For the original iTunes version, click here. Every week, the Google Search volatility keeps getting hotter, but Google did say we should have a confirmed update this summer. Google fixed the News indexing bug late last Friday. Google said AI-generated content is not, by default, well received by Google’s ranking algorithms. Google said journalistic awards […]
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YouTube is making a change to its impersonation policy in order to combat rising misrepresentation and impersonation in the app. The updated rules will require fan channels to clearly state that they are not affiliated with the entity that they’re supporting. As explained by YouTube: “If you operate a fan channel, make sure you state […]
This week we saw the continues heated and incredibly volatile Google search results continue throughout the whole week, and then it exploded this morning. Google’s Gary Illyes said we should avoid using LLMs and AI for diagnosing SEO issues. Gary also spoke about AI and Google at a Google Central Live event in Tokyo. Google […]
Google has done its annual update for its Merchant Center product data specification. Some of the changes listed below went into effect yesterday, some go into effect July 18, 2023 and some don’t go into effect until September 1, 2023. The last time Google updated the Merchant Center product data specification was in April 2022 […]
Google has released its first set of quality updates to the new Google Search Generative Experience that started to roll out a few weeks ago. The most noticeable update is that it is much faster, in fact, twice as fast, in responding with an AI-generated snapshot/answer. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said on Twitter“we’ve made […]
Google has updated its Google Ads healthcare and medicines policy, specifically around animal medications. Google said it clarified the restrictions around prescription animal medications that are not prone to human abuse or other misuses. Google explained that advertisers could currently use a small set of pre-approved prescription animal drug terms in ads targeting personalized advertising […]
In part one with Glenn Gabe, we talk about Bing chat and Google Bard and also the use of AI-generated content, in part two we dig more into EEAT and how AI tools may replace us all. In the previous video with Glenn Gabe we spoke about Google core updates, and here we talk about […]
In part one with Glenn Gabe, we talk about Bing chat and Google Bard and also the use of AI-generated content, in part two we dig more into EEAT and how AI tools may replace us all. Now we move into Google broad core updates. Glenn actually called these updates Phantom updates before Google called […]
This week in search, we covered the new April 2023 reviews update that goes beyond just product reviews. We also covered the possible impact the Google March 2023 broad core update had on local search. Google’s John Mueller said they don’t launch algorithm updates and say they got everything wrong. Google released its web spam […]
Google’s John Mueller was asked about his feelings on the Google March 2023 broad core update and if he can honestly not say that the “update messed the SERP a bit up.” John responded saying, “I’ve seen a ranking update landing as “oops, everything is wrong.” There’s always room for improvement, I don’t think the […]