Greg Sterling ran a poll on Twitter asking, “Are you now branching out from Google as a search/discovery tool?” Almost 30% of those who answered, which are primarily SEOs/SEms, said they are, while the other 70% said they are sticking with Google 99% of the time.

Google may be testing only showing images in the local finder, the local search results in Google Maps, for listings that are ads. The rest, may only show a map image but not an image from the business profile.

A couple of weeks ago, I reported how Google tested a thumbnail image slider in the product grid results in the Google Search results on the desktop interface. Now Google is testing this on the mobile search interface, and it seems to slide automatically without flicking to scroll or slide.

On the heels of the March Broad Core Update rolling out, Google is now rolling out the April 2023 Reviews Update. And you’re reading that correctly.

Microsoft and Roku join forces, enhancing ad buying and optimizing performance with unique cross-channel data insights. The post Microsoft & Roku Unite To Enhance The Ad-Buying Experience appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s updated guidance announces they changed what will trigger video thumbnails to appear in the SERPs The post Google Reduces What Triggers Video Thumbnails In The SERPs appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Dolly 2.0: World’s first open source instruction-tuned language model trained using method similar InstructGPT, which underlies ChatGPT The post Open Source Language Model Named Dolly 2.0 Trained Similarly To ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Utilize machine learning and harness it to its fullest potential when you understand what it is and how it works. Here’s where you can start.

Learn why websites vanish from Google’s search results, learn investigative steps, and explore the causes of keyword ranking drops. The post Google’s Gary Illyes On Sudden Keyword Ranking Drops appeared first on Search Engine Journal .