Day by day Search Discussion board Recap: February 13, 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.

Some recipe sites got hit hard in the Google search results this Sunday, right before the Super Bowl. Google says again, EEAT is not a ranking factor nor does it factor into other factors. Google said you won’t get your search rankings back by disavowing toxic links. Google Ads generative AI for automatically created assets is fully live in English in the US and UK. Google is testing an animated highlighter for featured snippets.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Threads:

• Happy Monday! Gemini update: We’ve reduced refusals on many image generation cases and coding cases where you input non-live URLs. Heads down continuing to reduce refusals while maintaining alignment. A key bit of AI alignment is, Jack Krawczyk on X
• This week, I am going to focus on what you need to know by March to maintain EEA ad personalization and remarketing capabilities, along with helpful tips on how to build a durable measurement strategy this year. Here’s what we’l, AdsLiaison on X
• It is fully legitimate, we needed it for transition, shouldn’t be happening anymore., Mikhail Parakhin on X
• Yes, sorry, this situation of you issuing multiple identical queries exposed the issue on our side. Fixing, Mikhail Parakhin 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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