Bing is now testing its new generative search experience that combines the Bing search results and its language models to use AI to generate a different breed of search results, including an AI-generated search results pages. “I’m excited to share an early look at Bing’s new generative search experience. It combines the power of LLMs…
This week, we noticed that many, but not all, of the Google rank tracking tools were cooling, but then later this week, the SEO chatter heated up. Google Merchant Center says AI-generated reviews are spam. John, Gary, and Martin spoke about TLDs and domains for Google SEO. John Mueller called programmatic SEO a fancy banner…
Students have submitted more than 22 million papers that may have used generative AI in the past year, new data released by plagiarism detection company Turnitin shows. A year ago, Turnitin rolled out an AI writing detection tool that was trained on its trove of papers written by students as well as other AI-generated…
Google Analytics 4 audiences can now be easily created and applied directly within Google Ads. You can now build Analytics audiences, including predictive audiences, using the Audience Manager feature and during the campaign creation process, GA announced on X. Why we care. This new capability helps marketers understand their audience better through Google Ads. It…
One of the things I love about SEO is its inherent duality. We get to leverage both sides of our brains: The right brain when it comes to on-page, content and even link building campaigns. The left brain when it comes to technical, data analysis, etc. However, it’s easy to think of SEO as predominantly…
30-second summary: Good page speed and user experience help your site stand out in search results The Interaction to Next Paint metric is replacing First Input Delay You can improve make your site respond faster to user input by reducing CPU processing times The Core Web Vitals are a set of metrics that Google has…
Google today announced a new “standalone product token,” Google-Extended, that lets you control whether Bard and Vertex AI can access the content on your site. This seems to be the end result of a “public discussion” Google initiated in July, when the company promised to gather “voices from across web publishers, civil society, academia and…
Search marketing is an ever-changing industry, but even amid the generative AI movement, one thing remains constant: keywords. Identifying the most valuable keywords for your business can make or break your visibility and online presence and put distance between you and your competition. But only when it’s appropriately harnessed. Learning to do strategic keyword research…
Google is testing labeling product images in the product grid search results with a label that says “product.” I am unsure if this is Google mislabeling the percent discount tag and sticking “product” there instead or if this is a real feature test. I mean, we’ve seen Google label image search with product labels but…
Google Ads has rolled out strict new requirements to access its professional certifications on Skillshop. Before undertaking any of its new exams, marketers will now be required to: Take a picture of a photo ID. Take a picture of your face. Record a video of your test taking environment. New tougher rules. Google also announced…