Meta’s Threads app is often described as the company’s competitor to X. But Threads users, especially those once active on Twitter, are often quick to point out that Meta’s app is not yet a great source for real-time information. The app’s “for you” algorithm often surfaces days-old posts alongside fresh ones, and its recently introduced trending topics feature only shows five topics at a time. But for those holding out hope that the app may eventually become more useful for real-time...
Meta-owned social network Threads is finally testing a “Recent” filter to sort search results based on the most recent posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted Monday that the roll-out is part of a “limited test,” and the feature has been made available to only a few users. “We’re starting to test this with a small […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft is testing removing the estimated number of search results count in the Bing Search results interface. This comes after Bing began testing removing the cache link from the search result snippets.Google has tested this numerous times over the years, both in SGE and not. This one was spotted by Frank Sandtmann who posted about it on Mastodon. I was able to replicate it and when Bing does not show the estimated results, Bing shows "Bing found the following results" instead.Here is the...
Bing is testing removing the cache link from its search results. This is something Google tested for a few months prior to officially dropping the cache link from its search results back in January. Now Microsoft is making the same move with its search engine, Bing.Here is what I see (notice now arrow down for the cache link):Here is what it looks like with the cache link (after clicking the arrow down):Fabrice Canel from Microsoft told me on X that I am part of the "nocache flight," meaning a...
Google launched the style recommendations with thumbs up and down buttons not long ago after testing it in January. Now Google is showing this thumbs up and down buttons in the product grid search results, so Google can see what you like or dislike and then show you more products that you do like.Brodie Clark spotted this and posted some examples on X, he wrote, "Google is now testing out a more personalized experience for organic product grid results on mobile."Here are some of his...
Advertisers are concerned that Google could be planning to force brands into entering competitor ad auctions.
Meta's Threads is now confirmed to be testing a new, minor, yet essential, real-time search result option to help users find news and timely information by filtering results by recency.
Since before last year's holiday season, we have been seeing a "Shop All Deals" banner-like ad in the Google Search results for e-commerce and other queries. Boyd Norwood from nozzle.io looked at their data and found that this banner shows up 40-50% of the time over the last four or so months.He looked at 3,760 keywords, although, I am not sure if those keywords are more e-commerce related or not.This is what that banner looks like:Boyd posted a video walk through of his data over here if you...
This week, we covered that the Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out 38 days later, but we saw more volatility this week. Just a reminder that the Google helpful content update no longer exists. Gary Illyes from
Amazon has announced it is to remove its cashierless system out of grocery stores and will not feature the technology in any new stores.
Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, has expressed concern over Iran’s retaliatory air strikes against Israel and the escalating tensions in the region. He added that the region and the world cannot afford another war. He strongly condemned Iran’s attacks on Israel in a statement released on Sunday, April 14th. He has urged […]
Google is once again testing a larger font size in the search box in the mobile search results. We saw this back in 2021 with the mobile search box, also in early 2022 with the desktop search box and then several other times over the years.This new one was spotted by Brodie Clark, he posted these screenshots on X - I made them into a GIF so you can see it:Here is the normal font:Here is the larger font:Forum discussion at X.