Archive of February, 2023
February, 8 2023
- Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content At Google, we've long believed in the power of AI to transform the ability to deliver helpful [...] - Google Webmaster Central
- From images to videos, how AI is helping you search visually We’re sharing a few new ways we’re applying our advancements in AI to make exploring [...] - Inside Search
- Google Maps Brings A New Level Of Interactivity To Your Journey via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern See how Google is using AI to create a more intuitive and interactive map experience with immersive [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Search Engine Land’s updated What is SEO guide is now available Our newly updated SEO guide is more helpful than ever, providing an overview of the key [...] - Search Engine Land
- This day in search marketing history: February 8 Google Chrome's 'not secure' warning, plus: Search Ads 360, Google News and Discover penalties, [...] - Search Engine Land
- Learning to trust the lack of transparency from ad platforms Ad platforms are clear as mud in helping you look under the hood. But at some point, we have to [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Sets The Record Straight: AI Content In Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has released a statement regarding its approach to AI-generated content in its search [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Bing Webmaster Guidelines updated for “conversation mode” and AI Bing also updated the answers section to incorporate the new AI version of Bing Search. - Search Engine Land
- Google reiterates guidance on AI-generated content – write content for people Also consider evaluating the "who, how and why" of your content. - Search Engine Land
- Cost-Per-Hour Masthead placements: YouTube’s latest offering Large enterprise brands may find the new ads ideal, while smaller local businesses may not see much [...] - Search Engine Land
- New with Google multisearch, Google Maps, and more previews of Bard Google Lens is now used over 10 billion times per month. - Search Engine Land
- Google’s New AI-Powered Features: Search Just Got Smarter via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is adding new AI-powered features to Google Lens and multisearch. Learn how these new [...] - Search Engine Journal
February, 7 2023
- Microsoft Announces ChatGPT Capabilities Coming To Bing via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft announces ChatGPT integration into Bing and the Edge browser to enhance user experience [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Understanding and resolving ‘Discovered – currently not indexed’ Learn potential reasons why you're seeing this status in Google Search Console, plus ways to [...] - Search Engine Land
- I'm At The Microsoft Bing Event Today - Expecting ChatGPT Search Integration I am currently in Seattle, and headed to the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, for an in-person press [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Search podcast carousel going away on February 13 Your Google podcast manager stats will show a drop in clicks and impressions. - Search Engine Land
- Survey Says Most Think Yahoo Won't Be Able To Compete In Search As you know, Yahoo is planning a come back to search with a new way of thinking about Yahoo Search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Is AI threatening SEO strategy? by Internet Marketing Ninjas Is AI taking over the SEO Industry? Understand how to leverage the technology and its limitations [...] - Search Engine Land
- Microsoft shows off the new AI-powered chat Bing search Live from the Microsoft event in Redmond... - Search Engine Land
- Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Algorithms for efficient deep learning Posted by Sanjiv Kumar, VP and Google Fellow, Google Research (This is Part 4 in [...] - Google Research
- Missing links: Where are sources in Google’s AI search results? Forget zero-click. Now we have zero-link search results from Google. Is this an act of war on [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Search Launches Bard, It's ChatGPT Feature, To Trusted Testers (SEOs Concerned) Well, we knew it was coming and here it is, Bard - Google's answer to ChatGPT. Google is now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Microsoft Bing shows off its new search engine using ChatGPT Live from the Microsoft event in Redmond... - Search Engine Land
- Test driving the new Bing I got early access to the new ChatGPT integrated Bing browser and decided to test it out. - Search Engine Land
- Conductor acquires Searchmetrics in big enterprise SEO merger Conductor said the deal will help it better support global organizations. Both platforms will [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Tests New Larger Video Layout In Search Google may be testing a new layout for videos it displays in the Google Search results. Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Search People Cards Now Visible In US Back in 2020, Google Search introduced a feature named people cards. It was only available in India [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- This day in search marketing history: February 7 Noogler spreads SEO myths, plus: Google posts rejected, Enhanced Campaign reactions, algorithm [...] - Search Engine Land
February, 6 2023
