Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, responded to Vox Media’s claim that AI content is currently “well-received by search engines.” Sullivan said, “It’s still not correct that AI content will be “well-received by search engines,” at least for us.” Sullivan went on to explain on Twitter that “There’s lots of AI content on the web that […]
If you’re a long-time Samsung user, you’re undoubtedly used to your devices coming complete with Google installed as the default search engine, and with good reason. Google has been the search standard to beat for years now, so much so that its name has become synonymous with the idea of using a search engine in […]
Microsoft Bing is testing not showing the citations or links to publishers by default for some results in the Edge Sidebar. So instead of showing the links to the publishers, Bing is showing “click to view,” and when you click it, then Bing will show you those citations or links. This was spotted and covered […]
John Mueller of Google has to say on Twitter that just because a link has UTM parameters on them, it doesn’t make it a paid link. He said “links with UTM parameters are just links.” “They’re definitely not considered paid links,” he added. In fact, we covered this topic not long ago saying URL parameters […]
After being made available to selected YouTubers over the past year, Instagram has now announced That the livestream badges, with which viewers can donate to YouTubers, are activated by default for all streams in all regions in which they are available. As per Instagram: “Starting today, if you are eligible to use badges and they […]
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, is testing the default search engine setting on Microsoft Bing for 1% of its users. Mozilla said on September 6, 2021 that 1% of desktop users will experiment with Bing as the default search engine. The study will last until early 2022 and is expected to be completed […]