Google’s Local Guide Program queries are showing up in Google Search Console across sites, always ranking number one, mostly for desktop queries, and for many landing pages.

Google had filed a lawsuit against a company that allegedly created fake Google Business Profiles and tons of fake reviews. Google said it filed the suit “to help put an end to these types of malicious schemes.”

Google on Friday held the Google Search Central Live event in Tokyo, they do this event around the world and Google’s last stop was Tokyo. The topic, at least from the tweets I saw, was around AI and search – which I guess surprises no one.

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Googlers offer feedback on Google’s policies on AI content at Search Central Live Tokyo 2023 The post Google Is Forming A Policy On AI Content And E-E-A-T appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Learn more about the NTIA’s request for information about AI accountability, including responses from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The post NTIA Receives Over 1,450 Comments On AI Accountability appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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

See what Google Search shared on generative AI at the Search Central Live event in Tokyo on June 15 – 16. The post Generative AI Insights From Google Search Central Live In Tokyo appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Find out what WordPress’ Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy has to say about Open Source, the future of the CMS, Brand Stories & more. The post Leveraging WordPress To Tell Your Brand’s Story [Podcast] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Gary Illyes from Google posted information on how Google Search handles the 103 early hints HTTP server status response. He said, “Googlebot will ignore the 103 and wait for the subsequent response.”

Google has done its yearly update for its Merchant Center product data specification. Some of the changes listed below went into effect yesterday, some go into effect July 18, 2023 and some don’t go into effect until September 1, 2023.

There was some concern that products were going away within Google Business Profiles and being moved fully to Google Merchant Center Next. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said on Twitter that this is not true; she said, “Products will remain available in GBP.”

Google Ads has a setting named “automated locations” that has a subsetting to grant Google Ads access to your media and photos from your Google Business Profile. You can turn this on or off under “automated locations” option in Google Ads.

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This week, we had yet another pretty hot and unconfirmed Google search ranking update in the middle of the week. Google finally launched that perspectives filter in the mobile US search results. Google updated its Search Generative Experience…