- Google launches Bard, its answer to ChatGPT, to trusted testers – here is what it looks like Google promises to make their experimental conversational AI service, powered by LaMDA, available [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google CEO Confirms AI Features Coming To Search “Soon” via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google announces new AI-powered features in search results and introduces an experimental [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Google Updates Structured Data Guidance To Clarify Supported Formats via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the structured data guidance to clarify why JSON-LD is preferred and to confirm that [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Google Local Review Filters Removed Many Legit Reviews, Google Restoring Reviews Google has confirmed that its latest efforts to filter out local reviews against its policies and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Microsoft Bing & ChatGPT: 5 Possible Features At Launch via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft Bing powered by ChatGPT may offer more personalized results and features, with a chatbox [...] - Search Engine Journal
- How to write long-form content: 7 smart steps and examples Writing long-form content that gets results is a skill. Learn how you can leverage it to meet your [...] - Search Engine Land
- Advanced image SEO: A secret manual Learn how search engines process images and key image SEO tactics to implement from this [...] - Search Engine Land
- Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On February 4th There may have been another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update - this one also on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Chrome 110 Changes How Web Share API Embeds Third Party Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Chrome 110 introduces a "potentially breaking change" to third-party embedding. This is [...] - Search Engine Journal
- 10 awesome reasons to attend an SMX Master Class Live Q&A. On-demand access. Attend from anywhere. The list goes on! - Search Engine Land
- This day in search marketing history: February 6 AdWords announces Enhanced Campaigns, plus: more Google Shopping ads, Toolbar PageRank, GSC [...] - Search Engine Land
- Announcing the Search Central Live Brazil roadshow We're very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to Brazil! Following our [...] - Google Webmaster Central
- Google: JSON-LD, Microdata & RDFa Are All Equally Fine For Structured Data Google has clarified in its search developer documents that JSON-LD, Microdata and RDFa are all [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google: Translating URLs To Content Language Is Less Critical Google's John Mueller was asked again about if you should translate the content of the URL itself [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
February, 5 2023
- This day in search marketing history: February 5 Moz updates DA, plus: spammy structured markup, Google launches link reporting tools, search deals, [...] - Search Engine Land
February, 4 2023
- This day in search marketing history: February 4 MicroHoo Day 4, plus: Google expands phrase match, Google Adds JSON-LD support, reconsideration [...] - Search Engine Land
February, 3 2023
- Google: Headings With Hierarchical Structure An “Awesome Idea” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says headings with a hierarchical structure is an "awesome idea & a [...] - Search Engine Journal
- The latest jobs in search marketing Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google's CEO Sundar Pichai Confirms New Chat Based Search Feature Coming Really Soon Last night I reported on Search Engine Land, based on the earnings report and earnings call, that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- How to manage and edit your Google Business Profile from Google search Managing your GBP listing from Google search is the new norm. Here's an overview of the in-search [...] - Search Engine Land
- Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT interface spotted in the wild We know Microsoft Bing is working towards integrating ChatGPT into its search interface. - Search Engine Land
- Sundar Pichai confirms Google is working on AI search feature users can “engage directly with” In the Google Q4 earnings call, Sundar Pichai confirmed the company's plans to deliver ChatGPT like [...] - Search Engine Land
- Daniel Waisberg Hosted Lizzi Sassman & Martin Splitt At Google Tel Aviv - Search Engine Roundtable
- This day in search marketing history: February 3 How Google uses AI in search, plus: an unconfirmed Google algorithm update, Amit Singhal leaving [...] - Search Engine Land
- Is This The Microsoft Bing ChatGPT Search Interface? Owen Yin shared some screenshots of what he said he saw on the Microsoft Bing website. It looks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- New Bingbot user-agent now fully live After a couple years of testing, Microsoft has now stopped using the old BingBot user agent. - Search Engine Land
- Real-time tracking of wildfire boundaries using satellite imagery Posted by Zvika Ben-Haim and Omer Nevo, Software Engineers, Google Research As global [...] - Google Research
- Google search, network, and YouTube revenue all fell in Q4 2022 Google's Q4 earnings report showed a decline in ad revenue, missing analysts' expectations, due to [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Ad Revenues Down 3.6% Year Over Year, Working On Cost Structure Google reported earnings last night and their ad revenue not only slowed but was technically lower [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- International SEO: How to avoid common translation and localization pitfalls Are you doing business in more than one language or more than one country? If you are, you'll want [...] - Search Engine Land
February, 2 2023
- How to Block ChatGPT From Using Your Website Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster This is how ChatGPT gets website data to learn from and how to block that from happening - Search Engine Journal
