• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Done, Patience With Core Update, Helpful Content Recoveries, Yahoo Search Coming & New Head Of Google Search

    This week we covered that the Google March 2024 spam update is done rolling out. Google says to wait for the March 2024 core update to be done before making changes. Google will collect feedback after the core and spam updates are done. We have yet to see any September 2023 helpful content recoveries, but there is still time to go. Google said publishing content in bulk is not considered spam. Google is having issues again with showing images in the search results. Google replaced the...

  • Google's Circle to Search feature will soon handle language translation

    Google just announced that it’s expanding its recently-launched Circle to Search tool to include language translation, as part of an update to various core services. Circle to Search, as the name suggests, already lets some Android users research stuff by drawing a circle around an object. The forthcoming language translation component won’t even require a drawn circle. Google says people will just have to long press the home button or the navigation bar and look for the translate icon. It’ll...

  • Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in

    If you're in the US, you might see a new shaded section at the top of your Google Search results with a summary answering your inquiry, along with links for more information. That section, generated by Google's generative AI technology, used to appear only if you've opted into the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in the Search Labs platform. Now, according to Search Engine Land, Google has started adding the experience on a "subset of queries, on a small percentage of search traffic in the...

  • Microsoft Buying Ads On Google Search To Drive More Searches On Bing

    Microsoft is buying Google Ads to promote its search engine, Bing, on Google Search. I think this has been going on a long time, but you can trigger Bing Ads on Google Search through the Google Ads system for some queries. Glenn Gabe posted about it several days ago on X, he wrote, "Inception for Search Engines -> Bing running Google Ads, driving users to Bing search results, which leads to affiliate content."Here is what it looks like:When you click on the ad in Google Search, you are taken to...

  • Google’s phone app no longer searches Google Maps

    Google's search-infused phone app was touted as a major feature a few years ago.

  • Google Search experts to descend on Warsaw for Search Central Live 2024

    Google will host its popular Search Central Live event in Warsaw, Poland, on April 24, 2024. Website owners, developers, SEOs, and anyone passionate about how Google Search works are invited to apply for an exclusive invitation.

  • Google starts testing AI overviews from SGE in main Google search interface

    Some users who do not opt in to the Google Search labs SGE feature may see AI overview answers in the search results.

  • Google Begs SEOs To Stop Showing Google Things; Show Visitors Things Instead

    Google's Search Liaison responded to a series of posts on Twitter, leading him to beg SEOs to stop trying to "show Google" things, explaining that the process of doing things to your site to rank better in Google is the opposite of the advice Google is giving. Instead, show things to your users/visitors that those people will like.The whole series of posts and responses are kind of sad. I mean, Google has been saying this for a while, build what your users want and not build stuff that you...

  • Google Changes: Liz Reid New Head Of Search, Pandu Nayak Steps Down As Search Quality & Rankings Lead

    Google announced some executive changes last night with Liz Reid being named the new head of Google Search. Pandu Nayak stepped down as the lead of search quality and ranking. Cathy Edwards stepped down as the lead Google Apps, Google News, Google Discover and other ecosystem efforts. Finally, Cheenu Venkatachary has stepped up to lead our quality and ranking teams, in place of Pandu Nayak.Liz Reid was leading up core search experiences for the past few years. Now she is leading up all of...

  • Why time will stop in 2029: Scientist says a 'negative leap second' will be needed to adjust for Earth's rotation speeding up

    Professor Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at UC San Diego, says one second should be removed from the year in 2029.

  • Why Google search is broken

    Since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022, Google has been struggling to adapt to a new world of generative AI, despite developing much of the technology behind it. The company’s recent responses to AI content are already changing how you browse the web and may alter the English language itself. What is search engine optimization? First, let’s explain how the online content business works. Before the web, almost everyone subscribed to a newspaper, and if you could get your content...

  • How to Erase Your Google Search History

    In this guide, we will show you several different ways that you can erase your Google search history. In the contemporary era, marked by the omnipresence of digital technologies, the concept of privacy transcends mere personal preference, emerging as an essential component of our online existence. With Google playing a pivotal role in navigating the […]