Google is trying out another design for surveying or polling some of its searchers if they find the search results helpful or not. This one shows directly under a snippet and says “was this result helpful?” It then has a green thumbs-up icon and a red thumbs-down icon to click on. Google has been asking […]
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Google November 2023 Reviews Update Rolls Out
As expected, the Google November 2023 reviews update has slot gacor hari ini started to roll out this week. It started on November 8, 2023 at about 12 pm ET. This will be the last time Google confirms a reviews update because it is now more of a regular update, compared to past reviews updates. […]
Google Expands Search Generative Experience To More Countries & Adds New Features
Google announced it has expanded the Search Generative Experience beta to 120 or so countries and territories and four new languages. Google also added new follow-up questions, AI-powered translation help and more interactive definitions in AI-powered overviews. 120 Countries & 4 New Languages Google expanded SGE to 120 countries and territories, so now it works […]
Google Merchant Center Breaks Up Its Abuse Policy
Google has updated its various abuse policies for Merchant Center. Google said Google Shopping ads and Google free listings Malicious or unwanted software policy will be split into three separate policies; Malicious software, Compromised sites, and Unwanted software. Here is what Google documented as changing: Malicious software: The scope of the Malicious software policy is […]
Google Tests Multiple Local Packs In Search Results As You Scroll
Google seems to be testing showing multiple local packs in its search results as you scroll down the page. I cannot replicate this, which makes me believe this is a limited test. But Christian Kunz was able to repeat this over and over again, showing multiple local packs come up as he scrolls through the […]
Google Business Profiles New Activities Section
Google has added a new “activities” section to some business types within Google Business Profiles. It seems to be for some sort of hotel like businesses but not all hotels see this option yet, so maybe it is being tested. Google lets you add multiple activity names, the price for the activity, the type of […]
Microsoft Bing Patent On Web Site/Content Reliability Scores
Microsoft has published a new patent application named Web Content Reliability Classification (US 20230350956 A1). It seems this patent describes how to figure out a reliability score for a website or portion of the content on a website for use in Bing Search. Of course, you need to keep in mind that just because a […]
Microsoft: Bing Chat Demand Not Going Down
Some may feel like all the buzz around Microsoft and Bing Chat is somewhat dwindling but according to Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO, Advertising and Web Services at Microsoft, that is not true. He said that demand is not dwindling and Bing Chat just keeps getting better and more efficient. Mikhail Parakhin was asked on X […]
New Google Ads Policy Disallows Location Assets For Closed Locations
Google has sent out an email to some advertisers using location asserts within Google Ads with “new policy requirements.” In short, it says that if your location is closed, not recognized, or does not match the business ads location, then Google Ads location assets are not allowed. Google wrote, “Locations that are closed, not recognized […]
November 2023 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the big Google webmaster report for November 2023 and it is a big one. We had three confirmed updates; the November 2023 core update and a couple weeks later the October 2023 core update and also the October 2023 spam update. And there was a bug with the core update that led to […]