Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 31, 2024
Google addresses concerns about AI overviews, while continuing to claim they lead to higher user satisfaction and more clicks. The post Google To Limit AI Overviews For “Nonsensical” Queries appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google To Limit AI Overviews For “Nonsensical” Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
This was one heck of a week with Google’s search ranking data features being leaked…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Rank Data Leak, Google Volatility, Search Console Link Decline & Google On AI Overviews
Google’s Head of Search, Liz Reid, wrote a blog post last night named “AI Overviews: About last week.” She basically said that overall the vast majority of the AI Overviews are really good and they did find examples of where they can make improvements. But AI Overviews are here to stay and Google will continue to show them in Google Search.
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Google AI Overviews Are Here To Stay With Improvements – The Ray AIO Update
This morning, I was doing some news queries and noticed that, sporadically, the Google News tab was not returning results for some queries. I thought it was just me and I moved on – but it was not just me – others are also seeing the Google News tab not working.
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Google News Tab, Discover & Google News Not Returning Results
Google is now showing a newish “shopping ideas” carousel within its search results. It can show up for a variety of queries and gives you a less promotional version of the the shop all deals banners, but the links do lead to the Google Search shopping interface.
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Google Shopping Ideas Search Carousel
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Google has added a “see also” section to some knowledge panels over the past few weeks. I think it is similar to the “people also search for” and related features we saw in knowledge panels. This one will show you other people some how related (in the news, etc) with the person or entity you searched for.
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Google Knowledge Panels "See Also"
Even after the Google search API data leak, even after it was confirmed by Google, still 10% of SEOs will continue to trust Google statements going forward. The wild thing is, this level of trust has not changed in the past decade when I ran a similar poll in 2014.
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Only 10% Of SEOs Trust Google (Same As 10 Years Ago)
Google is testing showing the first people also ask link, as opened by default. So you don’t need to click on it to reveal the snippet within the first people also ask option. I guess this might increase “queries” for Google
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Google Tests People Also Ask Open By Default
Take your Facebook Page to the next level. Learn how to effectively promote it and reach a wider audience for your business
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8 Ways To Promote Your Facebook Page Successfully via @sejournal, @annabellenyst