Daily Search Forum Recap: July 10, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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Bing Shopping Tests Shading Site Names

Microsoft is testing shading the site names, the brand names, of retailers in the Bing Shopping search results. So the name Amazon is in a blue shaded background color as opposed to just saying Amazon.com.

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Google AI Mode Tests Search Live (Voice) With Citation Cards

Google is testing integrating Search Live (Gemini Live – voice search as you talk) in AI Mode. Plus, this version shows citation cards as part of the answer, as you are having a conversational search with AI Mode.

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Google Ads Come To AI Mode & AI Overviews Desktop

Google is now pushing search ads on AI Mode and the desktop version of AI Overviews. Google’s Vidhya Srinivasan said at Google Marketing Live, “we’re expanding ads in AI Overviews to desktop, and bringing ads to AI Mode to create new opportunities for our customers.”