Google Bard, the conversational AI tool by Google, can now respond to your questions in real-time. You can turn it off and tell Bard to only respond once the answer is complete, but now, by default, Bard writes out the response in real time. Default on. By default, Google has turned on real-time responses, so…

Pinterest’s third-quarter revenue jumped 11% to $763 million in Q3, 2023. Ad earnings surged as the platform’s global monthly active users increased by 8% year-on-year to 482 million. The company credited its success in part to “Its ability to attract and retain advertisers and effectively measure advertising campaigns.” Why we care. Advertisers interested in diversifying…

Google Ads has confirmed it is trialling a new overview slide metrics feature. The platform told Search Engine Land this new dropdown tool has been rolled out to a limited number of advertisers to offer more flexibility from the overview page. Why we care. This new feature simplifies access to essential data for advertisers by…

In July, Google released a massive update to the Knowledge Graph. We named it the E-E-A-T Knowledge Graph update and gave it the codename “Killer Whale” because it made a splash in the SERPs twice: In real time between July 14 and 18. As part of the September helpful content update. A Knowledge Graph (Vault)…

Here is an interesting announcement from Microsoft, announcing the new launch of Microsoft pubCenter – which is actually not new, it is from 2006 and had a slow painful death. But Microsoft is bringing it back, saying, “we developed Microsoft pubCenter. It’s a simple way for creators and small to medium-sized publishers to earn money…

In June, Google launched the perspectives search filter in the mobile search results. Now, Google is testing that filter within the desktop search results. As a reminder, the perspectives search filter will give you long and short-form videos, images and written posts that people have shared on discussion boards, Q&A sites and social media platforms….