The Verge has a piece up today named Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine .
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Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
Google will demonstrate a version of its search engine with chatbot features this year, according to a New York Times report.
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Report: Google search will debut chatbot features this year
On Thursday, a diverse group of individuals and organizations defended the liability shield of Big Tech in a crucial Supreme Court case regarding YouTube’s algorithms. This group included businesses, internet users, academics, and human rights experts, with some arguing that removing federal legal protections for AI-driven recommendation engines would have a major impact on the open internet. Among those weighing in at the Court were major tech companies such as Meta, Twitter, and Microsoft, as well as some of Big Tech’s most vocal critics, including Yelp and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Businesses, users, experts defend big tech against algorithm lawsuits
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There’s software to track just about every piece of SEO data. For marketers, this is a blessing and a curse. Access to data helps make savvy marketing decisions and, when analyzed correctly, aids a deeper understanding of users.
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13 key SEO metrics to track in 2023
This week we had two unconfirmed updates from Google rollout after the helpful content…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Two Google Unconfirmed Updates, Performance Max Experiments & Search Console Data Change
In December, Google introduced continuous scroll to desktop search results. SEO practitioners immediately anticipated what the move’s impact will be on the industry.
As of January 19, 2023, Google has updated the video indexing report in Google Search Console, which now reports on thumbnail indexing issues more accurately. The result may be that you see reassignment of “Missing thumbnail” issues to more specific issue types, Google said.
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Google Search Console Video Indexing Report Improves Thumbnail Indexing Issues
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This morning, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai announced their decision to lay off 12,000 employees and contractors, or approximately 5% of their total workforce. In an email to staff, Pichai said “I have some difficult news to share.
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Alphabet to lay off 12,000 roles across various product areas, levels, functions, and regions
The other day we reported on the newish check wait time button and now we are seeing a “join waitlist” button as well. I guess this gets you on the list to be seated at a restaurant.
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Google Search Local "Join Waitlist" Button (Not New)
Google is testing the “order online” button from the bottom of the search result snippet to the top of that snippet.
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Google Search Tests Order Online Button At Top Of Snippet