The Google local pack, the map results, you see Google often display in the search results seems to have gone missing. I assume this was a bug, but no one was able to trigger a local pack to show up in Google Search for a 20-minute period. Examples.
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Google local map pack goes missing in search results (now fixed)
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Starting from March 29, 2023, the Google Ads API v11 will no longer be available.
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Last call for Google Ads API v11
Microsoft Bing will upgrade Bing Webmaster Tools to add reporting and tools around the new Bing Chat feature and a new index coverage report. This was announced by Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, this morning in a keynote given at PubCon Austin. Bing Chat in Webmaster Tools
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Bing Webmaster Tools to gain Bing Chat and index coverage reporting
Don’t get it twisted. The machines are taking over. It’s only a matter of time until we’re all serving aluminum overlords’ every beck and call
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AI can’t write this: 10 ways to AI-proof your content for years to come
Learn how Google’s safety measures, including automated vetting and store badges, protect shoppers and build trust. The post Trust the Badge: Google’s System For Safe Online Shopping appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Trust the Badge: Google’s System For Safe Online Shopping via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
As an advertiser or SEO professional, it’s essential to recognize that with the growing popularity of online shopping, customers’ safety and security have become a top priority for e-commerce platforms. In response to this, Google has implemented three ways to help customers shop safely and ensure that merchants’ stores meet these standards. Vetting stores through automation Store badges Automated and human merchant and listing reviews Automatically vetting product merchants.
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3 ways Google ensures safe online shopping
B2B marketing leaders voice similar concerns around paid search: “We’re not reaching the right people.”
Microsoft fully launched the quality updates in version 96 of Bing AI Chat on February 28th. It is a tad late, but it is live and reduces cases where Bing refuses to reply and instances of hallucination in answers.
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Bing Chat AI v96 Live: Less Hallucinations & More Responses
Gary Illyes from Google gave a keynote and a Q&A session yesterday at PubCon and while the keynote was pretty vanilla stuff, the Q&A did reconfirm a lot of what has been said in the past around authorship, links and disavowing links.
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Google’s Gary Illyes: Authorship, Links & Disavows Less Important Than SEOs Think
Google Ads now supports automatically created assets, and the new customer acquisition goal is fully live. But also, in March, the “Search Interest” targeting and “Presence or Interest” exclusion will no longer be available in Google Ads.
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Google Ads Adds Automatically Created Assets & Loses Some Location Targeting Settings