Why OpenAI paused ChatGPT ads to fight Google’s Gemini
OpenAI bets its future on a distraction-free experience, sacrificing ad revenue to stop Google’s ecosystem from winning the AI crown.
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Microsoft to end nonprofit ad grant program in December
Microsoft will end its Ads for Social Impact grant program in December, leaving nonprofits to either pause campaigns or pay out of pocket.
Excel for SEO: 10 formulas to work smarter
Master Excel for SEO with expert formulas, templates, and workflows. Analyze data, audit sites, and streamline SEO tasks using advanced Excel techniques.
Bing Search back online after 5-hour outage
Third-party search services that use Bing are also offline, including DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search, Copilot and more.
Microsoft launches Copilot Pro for $20 per month per user
Copilot Pro gives you the latest features and best models that Microsoft AI has to offer.
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.
6 Microsoft Audience Ads product updates
The latest product developments aim to help advertisers create more engaging campaigns that serve higher-value audiences.
Microsoft is now putting ads in Outlook mobile
Frustration over the new ads is growing, but to advertisers, they represent new opportunities to get in front of brands in a less competitive space.
Microsoft partners with Shopify to help retailers expand their reach
Microsoft's updated their Microsoft Channel app with new features to help retailers and e-commerce businesses comes right in time for the holiday shopping season.
Bing rebrands as Microsoft Bing, expands Give with Bing
The rebrand includes new logos, and Give with Bing is now available in seven markets.
Microsoft introduces XLOOKUP in Excel – and it’s a big deal for data reporting
The new feature addresses many of VLOOKUP's limitations.
Bing turns 10: Why it’s been more disruptive than you think
A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft's search business.
Microsoft launches new audience network, ‘Audience Ads’ at Bing Partner Summit
New display network combines search signals, Microsoft’s AI assets and its audience graph, which includes LinkedIn.
Bing announces AI-powered new ‘intelligent search’ features
None of the features or changes is disruptive, but they collectively point to the fact that search evolution is accelerating.
Microsoft search revenue grew 15% last quarter, after hovering around 10% previous 4 quarters
LinkedIn sessions increased again by more than 20 percent.
Bing for business helps organizations search smarter
Bing for business has launched a preview of new search features designed for internal organization search. Here is a quick overview.
iProspect, Razorfish, Wolfgang Digital earn multiple wins at 2016 Landy Awards
For iProspect, it's the second straight year with multiple awards as Search Engine Land again honors the best in search marketing.
Bing Ads’ Lynne Kjolso talks growth after Yahoo, LinkedIn, voice search & quick wins
In a keynote discussion at SMX Advanced, Lynne Kjolso, general manager of global search sales and service at Microsoft, talked about how Bing Ads is evolving for mobile and more.
SearchCap: Google warning to bloggers, SEO success, audits & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google to bloggers: Disclose & nofollow links when reviewing gifted productsMar 11, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google issues new best practices to bloggers who receive free products. Is Google about to […]
Are Games & Lyrics Sites Google Panda 4.1’s Biggest Losers?
Google began rolling out Panda 4.1 last week, a process that continues into this week, but we already have the winners and losers report from SearchMetrics. The biggest winners for Panda 4.1 based on this early report are sites in the news, content and download portal realm. While the biggest losers are sites in the […]
Bing Revamps Android App To Match iPhone Features
Microsoft’s Bing and Google are pursuing very similar strategies with their mobile apps. Google’s search app for iOS is essentially a browser and gateway to other Google apps and services. The same is true for Bing on iOS and Android. Earlier this week Bing refreshed its Android app to make its UI and design consistent […]
Search In Pics: Chrome Cut, Google + T-Shirt & History Of Search
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
Turnabout Is Fair Play: Google Sues The Feds For Not Considering Its Office Alternative
Google has been on the receiving end of several investigations and complaints from US government agencies. Now Google is taking the offensive and is suing one of them, the Department of Interior in this case, for reportedly not considering Google Apps and only considering Microsoft software in a recent agency procurement round for its 88,000 […]