- Google’s Mueller Criticizes Negative SEO & Link Disavow Companies via @sejournal, @martinibuster John Mueller criticized negative SEO services as well as certain kinds of link disavow companies, [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Make the switch to GA4, or Google will do it for you Starting next month, advertisers should begin creating new Google Analytics 4 properties, or [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Testing Apprentice Bard: Google's Answer To OpenAI's ChatGPT? CNBC reported the other day that Google is working on its own AI chatbot named Apprentice Bard. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Microsoft Bing: lastmod Tag In XML Sitemap File Is Critical Microsoft Bing posted a new blog post saying "for XML sitemaps, one of the most critical tags [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Why SEO should be a product Treating search engine optimization as a product means dedicating ample resources to growing [...] - Search Engine Land
- GoogleProducer: A New Googlebot Crawler From Google? Google may be crawling the web with a new crawler, a new Googlebot, named GoogleProducer. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- How much will backlinks matter in 2023? While backlinks' importance to Google has waned over the years, earning natural links through [...] - Search Engine Land
- Open Source Vizier: Towards reliable and flexible hyperparameter and blackbox optimization Posted by Xingyou (Richard) Song, Research Scientist, and Chansoo Lee, Software Engineer, Google [...] - Google Research
- Google Search Console Video Indexing Report Gains Impressions & Sitemap Filters Google has updated the video indexing report within Google Search Console to add impression data [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- This day in search marketing history: February 2 Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using [...] - Search Engine Land
- February 2023 Google Webmaster Report It is time for the Google webmaster report, where I summarize the most important SEO and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google’s search quality raters protest for higher pay Google's search quality raters – the people who help evaluate Google's search results – [...] - Search Engine Land
February, 1 2023
- Google testing new search design with AI answers over organic results We may have gotten our first preview of at what chatbot-style Google desktop search results will [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google Blasts Agencies That Sell Links & Disavow Link Services John Mueller of Google blasted SEO or marketing agencies that sell both link-building services and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Updates Search Console Video Indexing Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's updated Search Console Video indexing report now includes daily video impressions and a [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Google Maps removed policy-abiding reviews from Local Guides Google is working on restoring the reviews over the next few weeks. - Search Engine Land
- Google Search Console Video indexing report gains video impressions overlay and sitemap filter Google has upgraded the video indexing report to help your videos perform better in search. - Search Engine Land
- ChatGPT Plus launches, it costs $20 a month OpenAI said users can access the paid version of its popular ChatGPT service during peak times and [...] - Search Engine Land
- Microsoft Bing to rely more on lastmod date in XML sitemap files for crawling Microsoft also released some interesting stats on lastmod dates in XML sitemap files. - Search Engine Land
- Yelp Details Removal Of Paid Review Groups & Lead Generators via @sejournal, @martinibuster Yelp releases report on how they removed lead generators and closed down paid review rings on [...] - Search Engine Journal
- Is Google using a ChatGPT-like system for spam and AI content detection and ranking websites? Key SEO takeaways from Google's 2020 paper on how text-generation models can be successfully used [...] - Search Engine Land
- Bing Revamps Crawl System to Enhance Search Engine Efficiency via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Bing is revamping its crawl scheduling to better use the information provided by the [...] - Search Engine Journal
- This day in search marketing history: February 1 Bing accused of copying Google's search results, plus: Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo, about this [...] - Search Engine Land
- Webinar: 4 disciplines for SEO teams to drive performance by Cynthia Ramsaran Tune in for templates and examples you can use to set your goals. - Search Engine Land
- Google Ads To Update Government Documents and Official Services Policy On March 31 After months of silence and no policy updates from Google Ads, Google has posted that it will be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Google: Firewalls or CDNs Issues Are The Most Common Reason For Blocking Googlebot Gary Illyes from Google posted a new PSA on LinkedIn saying that the most common reason a site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
- Report: Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT feature to be faster and richer with GPT-4 As reported earlier, we are now learning more about Microsoft's plans to incorporate ChatGPT into [...] - Search Engine Land
- Google: Nofollow Site Credit Links Footer Links If You Control Them Google is still recommending that you nofollow your credit links in your footer, if you have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable