Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 2, 2024
Microsoft announced it is now rolling out the Bing generative search experience and to more sets of informational queries. Also, Bing updated its Deep Search saying it is faster and powered by GPT-4o and some in-house distilled models.
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Bing Generative Search Experience Rolling Out
Google has updated its developer documentation to warn about sites using JavaScript-generated Product markup and that the search company recommends putting Product markup in the initial HTML for best results.
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Google Warning On JavaScript-Generated Product Markup
This month may have been one of the most volatile Google Search ranking months I reported about ever. Google completed its August 2024 core update, and then we had countless unconfirmed ranking updates, tweaks, or volatility – whatever you want to call it.
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October 2024 Google Webmaster Report
Google is testing a dynamic map feature in Google Search that will update the map as you scroll through the location carousel. The location carousel has content like neighborhoods, things to do, transport, airports and more.
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Google Search Location Carousel Moves Map On Scroll
Microsoft seems to be testing replacing the hard to see ad label with a longer sponsored label in the Bing Search results. So instead of it saying “ad” next to the search ads, it is testing showing “sponsored” text next to the search ads.
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Bing Testing Replacing Ad Label With Sponsored Label
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Google updates guidance on Product markup, advising ecommerce sites to prioritize HTML implementation and use JavaScript cautiously.
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Google Adds Two New Best Practices For Product Markup via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google denies favoring big brands in search results while acknowledging challenges for smaller sites. The post Google’s Search Liaison Addresses Brand Bias Concerns appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s Search Liaison Addresses Brand Bias Concerns via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller offered advice about what to do, before anything else, to get a brand new site picked up faster The post Google’s SEO Tip To Get New Site Picked Up Faster appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s SEO Tip To Get New Site Picked Up Faster via @sejournal, @martinibuster