When Google announced the helpful content update , many in the SEO industry expected AI-generated content to get hit hard. I was expecting AI-generated content to get wiped out by this supposedly sweeping update, comparable to 2011’s Panda algorithm update. Yet, no major impact was recorded .
This week, the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam updates are finally complete after a long, long wait. There was a lot of movement on Wednesday…
Google Cloud is launching new and updated AI tools to provide customers with a smoother online shopping experience and assist retailers with in-store inventory management.
After a long slow and paused rollout, Google has said that both the December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are now done rolling out. Google said both completed rolling out on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
Google is now testing the Google Ads sponsored label in the product listing results within the more products section in an additional result.
A Reddit thread asks if Google engages in link-buying sting operations where they will pretend to want to buy a link and then use that to penalize the network. John Mueller of Google responded by saying “I get sent offers all the time, to an official Google email address.” That means, Google does not need to proactively do that, they come to Google without any official or necessary operation.
Google has a “recent images” photo carousel for some knowledge panels. For example, Google had this for a search on the [golden globes] last week, where it shows photos from the event that were recently taken and published.
Mike Blumenthal dropped a simple but thoughtful local SEO tip that all businesses should do some time in the near future. Just check the featured photos that Google selected to be displayed in your Google Maps pin overlay.
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