Microsoft announced a number of new features that have been added to Bing Chat this week, including images within answers, optimized knowledge answers and more. “Some of these features may appear temporarily in your Bing chat experience as we experiment with them,” the Bing team wrote. Let’s dig in. Image answers with knowledge cards. Bing Chat has been getting more visual but now, some of those visuals can let you trigger knowledge cards. “Click on the image to launch a knowledge card that allows you to explore more information about their habitat, diet, lifecycle, and other facts,” Bing wrote. Here […]

Google is now rolling out the related topics search filter feature on desktop search results. This first launched on mobile search last December and now, Google is bringing it fully to desktop search. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the new filter menu, compared to the old version. Old version: New version: Here is what it looks like when you filter on these “explore topic” related topic filters: Here is how the mobile version launched back in December 2022: What Google said. Google posted this news on Twitter, saying, “last December, we made it easier on mobile […]

Meta has introduced the AI Sandbox, which will bring generative AI to its advertisers. Meta’s three new generative AI features. Select Meta advertisers can now create text variations, generate images from prompts and adjust image sizes – all with the ultimate goal of making the ads more engaging. Text variation. Simply enter your ad copy and Meta will suggest several ad copy variations to test. You can click decide whether the suggestions are “Not Great” or “Looks Good.” What it looks like: Background generation. You can use text prompts to describe the background appearance or style you want. This would […]

Gary Illyes from Google said that having invalid schema markup does not hurt your rankings or your site. He said the worse case, if Google cannot parse the markup, it won’t use it.

I am seeing signs of another Google search algorithm ranking update touching down over the past couple of days, which is why I am naming it the Google I/O Search Algorithm Ranking Update. This is not confirmed by Google but both SEO chatter and the automated tracking tools all show signs of an update.

What a crazy week with Google I/O, where Search took the spotlight for the first time in a long time at the event. Google also may have rolled out an unconfirmed search ranking update around the same time as Google I/O…

Optimizing for search requires time and effort, as most SEO experts would attest.  It could take several months or even years to outrank established competitors who have been optimizing their sites for a long time. That said, many websites can take advantage of low-hanging fruits to boost their search visibility. You can uncover untapped potential with the help of SEO specialists or simple tools. Here are four ideas to help you get started. 1. Fix your title tags (on WordPress) Who would have thought that some people, even tech-savvy ones, get the most important on-page SEO techniques wrong today? Yes, […]

Several years ago, Google Search added a search feature to help you pronounce words. Google Search has now added to that feature a way to practice your pronunciation directly in the search results.

Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, posted on Twitter the other day saying, “The deadline is not changing,” when asked about a rumor that the GA4 deadline was being pushed off. That rumor is not true she said.

Google Bard had a bunch of updates roll out at Google I/O, which I did not cover the other day, because, well, there was a lot of core search I had to cover. Google removed the waitlist for Bard, and added Google Search, Maps, Lens, and other search-related features to the AI generative service.

What if you had a hub on your website where all your visitors could discover your amazing content? What if this hub helped your audience get solutions and answers, find relevant information, learn about your products/services, and discover new content? You can – it’s called a resource center. Also known as a knowledge base, resource library, or content hub, creating one for your website could help your audience find your best content – and ultimately boost things like engagement, website traffic and conversions. Let’s talk about how. What is a resource center? A resource center is a hub where all […]

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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. I posted my thoughts on the all-new Google Search Generative Experience, and it might be worth a read…