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.
Google responded to complaints about garbage AI content in Google News. Bing Copilot Pro is coming to the mobile apps. Google course info might be going global. There is a new job search results layout and interface. Google is ranking real estate listings in Google News. And I posted my weekly search video recap.
Google Responds To Claims Of Google News Boosting Garbage AI Content
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, responded to the article from 404 Media titled Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles. In short, Sullivan said that the way they filtered Google News was by date and not relevancy (relevancy filtering is the default) and that Google can always do better.
Copilot Pro Coming To iOS & Android Soon
Microsoft will soon bring Copilot Pro, the premium $20 per month version of its AI search features, to the Copilot iOS and Android app. Microsoft’s Mikhail Parakhin said the app updates are being processed within the respective app store submission process.
Google Course Info Rich Results Now Available Globally?
A couple of months ago, Google launched course info rich results in the Engish regions but now it may be rolling out beyond those regions. Some SEOs in India are now seeing it for the first time, keep in mind, they are English results but not necessarily in English regions.
Google News With Paid Real Estate Listings
I spotted a complaint where Google was showing a paid real estate listing in the Google News portal, not just the Google News search results. The issue was that the site that published the listing seems to have published it as a news article and the Google News filters didn’t filter it out, as it probably should.
Here are some Google colored mugs or cups with flowers in them at the Google office in Mountain View, California – the GooglePlex. The mugs look like they have Google specs of colors on them, so it goes well with the Google branding.
This week, I reported about a weird ranking pattern that has been emerging with these weekend ranking Google updates. Google Search Console shows a spike in 404 errors for URLs ending in /1000. Google launched Circle to Search and a new AI-powered multisearch. A new…
Analytics
Industry & Business
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Get Indexed in Google, Chris Garrett
How Much Does It Cost to Rank for a Single Keyword?, iPullRank
How To Do an Enterprise SEO Audit, Ahrefs
Microsoft Clarity: Get more from your SEO by improving UX, Wix SEO Hub
Most Common B2B SaaS SEO Mistakes, MarketingProfs
Schema.org v24 release: Changes to Physician Schema Markup, Schema App
Simplifying SEO Tasks for Marketers, Cypress North
Robots.txt redirect loop on WordPress and Cloudflare – How to Fix, Matt Tutt
The Best Free & Paid SEO Tools to Use in 2024, SEOTesting
Why it’s crucial to rectify any technical SEO glitches that could be holding your website back, Walsh & Partners
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