Google Search Console API delayed
The web interface is not delayed but the API seems backed up since last Thursday.
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Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue
Will other companies follow suit and go after Google for sending less traffic to sites and publishers with these new AI Overviews?
Google Posts gain AI-enhanced images feature
Now when you add a post in Google Business Profiles, you can add AI-generated backgrounds to your images.
Google AI Overviews now showing on more Google Lens results
Plus, Google iOS app now can search the screen you are reading.
Google confirms most review count bugs fixed but some still to go
A week after the stressful Google reviews count bug, Google still has not fully resolved the issue - but it should be resolved soon.
Google adds member pricing beta type to Merchant listing pricing structured data
Google also clarified the priceType property for active prices, sale prices, strikethrough prices, and member prices.
OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing deal
We know Google pays Reddit $60M, and Reddit has content deals with only Google and OpenAI. That leaves OpenAI paying about $70M.
Google Search now uses Speculation Rules API to make search faster
Chrome is rolling out prerendered search results pages—for users with preload enabled—when users type search queries in the Chrome address bar, and in other places like the search box on Android.
Google News automated publication pages to start in March
This comes after Google announced in April 2024 that Publisher Center will stop allowing you to add publications manually.
Google bug cause reviews to drop out of local listings
Starting this past Friday, Google seems to be showing fewer and fewer reviews on Google local listings. It seems like it is a bug that Google is working to fix.
Google Search testing ‘AI Mode’
Google is reportedly internally testing a new feature called 'AI Mode', which is a new way to ask open-ended and exploratory questions.
OpenAI drops sign in requirement for ChatGPT search
You no longer need to sign up or have an account to use OpenAI's search feature.
Google AI Overviews now with detailed shopping comparisons
Google Search will provide a very detailed comparison of two products within its AI Overviews.
Product studio now available within Google Business Profiles
When you manage your products within your local listings, you can now use Google Product Studio to change the background scenes.
Google Search launches Ask for me
This is a new labs experiment where Google AI calls businesses to find out what they charge for a service & when it’s available.
Is Google testing Gemini 2.0 powered AI Overviews?
We are seeing some really deep and comprehensive AI Overviews being tested in Google Search.
Google sending manual actions for site reputation abuse in Germany
This comes a week after Google expanded enforcement of this policy in Italy, Spain and France.
Yahoo testing new AI Search features
Yahoo Search is testing AI Chat features and AI generated answers within the search results.
Google updates search quality raters guidelines with a focus on spam
The last update was 10 months ago, when Google released its new spam policies and March 2024 core update.
Google no longer shows breadcrumbs in mobile search results snippets
Google said this change is to have a cleaner, more streamlined look for how URLs appear in search results.
Google quietly updated the News and Discover manual action policies
Google removed the adult-theme and artificial freshening sections and added a number of deceptive practices sections.
Google testing audio version of Google Discover named Daily Listen
This is a Search Labs experimental feature available on the Google App for iOS or Android.
Google Search Console performance report 24-hour view now can be exported
A month ago, Google added new hourly data to the performance reports in Search Console, and today, you can export that data.
Google’s CEO warns ChatGPT may become synonymous to AI the way Google is to Search
Google will focus hard on scaling Gemini as a consumer app in 2025, CNBC reports.
OpenAI works to restore access to ChatGPT and other services
There has been a major outage for ChatGPT, APIs and Sora for the past few hours.
Google December 2024 spam update done rolling out
This spam update took about 7 days to fully roll out and is now complete.
Google algorithm updates 2024 in review: 4 core updates and 3 spam updates
There were seven confirmed algorithm updates (two less than last year). But Google's March core update was Google's biggest update ever.
Google expands AI organized search results to restaurants
Google expanded these for dining recommendations within Google Search.
Data providers: Google December 2024 core update was more volatile than last
This last Google core update was more impactful than the November core update but not the August or March 2024 core updates.
Google files its proposed remedies in DOJ’s monopoly case
Google was required to file its own remedies which include changes to browser agreements, Android contracts and more.
Google December 2024 spam update unleashed
This update was released a day after Google finished rolling out the December core update.
Google December 2024 core update rollout is now complete
This update took 6 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update.
Bing Image Creator is now directly in Bing search and faster
Bing Image Creator now uses a newer model, has more ways to create images, lets you share your creations and has a fresh new design.
Bing Search gets faster, more accurate and efficient through SLM models and TensorRT-LLM
Bing's search team said it "trained SLM models (~100x throughput improvement over LLM), which process and understand search queries more precisely."
Google’s new help document on faceted navigation
Faceted navigation can potentially lead to overcrawling and slower discovery crawls.
Google December 2024 core update rolling out now
Google has released its fourth core update for the 2024 year today.
Google Lens is having a serving issue
Google has confirmed a serving issue specifically with Google Lens.
Bing officially removes cache link from search results
This comes after Google removed the cache link in February.
Google Gemini 2.0 coming to Search and AI Overviews
AI Overviews will be able to handle more complex topics and multi-step questions, including advanced math equations, multimodal queries and coding.