Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 21, 2024
Your brand’s website design might tick all the visually appealing boxes, but is it stunning to search engines? Effective SEO website design focuses on creating a user-friendly experience, encompassing aspects like mobile responsiveness, content visibility, and intuitive navigation.
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SEO Website Design: Building a Search-friendly Brand Hub
Google releases a powerful open source AI based on Gemini technology that is also laptop-friendly The post Google Announces Gemma: Laptop-Friendly Open Source AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Announces Gemma: Laptop-Friendly Open Source AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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Google rebrands Duet assistant as Gemini, launches new pricing plans and expanded availability for Workspace users.
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Google Launches Gemini Business & Enterprise For Workspace Users via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
For the past 20 years, probably even longer, the debate about Google giving preferential treatment to large sites over small sites has been a huge topic in the SEO world and that has not changed in 2024 from 2004. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, recently said on X, “yes, we should be rewarding the best content, regardless of site size.”
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Google: We Want To Reward The Best Content No Matter Site Size
Google is pushing some businesses to sign up for a free Google Ads consult with a Google representative through their Gmail accounts. This is in the form of a pop up in the Gmail interface, it is not a normal spammy email solicitation but rather a pop up.
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Google Pushing Google Ads Consults In Gmail Accounts Pop Ups
Google Ads has an issue with some sitelink assets where it shows the sitelinks are eligible but “limited” and the reason says “unknown.” Google’s Ads Liaison said, “the team is aware of this issue and currently on it.”
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Google Ads Sitelink Unknown Eligibility Bug
The other day, Gartner, a respected research firm, predicted that “traditional search engine volume will drop 25%, with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents.” So I asked SEOs what they think and only 20% of SEOs think search volume won’t change by 2026.
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Only 20% Of SEOs Think Search Volume Won’t Change By 2026
The popular Google app, the Google Search app, now has a toggle at the top to quickly switch between Google Search and Gemini (formerly Google Bard). It shows up at the top and is defaulted to Google Search with the super G logo but you can see the Gemini logo that you can tap on to switch to Gemini.
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Google App Adds Toggle Between Search & Gemini
In the AI era, human touch isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s essential.
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6 Ways To Humanize Your Content In The AI Era via @sejournal, @LidiaInfanteM