With OpenAI in chaos, Sam Altman joins Microsoft
Microsoft has hired Altman and other OpenAI colleagues. A majority of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit if the board won't resign.
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Shocker – Sam Altman out at OpenAI in huge CEO change
OpenAI lost confidence in Altman and said new leadership is necessary. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has been named interim CEO.
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat as Copilot
Microsoft Bing will still provide a combined search and chat experience. It will now just be called Copilot instead of Bing Chat.
Report: Yandex search engine for sale
Yandex, the dominant search and online advertising platform is Russia since 1997, has been in turmoil since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
SearchBot upgraded with 13 new personas, AI image generation
Get free access to this Search Engine Land toolkit that equips you with AI specially designed for marketing tasks.
No, ChatGPT isn’t stealing Google’s search market share
Any impact of ChatGPT on Google's search dominance is overblown at this point, as ChatGPT only has 2% of Google's monthly traffic.
7 must-see Google Search ranking documents in antitrust trial exhibits
Learn Google's three pillars of ranking, the important role of end user data – how people interact with search – and more.
Revenue, customer growth returns Semrush to profitability in Q3
To continue growing, Semrush has already started testing price increases to maximize the revenue it generates from its users.
Alternative facts? Google denies rushing out Bard at trial
Google yesterday tried to rewrite history, claiming Bard wasn't rushed out to upstage Microsoft. But facts aren't on Google's side here.
Bitter, cynical Verge article blames SEOs for ruining the internet
What kind of publication would spend their time smearing an entire SEO industry for traffic and profit? The Verge.
Ex-Google Search head worried his team was ‘too involved with ads’
Google declared a Code Yellow in 2019 when it looked like the company might not meet quarterly search revenue goals. Ben Gomes had concerns.
20 most profitable Google queries revealed during antitrust trial
iPhone and car insurance related search terms made Google the most revenue, according to a new trial exhibit.
Report: Generative AI violates copyright law, rights of news publishers
News publishers are concerned that AI answers will replace Search traffic, leading to less revenue, lost jobs and other damages.
Google CEO details how Chrome helped grow Google Search
We also now know exactly how much Google paid to be the default search engine on multiple devices and browsers: $26.3 billion in 2021.
Ahrefs again calls out Semrush for ‘unethical practices’
Ahrefs seems to believe an article endorsing Semrush over Ahrefs on the Backlinko website may violate FTC's endorsement guidelines.
Google adds search themes to Performance Max
Search themes are a new, optional signal that let you add information about customers or your business in Performance Max.
Microsoft relaunches pubCenter, its Google AdSense alternative
The all new pubCenter pilot program, which is actually a 15-year-old Microsoft product, is now open but only to U.S. businesses.
Amazon Ads launches AI image generation
Amazon said the generative AI tool lets you add backgrounds or lifestyle scenes around plain product images, which could improve CTR.
Survey: Only 26% of SMBs are using AI for marketing
While AI can save SMBs time and money, most SMB owners and decision-makers don't understand how to use AI in marketing.
Study: Blogs appear most often in top Google positions
Blogs appear 23% of the time in the top 5 positions of Google Search, excluding home pages, according to BrightEdge data.
Search Engine Land Awards 2023: And the winners are…
Here are all the individuals, agencies and in-house teams who have earned Search Engine Land awards for excellence in SEO in PPC in 2023.
LinkedIn to give Collaborative Articles more reach in search
While Collaborative Articles have potential visibility benefits, some articles are 'drowning in half-truths and misinformation.'
Survey: 70% of marketers feel overwhelmed by AI changes
A lack of training and education, and an abundance of new AI tools, are big problems for marketers, a new survey finds.
YouTube adds Spotlight Moments, an AI-powered ad tool
Brands can serve ad packages during cultural moments alongside 'the most relevant and engaging' video content on YouTube.
Search Engine Land Awards 2023: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will be announced Oct. 23.
Analysis: FAQ rich results show on 17% of Google SERPs, down from 54%
FAQs rich results mostly only show for well-known, authoritative websites – but it's still possible to earn them.
Microsoft CEO: AI will make Google more dominant
Despite investing $100 billion in Bing, the search engine simply can't compete with Google due to its monopoly position, says Satya Nadella.
Google introduces Google-Extended to let you block Bard, Vertex AI via robots.txt
You can now prevent Bard and Vertex AI generative APIs, and future generations of models, from from accessing your website, or parts of it.
Google Search Generative Experience adds About this result feature
Google will soon add the About this result feature for individual links that are included in SGE responses.
Meta AI assistant uses Microsoft Bing Search results
Whenever a request requires fresh information, Meta's conversational assistant will ask Microsoft Bing to get the chat answer.
26% of the top 100 websites are now blocking GPTBot
The number of popular websites blocking ChatGPT has increased 250% in the past month. Pinterest, Indeed and more big brands now block GPTBot.
Links are not a top 3 Google Search ranking factor, says Gary Illyes
Google's Gary Illyes said people overestimate the importance of links, saying they haven't been a top 3 ranking factor for some time.
Former Googler: Google ‘using clicks in rankings’
Does this mean clicks are a direct ranking factor? No. In fact, BERT and MUM are making user data less important.
AMA with Google’s Gary Illyes: 15 quick SEO takeaways
Google's Gary Illyes on ranking signals, AI content, voice data in GSC, Core Web Vitals, the importance of links and much more.
Google: Expect more simplification of Search results
The removal of SERP features like HowTo and FAQ rich results are a trend SEOs should watch, according to Google's Gary Illyes.
Google Search stops showing How-to rich results on desktop
This change comes one month after Google announced HowTo would no longer appear on mobile devices and just for desktop users.
Google CEO on SGE and Search evolution: ‘We’ll get it right’
Sundar Pichai compares the shift to SGE to the shift from desktop to mobile – and believes it won't blow up Google's current business model.
R.I.P. UA – Search Engine Land property has stopped processing data
It's finally happened, 68 days later. Google Universal Analytics has stopped processing data for Search Engine Land.
Survey: 51% of Gen Z women prefer TikTok, not Google, for search
New survey finds Gen Z prefers TikTok due to the video format of the results and more relatable and personalized answers.
Threads search is coming, but when?
Threads search has been limited to searching for accounts. But now Threads is testing text search in New Zealand and Australia.