Every day Search Forum Recap: January 16, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

There is this influx of 404 errors in Google Search Console because of some /1000 URL spam that is impacting everyone, Google says don’t worry about it. Microsoft launched Copilot Pro for $20 per month, but Bing is unchanged. Google Ads is testing campaign level headlines and descriptions. Google is testing five, instead of four, products across in the product grid. Did you see the timeline feature in the Google knowledge panel? You can search Bing and Google at the same time in Microsoft Edge.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Threads:

• Enjoy your friday with this #SEO game I made! Been in the works for 2 years. I hope you like it, and btw: it was @JohnMu’s idea to highlight some ppl from the community 🙂 Maybe you’re in it. 1way to find out. (hope I didn’t make, Jan Caerels on X
• Our Client Is Showing Up In Google Local Services Ads For General Lawyer Searches And We DO NOT Have That Option Selected In The Account! The search was “Lawyer Near Me” And Our Client Showed In The Local Business Finder Map In, Anthony Higman on X
• Our team is releasing Copilot Pro today which includes Open AI’s GPT-4 Turbo and Dalle3 with dual guidance and landscape mode. It doesn’t have the 30-turn limit, enables creating Copilot GPTs, and is twice as fast as regular Copilot. More details here, Jordi Ribas on X
• Pmax Budget Pacing Insights now rolled out to more accounts! With Budget pacing insights you can analyze monthly budget utilisation & performance forecasts., Thomas Eccel on X
• To be fair, as someone who drops in from time to time, I don’t find it worse than before. SEO groups always attract a wide variety of folks – lots of new people, some experience, John Mueller on X

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics

Industry & Business

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

PPC

Search Features

Other Search

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