Bing is expanding its Visual Search capabilities with text transcription, a math problem solver, and an overall faster search experience. The post Bing Expands Visual Search With Text Transcription, More by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Bing is shuttering its public URL submission tool, which allowed people to anonymously submit URLs to Bing’s index.

Google’s John Mueller has said on Reddit that it is better to build a site where you know how Google and search engines will treat it then build a site where you are unsure. There isn’t always a need to get fancy with your code to the point where you need to go through various tests to make sure Google will crawl, index and rank those pages.

A funny question came up in a Reddit thread, and I am in the mood for funny right now. The question was, can you hypnotize someone to get links to your web site and if you do, is it against Google’s webmaster guidelines? The funny thing is also that John Mueller from Google responded

Nearly 80 percent of AMP contributors are now third parties. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Competition tab, performance insights and location recommendations highlight performance changes and competitive pressures, offering suggestions advertisers can take to improve results. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Tuesday night through Wednesday night for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur, everything here will be paused until Thursday morning (or if something is urgent, Wednesday night).

The moment many Apple fans have been waiting for – Google Maps on CarPlay devices is now here. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Put these five proven techniques to use on your Google Ads campaigns if you want to lower your CPA. The post 5 Effective Ways to Reduce Your Google Ads CPA by @ChandalN appeared first on Search Engine Journal .