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Google to block Bard’s shared chats from showing in Google Search
After Google released shared conversations in Bard, Google Search began crawling and indexing those public chats.
Microsoft adds controls to disallow content in Bing Chat
This utilizes NOCACHE and NOARCHIVE tag and more features may come in the future.
TikTok testing displaying links to Google search results
TikTok is showing links to conduct a search at Google Search.
Google’s helpful content update did not yet target hosted third-party content
Gary Illyes from Google said this was just a change made to the documentation and was not implemented in its algorithms yet.
Bing Chat rolling out personalized answers
Today at the Microsoft AI event Bing Chat showed off some new memory search features.
Bing Webmaster Tools performance report gains new data but you can’t filter by just Bing Chat data
You can filter by web and chat combined, you can filter by news, images, videos and even knowledge panels.
Wix adds IndexNow support for faster indexing
Now over 60 million websites are published over 1.4 billion URLs per day to IndexNow.
Bing explains the new Sitemap Index Coverage report
After quietly rolling out the new sitemap in Webmaster Tools, Bing explains how it works.
Bing Webmaster Tools disavow link tool is going away
After about a decade, Bing has decided to sunset the disavow link because it is no longer needed.
Google Search can now validate responses from Bard
Plus, Bard PaLM 2 model is better, expanded more features and new Bard extensions.
What’s new with the Google helpful content update
Now that Google has released the September 2023 helpful content update, let's dig in to see what is new.
Google September 2023 helpful content system update rolling out
The update should take two weeks to roll out, Google said. This is the first helpful content system update since December 2022.
How the August 2023 Google core update compared to March 2023 core updates
We asked some of the Google tracking data providers for data on the latest Google algorithm update.
Suspended Google Ads advertisers may be required to pass advertiser verification
This policy kicks in on October 10, 2023 and will impact some advertisers.
Google Search Console rolling out new Merchant Center integrated reports
These new reports will show you issues with products not showing on Search and changes in visibility of your product listings.
Google Search updated its language matching systems
This update was released a couple of weeks ago and helps Google match the searchers language to documents in its index.
Google August 2023 Core Update rollout is now complete
The update took 16 days to roll out - we hope you only saw increases in visibility.
Google Site names now work for all languages
So if your site is not in English, check how your Site name appears in Google Search.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Google Search Generative Experience officially rolls out links to webpages within answers
Launching first in the U.S., Google said it will keep testing how it presents results and prioritize driving traffic to websites.
Google Search testing “Mentioned in” search snippet
Google's expandable carousel search snippet feature informs searchers which other webpages mention a website.
Bing Chat now works on Chrome, Google’s browser
Apple Safari support is coming soon to Bing Chat as well.
Google Search can now index CSV files
Google updated its help document to say it can now index Comma-Separated Values (.csv) files.
Bing Chat data may never come to Bing Webmaster Tools
After promising this for months, Microsoft has never released it and now won't offer a comment.
Google releases August 2023 broad core update
This is the second Google core update of 2023. The rollout is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
Google stops testing links in Search Generative Experience snapshot answers
This test began earlier this month and it seems Google has now paused showing links in these AI-generated answer results.
Google Business Profiles to let you manage your social links
While Google showed social media profile links for local listings for a long time, Google Business Profiles may soon let you manage those links.
Google Search Generative Experience adds SGE while browsing
Paywalled content will not work with the new SGE while browsing feature. Google SGE also added definitions and color coding syntax.
Google Merchant Center adds 3D model link [virtual_model_link] attribute
This attribute helps Google Merchant Center showcase your 3D and AR product images.
Google reduces the visibility of HowTo and FAQ rich results in search
You may see a drop in click through rates from Google Search if you are impacted.
GPTBot: OpenAI releases new web crawler
You can now prevent OpenAI's ChatGPT from accessing your website, or parts of it, using robots.txt.
Google Search Console link report fixed
Two weeks ago Google confirmed its link report had reporting issues, those reporting issues are now resolved.
Google Chrome adds search suggestions, trending searches on mobile
Google has updated the mobile version of Chrome with four new search-related features you might find useful for content planning and research.
Google Search Generative Experience adds videos to AI-generated answers
Google also confirmed adding links to the AI-generated answers and continues to work to improve speed.
Google testing links directly in Search Generative Experience snapshot answers
Google's SGE's AI-generated answers have failed to cite sources. This test aims to correct that. Here's what it looks like.
New Google Merchant Center policy: AI-generated reviews are spam
In addition to its Automated Content policy, Google clarified its existing Merchant Center policies and enforcement behavior.
Google Search rolls out site name updates and workarounds
After much frustration over the new Sitenames feature in Google search, Google released some additional updates.
Bing Search and Bing Chat officially rolling out dark mode
A new "dark" setting will appear in your search settings under the "appearance" section.
Naver, Korean search engine, now supports IndexNow
That makes four search engines that now support IndexNow; Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver.
Bing Chat not yet available on Chrome or Safari browsers
Despite reports, not all Google Chrome and Safari users can access Microsoft Bing AI Chat. But it should be coming any day now.