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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 27, 2024 – Beragampengetahuan
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the beragampengetahuan and other search forums on the web. Google updated its AI Overviews help documents to show how to use web only filters and how to submit feedback. Google blasted the concept of toxic links. Google Search […]
Google’s AI Search Engine Spouts Misinformation – Beragampengetahuan
The world’s most popular search engine is getting the facts wrong. Google’s decision to make its AI-generated search results, AI Overview, the default experience in the U.S. was met with swift criticism after people’s search queries have been plagued with errors, concerning advice and misinformation. In one example, when searching “what is in Google’s AI […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 21, 2024 – Beragampengetahuan
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the beragampengetahuan and other search forums on the web. Google’s CEO, Sunda Pichai, spoke about AI Overviews killing the web, small publishers dying and not giving us Search Console data (well, kinda). The Google site reputation abuse policy […]
Google CEO is ‘empathetic’ to content creators Search has wiped out – Beragampengetahuan
We’re in a disruptive moment, according to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Although he is optimistic that Google AI Overviews and Search will drive more traffic and engagement, that is zero comfort for the many content creators who have seen their websites obliterated by Google in recent months. In a new interview, Pichai discussed […]
Why Every CMO Needs to Know Their Search TAM – Beragampengetahuan
As ad costs have exploded in the last year, founders and CMOs are seeking alternatives to paid acquisition. beragampengetahuan recognized the value of organic search early, enabling our growth alongside the expanding search landscape. While AI-powered search experiences are reshaping the search landscape, we’re still firm believers in search. To vet whether organic search is […]
Site Traffic Down? Google Just Made Some Big Search Changes – Beragampengetahuan
Google is now doing the Googling for its expansive U.S. audience — and news publishers are facing potentially multi-billion-dollar consequences caused by the change. Google announced on Tuesday that it is applying AI to high-impact elements of search, from AI summaries to pages of AI recommendations in clustered groups. AI summaries, which appear at the […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 14, 2024 – Beragampengetahuan
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the beragampengetahuan and other search forums on the web. Google I/O was today, will have a number of stories tomorrow covering the search announcements including AI Overviews going live. Google confirmed it did massive deindexing last February. Google […]
How to Optimize URLs for Search – Beragampengetahuan
Back when I started playing the search engine optimization (SEO) game, keyword stuffing actually worked. Since then, algorithm updates have spared only a few SEO best practices, like URL optimization.
Microsoft Testing Clear Distinction Between Free & Paid Search Results On Bing – Beragampengetahuan
Microsoft’s disclosure of search ads on Bing has not been the greatest, honestly, in many cases, worse than Google’s disclosures. Recently, however, Bing has been testing a clearer distinction between its ads and organic free listings. Frank Sandtmann spotted this and posted about it on Mastodon and after fiddling with it enough, I was able […]
Google’s Search Engine Market Share Drops As Competitors’ Grows – Beragampengetahuan
According to data from GS Statcounter, Google’s search engine market share has fallen to 86.99%, the lowest point since the firm began tracking search engine share in 2009. The drop represents a more than 4% decrease from the previous month, marking the largest single-month decline on record. Screenshot from: May 2024. U.S. Market Impact The […]