What a crazy week with Google I/O, where Search took the spotlight for the first time in a long time at the event. Google also may have rolled out an unconfirmed search ranking update around the same time as Google I/O. We had Google show off the new Google Search Generative Experience, and I did […]
Google announced a preview, a labs experiment, of its all-new search engine, it is calling Google Search Generative Experience. This is where Google brings in generative AI into the search interface and makes a search interface designed more for a youthful audience. I covered this in great detail on Search engine country so here I […]
Did you know that some of the improvements being made to the Bing Chat AI models will lead to improvements to the Bing Search core ranking algorithms? Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, said this on Twitter yesterday. Glenn Gabe asked him “So AI model improvements will ultimately improve Bing’s core search algo, but the […]
For the past couple of weeks now, we’ve been hearing reports of how Google will change Google Search in the wake of AI and changes in searcher behavior. As many of you know, I cover a ton of Google Search user interface changes and I put together a collection of some of those changes we […]
Google seems to be testing the ability to filter by perspectives. Google is testing a button to filter your query by the perspectives results. This was spotted by Saad AK, he posted a video on Twitterhere is a GIF of that video in action: Here is a still screenshot: About a year ago, Google started […]
Earlier this week, we reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking update on May 1st and 2nd. Well, throughout the week, things have heated up a lot more, and we are seeing more volatility reported by the tools and more SEO chatter within the community. Again, Google has not confirmed any update is going on […]
Remember those old Nokia mobile phones? Do you remember Google web search being tested on those devices? Jon Erlichman from Bloomberg shared an old video of this in action on Twitter the other day. Here it is: Early days of web search on a phone: pic.twitter.com/Ndkx2JvfU0 — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 21, 2023 This post […]
Over the past couple of days, I have been seeing signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update. It may have started on May 1st, with the chatter within the SEO community growing throughout yesterday, May 2nd. I don’t think this is the residue from the April 2023 review update that officially completed on […]
With generative AI and the new AI search features, we are not only able to use some generative AI tools to create excellent content, but how searchers access information is on the verge of changing. This is causing some concern and fear within the SEO industry. Liraz Postan posted a poll on Twitter SEOs “Are […]
Google is testing a new version of the “more” results button to make it look more basic and simple. Instead of the larger more results button, Google is testing a simple link. Saad AK captured this and posted videos of it in action on Twitter. For example, the “more videos” button in the test has […]