Google Search Generative Experience adds SGE while browsing
Paywalled content will not work with the new SGE while browsing feature. Google SGE also added definitions and color coding syntax.
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Paywalled content will not work with the new SGE while browsing feature. Google SGE also added definitions and color coding syntax.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 15, 2023 at 12:00 pm ETThis attribute helps Google Merchant Center showcase your 3D and AR product images.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 15, 2023 at 8:31 am ETYou may see a drop in click through rates from Google Search if you are impacted.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 8, 2023 at 3:28 pm ETYou can now prevent OpenAI's ChatGPT from accessing your website, or parts of it, using robots.txt.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 7, 2023 at 6:43 am ETTwo weeks ago Google confirmed its link report had reporting issues, those reporting issues are now resolved.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 4, 2023 at 9:02 am ETGoogle has updated the mobile version of Chrome with four new search-related features you might find useful for content planning and research.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 2, 2023 at 12:00 pm ETGoogle also confirmed adding links to the AI-generated answers and continues to work to improve speed.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 2, 2023 at 12:00 pm ETGoogle's SGE's AI-generated answers have failed to cite sources. This test aims to correct that. Here's what it looks like.
Barry Schwartz | Aug 1, 2023 at 9:35 am ETIn addition to its Automated Content policy, Google clarified its existing Merchant Center policies and enforcement behavior.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2023 at 8:27 am ETAfter much frustration over the new Sitenames feature in Google search, Google released some additional updates.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2023 at 8:16 am ETA new "dark" setting will appear in your search settings under the "appearance" section.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 26, 2023 at 1:51 pm ETThat makes four search engines that now support IndexNow; Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 26, 2023 at 7:00 am ETDespite reports, not all Google Chrome and Safari users can access Microsoft Bing AI Chat. But it should be coming any day now.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 25, 2023 at 8:06 am ETAfter numerous reports of Google showing a fraction of the sites links, Google said it will fix an issue with the report.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 24, 2023 at 10:22 am ETThe related search operator would show you sites related to the URL you asked about. Google said it hasn't worked well.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 19, 2023 at 11:10 am ETYou can now upload photos to Bing Chat and ask the AI search engine a question based on that images.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 18, 2023 at 12:08 pm ETThis bug impacted the the traffic of may news publishers for a 3 week period.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 14, 2023 at 5:58 pm ETThe new features include pin and rename conversations, export code to more places, share answers, use images for prompts, listen to answers and adjust responses.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 13, 2023 at 3:01 am ETGoogle Search Console sent out emails to site owners where their INP scores are not meeting the mark.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 12, 2023 at 8:04 am ETThis bug may be impacting publisher traffic from Google News.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 10, 2023 at 4:17 pm ETSome SEOs began to notice a spike in errors and issues being reported by Google Search Console. Google said it is not an issue, but a reporting change.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 10, 2023 at 11:06 am ETGoogle said it will engage with the web and AI communities with public discussions during this process.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 6, 2023 at 3:57 pm ETThe new features can help advertisers save time, make more informed decisions, and improve the performance of Google Ads campaigns.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 5, 2023 at 7:26 am ETOpen AI said they disabled this feature "out of an abundance of caution" after users were able to access content behind some paywalls.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 4, 2023 at 4:00 pm ETWhile Google still has access to the Twitter firehose, Google has still dropped over half of the Twitter URL it indexed.
Barry Schwartz | Jul 3, 2023 at 10:38 am ETThat includes new price match monitors, buying guides and review summaries powered by Bing Chat.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 29, 2023 at 11:00 am ETInstead, Google is recommending an accurate lastmod date in your Sitemap file.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 26, 2023 at 11:20 am ETIn order for you to prepare for when Google replaces FID with INP as a core web vital metric, Google has launched a new report to aid you.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 21, 2023 at 8:11 am ETGoogle said in this case the alleged scammers created 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and over 14,000 fake reviews.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 16, 2023 at 7:29 am ETGoogle has updated the Search Generative Experience to use Business Profile data for its AI-snapshots.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 15, 2023 at 8:21 am ETYou can use this form to submit search spam reports on spam, paid links, malicious behavior, low quality, and other search quality issues.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 14, 2023 at 12:56 pm ETGoogle updated its rich results breadcrumbs report to show more warnings.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 14, 2023 at 8:08 am ETThese new reasons include video outside the viewport, video too small and video too tall.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 12, 2023 at 7:49 am ETThis weekend, Google has begun rolling out the new perspectives feature to searchers.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 11, 2023 at 7:59 am ETBing Chat can also respond with text to speech answers.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 9, 2023 at 2:23 pm ETPlus, Google said they made a number of "quality updates to SGE.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 8, 2023 at 1:37 pm ETPlus, Google re-announced the Google Reader Revenue Manager.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 8, 2023 at 11:00 am ETBard is now better at mathematical tasks, coding questions and string manipulation.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 7, 2023 at 12:26 pm ETGoogle Ads advertisers were greeted with a 500 server error starting around 9:10 a.m. ET. Service was restored just before 11 a.m. ET.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 6, 2023 at 9:56 am ETThe new metrics include country, manual term, mobile device info, minute, new vs returning and session duration.
Barry Schwartz | Jun 6, 2023 at 6:44 am ET