Google to deprecate Sitemaps ping endpoint later this year
Instead, Google is recommending an accurate lastmod date in your Sitemap file.
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Google adds INP report to Search Console
In order for you to prepare for when Google replaces FID with INP as a core web vital metric, Google has launched a new report to aid you.
Google files lawsuit over fake review scams
Google said in this case the alleged scammers created 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and over 14,000 fake reviews.
Google SGE now uses photos and reviews from Google Business Profile listings
Google has updated the Search Generative Experience to use Business Profile data for its AI-snapshots.
Google releases new search spam report form
You can use this form to submit search spam reports on spam, paid links, malicious behavior, low quality, and other search quality issues.
Google Search Console may show more breadcrumb warnings
Google updated its rich results breadcrumbs report to show more warnings.
Google Search Console video indexing report gets three new issue details
These new reasons include video outside the viewport, video too small and video too tall.
Google launches perspectives filter in mobile search results
This weekend, Google has begun rolling out the new perspectives feature to searchers.
Bing Chat gains voice search on desktop interface
Bing Chat can also respond with text to speech answers.
Google’s Search Generative Experience can now generate answers in half the time
Plus, Google said they made a number of "quality updates to SGE.
Google News Showcase coming to the US and updates to follow tab on Google News
Plus, Google re-announced the Google Reader Revenue Manager.
Google Bard update improved math and data analysis and Google Sheets exports
Bard is now better at mathematical tasks, coding questions and string manipulation.
Google fixes issue that took down Ads for about 2 hours
Google Ads advertisers were greeted with a 500 server error starting around 9:10 a.m. ET. Service was restored just before 11 a.m. ET.
Google Analytics 4 audience builder gains six new dimensions and metrics
The new metrics include country, manual term, mobile device info, minute, new vs returning and session duration.
Bing Chat increases chat turns, adds visuals to travel queries and expands Bing Image Creator
Bing Chat now supports 30 chat turns in a single conversation.
Google Bard now can use your device’s precise location for more relevant local results
To enable this, manage your preferences in location settings.
Google now treats .ai domains as generic top-level domains
That means that Google won't default .ai domains as being geo-specific to Anguilla.
Google Local Service Ads mass policy violations
Google is investigating if this is a bug or a new enforcement of some kind.
Google Search Console Insights adds your growing content report
This new report is designed to help those who have not associated their Search Console Insights property to their Google Analytics property.
Bing Chat gains Android home widget and improved sports scores
Plus, Bing Chat rolled out a number of improvements to SwiftKey.
Google Search Console shows the wrong mobile indexing status for some sites
Some have been wondering why their mobile-friendly sites are being crawled using the desktop crawler, well, it might be a reporting bug.
Google Search Console performance report delayed but Google will fix the issue
At the time of writing this story, the reports were delayed by over 65 hours.
Google opens access to Search Generative Experience today
Some of you who signed up for the waitlist will get an email notifying you that you have access to try out the new labs search experience.
Google Top Quality Store badge replaced Trusted Store badge
Google said this change "will not affect your performance metrics at all."
Google Search bug caused a drop in video traffic
Between May 4 and May 17, there was a bug with Google Search that caused sites to get less traffic to their video content.
Google announces new topic authority system to better surface news content
Google said this will help with newsy queries in specialized topic areas, such as health, politics, or finance.
Bing to be default search engine on Open AI’s ChatGPT
ChatGPT Plus subscribers will have access to Bing Search today and it will expand to more users in the future.
Google Site names now support subdomains on mobile devices
Google also said if you find issues, you can submit those issues in their forum.
Google has done its last mobile-first indexing switch today, a six-year process
Any site not yet moved over will remain on desktop-indexing going forward.
Microsoft is rolling out access to Bing Chat to more users
Unauthenticated users, users not signed into Bing, may start to be able to use Bing Chat soon.
Google defines supported languages for translated search results
The languages include Bengali, English, French, German, Marathi, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, and Telugu.
Google-InspectionTool – the new Google crawler for Google testing tools
Google has added a new Google crawler to its list, this one is uses for testing tools you use in Search Console or other Google properties.
Microsoft now rolling out new Bing Chat features including chat history, mobile features, and more
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a number of new features for Bing Chat, now many of them are live.
Google Bard adds genuine citations in responses and more concise summaries
Google released an update today that is better at summarizing information and identifying sources for its answers.
Bing Chat gains image answers with knowledge cards and optimized answers
These optimized answers go across shopping, weather, finance, jobs, autos, and recipes.
Google rolling out related topics filter on desktop search results
Google's related topics filter was launched on mobile in December and is now on desktop after months of testing.
Google to update the helpful content system algorithm in the coming months
Google said this update will help it 'understand content created from a personal or expert point of view.'
Google will replace FID with INP as Core Web Vitals metric
Google Search Console will add Interaction to Next Paint in the Core Web Vitals report later this year so you can start seeing your scores.
Google Bard now can show Search and knowledge panels, maps and more while removing the waitlist
Bard also adds dark mode, Google Lens, more integrations, all announced at Google I/O.
New Google perspectives, about this image and AI-generated image labels
In addition to the new Google Search Generative Experience, Google launched a few new features in the old search engine.