Google is paying small publishers to use their AI platform to rewrite the content published on news sites that are targeted by Google’s platform for largescale content parasitism. People on Twitter express unfavorable opinions about it. Google is paying small independent publishers to use a generative AI platform that targets the content of other news … Read more
According to a court filing by Google, Microsoft tried to sell Bing, its search engine, to Apple but Apple did not want it because of search quality issues and lack of investment. Plus, Microsoft pitched Apple to make Bing the default search engine but that was rejected as well. This news comes from CNBC from … Read more
Microsoft reportedly tried to sell Bing to Apple in 2018 – but failed. The sale was unsuccessful because Apple had concerns about Bing’s search quality, advertising unit and monetization capabilities, according to a document in Google’s antitrust case against the U.S. Justice Department. Google argues that the failed sale highlights that Bing lost out because … Read more
John Mueller from Google once again addressed the topic of sites using the Google Indexing API when Google does not officially support those use cases. He said it is not supported first, and he added that these sites are often spammy and low quality – but he stated, “it’s great to see passionate people try … Read more
Google released Notes as an experiment on November 15, 2023, which is essentially a global commenting system that can appear in the search results, in Discover, and now while browsing a webpage via “SGE while browsing”. It enables anyone that’s part of the experiment to post a note for a specific url and read Notes … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. This week we covered a new possible Google search ranking update that started brewing on Wednesday, February 7. Google’s Danny Sullivan said again, search quality improvements are coming in the near future. Google said it will clarify E-E-A-T and its search quality raters. Google explained the differences … Read more
If you’ve been around SEO for a while, you know that Google doesn’t look at guest posts the same way that it did in 2014. You probably also know that in the SEO community, there are a few different opinions on what it takes to find a high-quality guest post placement. Luckily, here at the … Read more
For the past few months now, Google has been saying there are big improvements coming to address some of the search quality issues we’ve all been seeing in the Google Search results. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liason, wrote yesterday that these improvements “are on the way in the near future.” Lily Ray spotted some concerning … Read more
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said we should expect to see more clarification from Google on its creating helpful content page, specific to the section “Get to know E-E-A-T and the quality rater guidelines.” Sullivan said on X, “You’re almost certainly going to see more clarification come to that page, as well, in the near … Read more
Google has confirmed that issue where sites would rank during the week and then not rank on the weekends – just wild. We had an unconfirmed Google ranking update this week after having a calm weekend. Google has dropped Appen, one of its largest sources for search quality raters. Google’s SEO starter guide is getting … Read more
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