Massive Google Gammer Remote Control

Last night I reported on Search Engine Land, based on the earnings report and earnings call, that Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed the search company will release a chat based search feature based on its own AI, LaMDA, in the coming weeks and months. Plus, there is a big new search event this Wednesday – so maybe we will hear about it there?

Google’s John Mueller felt the need to post a PSA that said having an incorrect date set in your last modification date within your HTTP header won’t hurt your SEO. He said on Mastodon, having an incorrect date set there “won’t negatively affect your site’s overall SEO if used wrongly.”

More than 50% of North American back-to-school shoppers say they’ll check for in-store inventory online before heading to a store, according to Google. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.