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.
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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.
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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 app could soon introduce a new Notes feature
Feature would let users leave comments about webpages. It is expected to appear as a new Google Labs experiment.
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 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 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.
Google expands Bard to more countries, more languages and adds new features
The new features include pin and rename conversations, export code to more places, share answers, use images for prompts, listen to answers and adjust responses.
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 launches perspectives filter in mobile search results
This weekend, Google has begun rolling out the new perspectives feature to searchers.
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 Bard update improved math and data analysis and Google Sheets exports
Bard is now better at mathematical tasks, coding questions and string manipulation.
Google Bard now can use your device’s precise location for more relevant local results
To enable this, manage your preferences in location settings.
Hands-on with Google’s new Search Generative Experience
Here's your early look at a variety of searches on the new Google Search Generative Experience.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Bard adds more variety to drafts
Bard always showed multiple drafts but now those drafts are more distinct from each other, Google explained.
Google: Video must be main content to appear as thumbnail
When a video isn't the main content, Google won't show it as a thumbnail. Google's testing showed a "minimal impact" on publishers.
Google Bard adds more search topics to “Google it” button
Google also now has a release notes document to track updates to Bard.
Google CEO: Search will evolve substantively in next 10 years
Sundar Pichai discusses the future of link-based search, Google Bard, and the commercial potential of large language models and LLM search.
Conversational AI ‘absolutely’ coming to Google Search, says CEO Sundar Pichai
Chatbots don't pose a threat to Google’s search business – they offer an even bigger 'opportunity space,' according to Pichai.
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 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.
Google: ‘Bard is not Search’
Google wants to be clear: Bard is separate from Search. Yet it has become synonymous with generative AI features coming soon to Search.
Case study: How to get rid of a negative ‘People also ask’ result
Learn how combining ORM and SEO tactics can help you capture a negative PAA and replace the answer with a positive one.
The big concern for publishers is when AI becomes the journalist
Content creators may need to entertain and maybe Google should add a new E to E-E-A-T.
Microsoft: Searchers happy with Bing’s AI-powered results despite technical glitches
71% gave thumbs up to the results in the new Bing. But Microsoft wants to make sure it gets better at providing timely information.
Content creators are concerned with the new AI features in Bing and Google
Will traffic from search to publishers drop with the new long chat like answers.
Over one million people signed up to try the new AI-powered Bing
The excitement and interest are very real for the new Microsoft Bing search experience.
New with Google multisearch, Google Maps, and more previews of Bard
Google Lens is now used over 10 billion times per month.
Google Search podcast carousel going away on February 13
Your Google podcast manager stats will show a drop in clicks and impressions.
Google launches Bard, its answer to ChatGPT – here’s what it looks like
Google promises to make their experimental conversational AI service, powered by LaMDA, available more widely in the coming weeks.
Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT interface spotted in the wild
We know Microsoft Bing is working towards integrating ChatGPT into its search interface.
Sundar Pichai confirms Google is working on AI search feature users can “engage directly with”
In the Google Q4 earnings call, Sundar Pichai confirmed the company's plans to deliver ChatGPT like features.
Google testing new search design with AI answers over organic results
We may have gotten our first preview of at what chatbot-style Google desktop search results will look like later this year