and a bit laggy. But Microsoft is aware and hopes to be able to improve here.

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Bing Search Technology Center In Hyderabad

Microsoft Bing Search Technology Center in Hyderabad

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