Google explains the use cases for its different crawler types
There is Googlebot, special-case crawlers and user-triggered fetchers.
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.
Google removes several search ranking algorithm updates from its ranking systems page
Page experience is important for your users and usability, but it never seemed all that important for rankings.
You can now use Google Bard to help you code
You can use Bard to help you code up some Python scripts to automate some of your daily SEO or PPC tasks.
Google launches a new crawler named GoogleOther
This crawler is similar to Googlebot, but it will be used internally by Google teams to crawl the public web.
Google Bard adds more variety to drafts
Bard always showed multiple drafts but now those drafts are more distinct from each other, Google explained.
Google says helpful content should have good page experience
Google does add that when it comes to page experience evaluation, it is not just page specific but can also be site-wide.
Google Search Console page experience report going away
The Core Web Vitals and HTTPS report is staying but the mobile-friendly test is going away.
Google Search Console adds new rich results report for “Subscribed content”
Reader Revenue Manager publishers can now measure traffic from Google Search queries and fix structured data.
Google adds new return policy structured data support for merchant listing
These changes come with the new shipping and return information in the Google search results.
Google shows shipping and return information in the search results
Google Search Console added a report to monitor and fix the structured data required to enable this display.
Google planning new search engine while working on new search features under Project Magi
Project Magi will help searchers complete transactions while incorporating search ads on the page.
Google webspam report: SpamBrain caught 5x more spam
Because Google said it can detect spam faster, the company claimed that 99% of visits in Google Search were "spam-free."
Google Bard adds more search topics to “Google it” button
Google also now has a release notes document to track updates to Bard.
Microsoft Advertising professional service ads go global, broad match modifier changes rolling out and more
All broad match modifier keywords for search ads will now serve as broad match keywords instead of phrase match, Microsoft announced.
Google Analytics 4 now lets you modify and create events using regular expressions
This allows you to migrate destination and event goals using regex.
Google updates Bard to improve math, logic responses
Google said Bard can better understand and respond to prompts for multi-step word and math problems. Coding is coming soon.
Google Maps can detect fake phone numbers in photos and remove them
Google also shared some states on how it fought fake reviews and content in local search.
Microsoft explores sharing Bing Chat ad revenue with publishers
Bing Chat had ads since it launched Feb. 7. Now Microsoft says it's exploring ways to give some publishers a piece of that ad revenue.
How the March 2023 Google core update compared to previous core updates
We asked some of the Google tracking data providers for data on the latest Google algorithm update.
Google launches Perspectives, About this author and more ways to verify information
Google's new features should give searchers more reason to trust your site, your authors and the content on your pages.
Google March 2023 broad core update done rolling out
This March 2023 core update took 13 days to roll out. This was a fairly impactful update compared to previous core updates.
Core Web Vitals report within Google Search Console updated
You may see a change in the number of URLs reported in the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console
Microsoft fixes data loss within Bing Webmaster Tools API
Make sure to rerun any scripts you have that may be missing data from the Bing Webmaster Tools API.
Google Search Console breaks out Merchant listings and Product snippets appearances
This is an update to previously launched reports from last September.
2023 Survey: Local search ranking factors
Whitespark has surveyed dozens of local SEO experts to compile what they believe are the most important ranking factors for local search.
Google explains why Bard rarely lists citations and links to content creators
Google said it will link to citations when Bard directly quote at length from a webpage.
Google adds ranking update history to Search Status Dashboard
Google said the new Ranking section of the Search Status dashboard will show active updates as well as history up to 2020.
Google Bard waitlist opens: How to get access to the AI chatbot
You can sign up for the waitlist if you are based in the US or UK.
Bing Image Creator added to Bing Chat
This is powered by the DALL∙E model and is rolling out to Bing Chat.
Bing adds Bing Chat answers to search results
We are now seeing Bing Chat answers in the Bing Search results, in place of Bing Search Answers.
Google releases March 2023 broad core update
This is the first Google core update of 2023 and the first in more than six months. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
OpenAI releases GPT-4 and Bing Chat upgraded
This version promises greater accuracy and broader general knowledge and advanced reasoning.
Microsoft may replace Bing Search answers with Bing Chat responses
Plus, Bing Chat has passed 100 million daily active users.
Google February 2023 product reviews update more volatile than previous updates, say data providers
Semrush compared the sixth release against the July 2022 version, while Rank Ranger compared it against September 2022 data.
Google rolled out new site names, favicon and sponsored label on desktop search
After launching this design for the mobile search results last October, this is now officially live for desktop search.
Google launches new Google Trends portal
SEOs, content creators and marketers use Google Trends as part of their toolset, so this update might be useful for all of you.
Google February 2023 product reviews update is finished rolling out
This update took 14 days to fully roll out and is now complete.
A small API change broke Twitter services for an hour (now fixed)
Since 11:50am ET, Twitter has been having major issues with its services.
Google featured snippets gain blue highlighted text
Not all featured snippets will see text highlighted in blue, but many now do.
Google local map pack goes missing in search results (now fixed)
The local pack that Google generally shows for queries with local intent has gone missing.