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 said Google’s ranking algorithms do not more well receive AI-generated content. Bing Chat now does visual search. Googler removed the related search operator. Google said good page experience doesn’t fix your other SEO issues. Noindex is the method most SEOs use for category or tag archive pages.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google: AI Content Is Not Well Received By It’s Algorithms
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, responded to Vox Media’s claim that AI content is currently “well-received by search engines.” Sullivan said, “It’s still not correct that AI content will be “well-received by search engines,” at least for us.”
Google Drops Support For Related Search Operator
Google has removed the related search operator from its “overview of Google search operators” help documentation. The related search operator would show you pages that are related to a specific URL.
Google: A Good Page Experience Doesn’t Fix Other SEO Problems
Google’s John Mueller was asked again about page speed and how important of a ranking factor it is, if at all. John replied, saying page speed is a vague term and that Google uses core web vitals and page experience metrics instead. But John added that a “great UX doesn’t fix other problems.”
Bing Chat Now Supports Visual Search
A month ago we saw Bing Chat testing visual search. Well now it is available for all who want to snap a photo or upload an image to Bing Chat.
Survey Says Most SEOs Noindex Category/Tag Archive Pages
Joe Hall posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs how they typically handle category and/or tag archive pages for SEO. The results said that most noindex those pages so search engines, like Google, does not index them.
Google Search Central Live Indonesia
Google had a live event named Google Search Central Live, in Indonesia last week. They shared this photo on Twitter from the event. Google is hosting these events around the world, the next one is in
Other Great Search Threads:
Google Ads is allowing verified advertisers to run phishing scams that take you to a fake Floki website., FLOKI on Twitter
I appreciate the discussion about the relevance of rank volatility tracking in 2023, but one point — most of these tools (including ours) are designed to understand ranking flux vs. UI and SERP feature changes. It’s not, Dr. Pete Meyers on Twitter
New Apple Search Ads terms of service, Barry Schwartz on Twitter
Since we launched Bing Chat, many enterprise customers have asked us for a safer chat where user and business data are protected and will not leak outside their organization. I’m excited to introduce Bing Chat Enterprise!, Jordi Ribas on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Meta rolls out multiple updates to enhance Facebook video experience
Kroger’s new self-service ad platform: What you need to know
Visual Search now live in Bing Chat
Robots.txt is not the answer: Proposing a new meta tag for LLM/AI
How to incorporate macroeconomic signals into your SEO strategy
How to respond to negative reviews harming your company’s reputation
Looker Studio reporting: 6 do’s and don’ts for search marketers
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
How to Customize a Google Analytics 4 Dashboard, Go Fish Digital
Essential GA4 Reports You Need To Measure Your SEO Campaigns, Search Engine Journal
Industry & Business
Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post), Eric Goldman
Google restricting internet access to some employees for security, CNBC
OpenAI commits $5M to local news partnership with the American Journalism Project, VentureBeat
Leaked Google Salary Data Shows How Much Thousands of Employees Make, Business Insider
Microsoft stock hits all-time high on new Copilot AI subscription, CNBC
Links & Content Marketing
5 Key Strategies to Boost Your Content Marketing, Entrepreneur
Content Marketing In 2023: The Ultimate Guide, Forbes
Improve Your Content Marketing Program With Slow-Time Ideas, Content Marketing Institute
Local & Maps
People Have Begun to Love Apple’s Most Hated Product, Wall Street Journal
Could Apple Maps be surpassing Google Maps? New report suggests so, Trusted Reviews
How to Get More Local Business Reviews from Travelers, Moz
Mobile & Voice
Best smart doorbells that support Google Assistant in 2023, Android Police
Google Home’s new home panel is finally rolling out for Pixel phones, Android Police
SEO
5 Things to Know About Programmatic SEO, Rank Ranger
Crawlability & Indexability: What They Are & How They Affect SEO, Semrush
How to Write Attention-Grabbing Page Titles That Support SEO, BruceClay
Optimizing the Performance Marketing Mix: Can we measure the value of organic search?, Botify
Time to First Byte: What is it and why is it important? (Part I), Oncrawl
19 Essentials For An Enterprise SEO Audit, MeasureMinds
SGE & The SEO power of niche sites!, SERP’s Up SEO Podcast
PPC
Google Optimize is Sunsetting: What’s Next for CRO Programs?, Tinuiti
Search Features
Announcing Vector Search in Azure Cognitive Search Public Preview, Microsoft Community Hub
First look: Bard ‘Extensions’ will add Google and third-party services, 9to5Google
Google Bard’s powerful extensions are just around the corner, Android Police
Other Search
Announcing Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing, The Official Microsoft Blog
iOS 17: How to Set a Different Default Search Engine When Private Browsing in Safari, MacRumors
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