Google Search Generative Experience Shows Local Store Inventory

Did you know that the new Google Search Generative Experience that launched to us a month ago shows nearby stores that have products in stock directly in the generative AI answer. This might not be new, but based on my early tests, I don't believe I've seen Google SGE show "Stores," and I definitely didn't cover that they did.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams At Google

New York City Mayor Eric Adams At Google

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 30 2023

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

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Volatility Pinging Google Sitemaps Bing Index Coverage AI Search Local & PPC

This week in search, we had yet another week of heated Google search ranking volatility without a confirmed Google search ranking update. Google said it would drop the Ping endpoints for Google Sitemaps later this year. Some are seeing the new index...

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Bing Chat Share Feature Returning On July 4th

In May, Bing added a share feature to Bing Chat and then had to abruptly remove the feature in early June. Bing's Mikhail Parakhin said that the feature should start to slowly roll back out, under a new system, starting on July 4th.

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Google Ads New Brand Restrictions For Search & Brand Exclusions For Performance Max

Google Ads announced that new brand settings are rolling out for Search and Performance Max campaigns. Specifically, brand restrictions for broad match in Search campaigns and brand exclusions in Performance Max campaigns are rolling out.

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Google Map Your Summer Booth

Google Map Your Summer Booth

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 29 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.

Yep, we are seeing yet another heated Google search ranking algorithm update that has come...

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Google Search Product Pricing Graph Over 3-Months

Google is testing showing the price fluctuations of a product in a graph over a three-month period in the search results. We saw product pricing sliders but this is on a graph to show pricing changes over that time period.

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Google Rich Testing Tools Drop Down Selector Now Shows URL Inspection Tool

Google has updated the Google Rich Results test to spell out that the test is coming from the Google URL Inspection tool. This update probably happened when added the new Google-InspectionTool useragent to the crawler list back in May.

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Microsoft: Bing Chat Slow Rollouts Are Random To Reduce Bias

Bing, and other software companies, like Google, tend to roll out new features slowly. So they might roll out a new feature first to 1% of users, then 10%, then 50% and then eventually 100% of users. This rollout is done randomly to reduce bias, Microsoft Bing's Mikhail Parakhin said on Twitter.

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Bing Search Answer Panel Adds Interactive Reaction Emojis

Bing Search lets searchers interact with some of the right bar answer panels using emojis. If you search for [barack obama] and look at the side bar, you will see the option to react to some of the answers given using emojis.

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Google Indoor Camp Trailer

Google Boulder Office Has An Indoor Camp Trailer

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 28 2023

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Google Ads May Disapprove Ads For Using Third-Party Click Tracking

Google has posted an update that says it may disapprove some ads for using third-party click-tracking services that are not on their approved list. Google said this currently only applies if you start using these click-tracking services after the week of August 28th.

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Indoor Google Bike

Indoor Google Bike

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 26 2023

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Google: New Web Sites Homepages Should Get Indexed

Gary Illyes from Google on the last Search Off The Record podcast said that for brand-new websites, their homepages should be indexed without a problem. If not, then the site has a bigger issue. Plus, the Google's John, Martin and Gary spoke more about indexing.

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With A Few Days Left Are Search Marketers Ready For GA4

This coming Friday, June 30, 2023, will be the last day Google Analytics's Universal Analytics 3 collects new data. The deadline is not being pushed off and you either switch to GA4, Google Analytics 4, find some alternative analytics package or not track at all.

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Outdoor Rainbow Staircase At Google Brazil

Google Brazil Outdoor Rainbow Staircase

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 23 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 search results exploded this morning in terms of volatility but still...

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Google Issues PSA Saying 302 Redirects Are Fine

Google's John Mueller went to Twitter and Reddit to issue a PSA saying, "302 redirects are fine." Yea, we covered the 302 versus 301 topic countless times over almost 20 years here, so here is the 2023 version. 302 redirects are just fine to use, according to Google.

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Google Pride Float In Tel Aviv

Google Pride Float At Tel Aviv Pride Parade

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