The other day, I reported that Microsoft was sending invites to relaunch and expand Microsoft pubCenter, Microsoft’s AdSense alternative. So I signed up and was given access the other day and I wanted to share some screenshots of the screens. The first thing you get is an email saying “You’ve been selected from the waitlist.” […]
Microsoft Bing is testing highlighting portions of the AI chat answer in blue, the one embedded in the Bing Search results. Bing Search started to test embedding its Bing Chat AI answers into the Bing search results two months ago and now Bing is testing highlighting part of the answer in blue. This was spotted […]
Microsoft Bing Search has cars for sale feature that shows cars they have listed in the Microsoft Autos site. Now, Bing is showing a green label named “No Accidents” for cars they can verify have no accidents reported for that VIN. Shameem Adhikarath spotted this and posted it on Twitter but I can replicate this […]
Microsoft might be looking to expand it Google AdSense alternative, Microsoft pubCenter to more publishers. I believe Microsoft pubCenter might try signing up smaller publishers. Menachem Ani saw a pop up in the Microsoft Advertising console that he shared on Twitter, the pop up is inviting him to sign up “to earn money from your […]
A couple of months ago we reported that Microsoft may share revenues with publishers that help it create content for Bing Chat. It was under the Microsoft Start Partner program. Well, for the first time, I am seeing a Microsoft Start partner label in the Bing Chat results. This was posted on Twitter and Mikhail […]
Microsoft Advertising announced a new ad solution for AI-powered chat experiences and solutions. Microsoft said this is a new way to help monetize online services, apps, and publishers monetize chat platforms. To be honest, it is not 100% clear what this ad solution will look like or how to use it. But Microsoft wants everyone […]
This week, we had the Google April 2023 reviews update finish rolling out after 13 days. That update was pretty heated toward the last week of the rollout. Google clarified that page experience is a ranking signal but not a ranking system. Google asked you to submit issues with site names in the search results […]
Microsoft Bing Search sometimes will show a button to see what images look like with transparent backgrounds. It shows up for searches for some company logos, where it says “see which images have transparent backgrounds.” This can come in handy, especially when I want to drop logos on images, like the one above. Finding a […]
Another blow for Twitter’s ad business, with Microsoft announcing that it will be removing Twitter from its Digital Marketing Center management elementstarting next week. As first reported by MashableMicrosoft is removing Twitter as an option from its digital management platform, which provides a cohesive way for businesses to manage their social media presence. Microsoft’s Digital […]
Microsoft Bing is testing adding an “official site” label in the search results. If you search for a specific site, you may find that Bing adds to the title of the search result snippet the words “Official Site.” This was spotted by Shameem Adhikarath and posted on Twitterbut I cannot replicate it myself: I don’t […]