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Eco-Friendly Search Engines: Making A Difference One Search At A Time
Explore eco-friendly search engines that support environmental and social causes, prioritize user privacy, and promote sustainable practices.
Google Introduces New Crawler To Optimize Googlebot’s Performance
Google introduces GoogleOther, a new web crawler, to optimize operations, streamline R&D tasks, and reduce strain on Googlebot.
Google Updates Helpful Content Guidance, Streamlines Search Console Reports
Google updates helpful content creation guidance, emphasizing page experience, and revamps Search Console reports for improved alignment with ranking systems.
Why Google Will Remain Samsung’s Default Search Engine
Debunking the Samsung-Bing rumor. Here’s why Google will remain Samsung’s default search engine in the US.
Google Updates Product Structured Data Documentation
Google updated the documentation for the product structured data to now include product returns policy markup
Google Scrambles To Keep Up With AI-Powered Search Rivals
Google races to develop AI-powered search engine “Magi” amid rising competition and potential Samsung contract loss.
Google Enhances Shipping & Return Info In Search Results
Google expands shipping and return info in Search, helping retailers optimize the user experience and boost online sales.
Google Reduces What Triggers Video Thumbnails In The SERPs
Google’s updated guidance announces they changed what will trigger video thumbnails to appear in the SERPs
Open Source Language Model Named Dolly 2.0 Trained Similarly To ChatGPT
Dolly 2.0: World’s first open source instruction-tuned language model trained using method similar InstructGPT, which underlies ChatGPT
Google’s Gary Illyes On Sudden Keyword Ranking Drops
Learn why websites vanish from Google’s search results, learn investigative steps, and explore the causes of keyword ranking drops.
Google Warns Against Cloaking HTTP Status Codes
Learn why cloaking HTTP status codes is risky, Google’s stance on it, and the importance of ethical SEO practices.
Google April 2023 Reviews Update Focuses Heavily On Experience
Signals of experience play a strong role in Google’s April 2023 Reviews System update
Google’s John Mueller On Links From News Sites
Google’s John Mueller offers his insights into how Google handles links from news sites
Google On Staging Sites & Preventing Accidental Indexing
Check out the highlights from Google’s latest Search Off The Record podcast discussing website launches, preventing staging site indexing, and domain name choices.
Google Plans To Integrate Conversational AI Into Search Engine
Google plans to integrate conversational AI in search amid rising competition, CEO Sundar Pichai reveals in an interview.
Google & iFrames: Debunking Myths, Understanding SEO Impact
Google’s John Mueller explains the search engine’s approach to crawling iframes and provides SEO recommendations for iframe content visibility.
Google Reveals How It Catches Fake Local Business Reviews
Google explains how it catches fake and misleading business reviews and accounts on Google Maps
Google Search Console Tutorial: Analyzing Traffic Drops
Google’s Daniel Waisberg reveals how to identify and analyze traffic drops using the Search Console performance report and Google Trends.
New Google Search Advisory: Extreme Heat Alerts
Google tackles extreme heat with Search alerts, Tree Canopy expansion, and a $5M investment in climate innovation projects.
Google Search Updates: About This Author, Diverse Views, + More
Google enhances Search with “About this author” and other features, empowering users to evaluate online information and sources.
Which AI Chatbot Generates The Best Responses?
Curious how generative AI chatbots stack up against each other? Here are eight prompts with responses from ChatGPT, Bing AI, Google Bard, and Claude.
Google Updates Search Console With New Merchant Reports
Google Search Console adds clicks and impressions reports for product snippets and merchant listings
New Open Source ChatGPT Clone – Called Dolly
Open Source AI movement achieves another milestone with the release of a ChatGPT clone that anyone can use
Mozilla Open Source AI To Challenge ChatGPT & Bard
Mozilla announced an open source counterweight against profit-focused AI companies. Will create an open source challenger to ChatGPT and Bard
Google Explains Why Sites Should Combine Structured Data
Google explains why it’s recommended to combine multiple structured data into one script
The Search Party: SEJ’s Weekly News Recap For Search, Social, And AIÂ
Catch up on this week’s news, including the release of GPT-4, Microsoft Copilot, AI in Google Workspace, and more in search, social, and AI.
Google Rolls Out March 2023 Core Algorithm Update
Google confirms the March 2023 core algorithm update is now rolling out. Here’s what you need to know.
Google Enhances Healthcare Info Access For US Searchers
Google Search streamlines access to healthcare information, leverages AI for provider verification, and boosts mental health helpline visibility.
Google’s John Mueller Shares Tips For Simplifying Site Structure
Google’s John Mueller shares advice on simplifying website structure. Learn why shifting subdirectories isn’t recommended and the benefits of specifying the root homepage as x-default.
OpenAI GPT-4 Arriving Mid-March 2023
OpenAI GPT-4 is confirmed to be releasing mid-March. Described as multimodal