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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heated Core Update Done, Spam Update Done, Twitter/X Blocks Bing, Paywalled Content, SEO, PPC, Ads & Local Search

October 20, 2023 by BTR

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week, we covered that the Google October 2023 core update is done rolling out; it was a super and incredibly heated core update. Google also finished rolling out the spam update this morning, and the overlap is upsetting. X/Twitter is now blocking Bing Search, Bingbot, from … Read more

Twitter (X) Now Is Blocking Bing Search

October 19, 2023 by BTR

X, well, Twitter.com, is now blocking Bing Search, specifically Bingbot, from crawling and accessing content posted on Twitter.com, on the X platform. Twitter specifically added to its robots.txt file a directive to disallow Bingbot from crawling the content on its platform. Here is a screenshot of its robots.txt file: This was spotted first, I believe, … Read more

Bing Webmaster Tools Comprehensive Performance Insights Reports

October 18, 2023 by BTR

Microsoft Bing is now sending out new emails through Bing Webmaster Tools named “Comprehensive Performance Insights Reports.” These are reports that show you how your site is performing in Bing Search. The email contains total search impressions and clicks, including percentage increases or decreases. It also contains your top performing keywords, including impressions and clicks … Read more

Bing Tests New Video Search Results Layout

October 12, 2023 by BTR

Microsoft Bing is testing a new layout for the Bing video search results page. The layout has sections, and headings, for different types of videos, grouping those videos together. The results are grouped in two by five results with a headline, alternating with a light blue and white background. Frank Sandtmann shared a number of … Read more

Microsoft: We’re Improving The Bing Image Creator Moderation System

October 12, 2023 by BTR

Microsoft Bing image creator through the image creator tool or Bing Chat can make images for you using AI. But recently, it has come under fire around its moderation system for those images being a bit too strict and having too many false positives. Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft said on X, “received some reports, looking … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg With Bing Team Over A Decade Ago

October 11, 2023 by BTR

Michael Schechter from Microsoft shared some old photos from 2011 of when Mark Zuckerberg, Brett Taylor, Bubba Murarka and the Bing team were working on adding social to Bing Search. Remember when Bing added Facebook data to its search results in 2011? I suspect that was this. Oh, they dropped Facebook in 2014. Here … Read more

Bing Search Tests Video Chapters Key Moments

October 6, 2023 by BTR

Bing Search is testing showing video chapters for video search results. This is similar to the Google Search key moments feature that has been out for a while. Here is a screenshot of this from Khushal Bherwani who posted this on X: I personally do not see this feature but it makes sense, it is … Read more

Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case

October 5, 2023 by BTR

Newly unsealed court testimonies have revealed that Apple considered replacing Google’s search engine with Microsoft’s Bing or privacy-focused DuckDuckGo across its devices. The information came to light during the ongoing antitrust trial against Google initiated by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ is accusing Google of abusing its search market dominance. Part of the … Read more

Bing Knowledge Panels With Learn More Cards

October 4, 2023 by BTR

Bing seems to be testing added “learn more” cards under the knowledge panel within the search results. The learn more cards are in a carousel format that you can slide through to learn more about the topic from third-party websites. Here is a screenshot of this from Shameem Adhikarath on X (click to enlarge): Shameem … Read more

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