Google Search is testing showing icons and labels in the sitelinks within the search results snippets. I am seeing icons for a phone, price tag, fork/knife, map pin and information icons.

Almost a year ago, we reported how Bing Search went from circle favicons in the search results to square favicons in the search results. Now, we are seeing Bing testing going back to the circle formatted favicons.

YouTube introduces virtual tipping system “Gifts, Powered by Jewels” for vertical livestreams, challenging TikTok. The post YouTube Takes On TikTok With New ‘Jewels’ Tipping System appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

LinkedIn reports a rebound in marketing jobs, highlighting in-demand roles and a growing emphasis on collaborative skills.

Wix’s new AI-powered site visualization tool streamlines site planning and accelerates the time it takes to update or launch a website The post Wix Rolling Out AI-Powered Site Planning & Visualization Tool appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google has updated its site reputation abuse policy to expand what is included in abuse. It now includes third-party content that has first-party involvement or content oversight. Google also dropped a mention of the starkly different content algorithm but made no mention that site reputation abuse is enforced algorithmically’”so it must still be only through manual actions.

Google announced new shopping features through Google Lens to help with in-store shopping and local shopping. Google said, “Google Lens can quickly show you product insights tailored to the store you’re in.

Google has updated its guide to Google Search ranking systems to mention at the top of the page that it uses both page-level and site-wide signals for search rankings. There was a debate on this after the Google creator summit about Google possibly saying they only have page level signals, so this may clear things up a bit.

Is OpenAI, its ChatGPT service, taking market share from Google? Well, maybe