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.
Google Search Generative Experience now really launched links in its AI-powered answers. Google also expanded SGE to India and Japan, shared some early feedback and added some features. Google said illegal content is not always spam. Google said using a different email domain from web domain does not hurt your SEO. Google is testing visual results in search.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Official: Google Search Generative Experience Gets Links
After testing three different formats for links within the Google Search Generative Experience and then pausing that test a few weeks later, Google has officially decided to go with the arrow-down buttons that reveal links to web pages as cards. - Google Shares Early Feedback On SGE, Expands To Japan & India
Google has shared some early feedback on how searchers and consumers use the new Search Generative Experience while expanding access to SGE in Japan and India. Google also officially launched link cards in SGE after weeks of testing. - Google: Illegal Content Is Not Always Spam
Google's John Mueller said that "illegal content" is not always considered spammy content. He said on Twitter, "Illegal content isn't always spam." - Google: Using A Different Email Domain From Web Domain Has No Impact On SEO/Ranking
Google's John Mueller said that using a different domain name for your web site and your company email has no impact on your SEO. In fact, I believe those who work at Yahoo do not use Yahoo.com emails but rather yahoo-inc.com emails, or at least they use to. - Google Search Visual Results Section
Google is testing a "visual results" section in its search results. I am not 100% sure if this is new because we have seen very visual results similar to this before but the title "visual results" does seem new to me. - Google Building Across From Another Google Building
Here is a photo I found on Instagram of the Google Hong Kong office. But the photo was taken from a building across the street. You can see the sign in the photo from this building.
Other Great Search Threads:
- Big news: #GoogleTagManager GA4 Config tag is now the “Google Tag”. Also, THREE new “Settings variables” are released: - Event Settings variable - Configuration Settings variable - User Properties variable Rolling out soon! A, Simo Ahava on X
- Funny, just literally now stepped out of the meeting reviewing this - I don't think we got the user interaction pattern right yet, especially with the follow-on questions. We are working on it., Mikhail Parakhin on X
- Google updates the review disclaimer (h/t @ekantpuri ), Mike Blumenthal on X
- This is very helpful. The books filter helps; sounds like we could do a better job highlighting that as part of the search. It even brings up a preview of the essay. I wonder if the essay itself over time is less available in P, Danny Sullivan on Bluesky
- Tiny bit: Link discovery is affected as well b/c the original, raw HTML from the HTTP response is pre-scanned for URLs. In CSR the JS injects the content (including URLs from links), so the raw HTML has go, Martin Splitt on X
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google Search Generative Experience officially rolls out links to webpages within answers
- An SEO guide to optimizing your Google Publisher Center account
- 5 hidden areas of Google Ads you probably didn’t know about
- Google Search testing “Mentioned in” search snippet
- 7 LinkedIn advertising pitfalls: Where your B2B ads setup might stumble
- 5 SEO use cases for ChatGPT’s Advanced Data Analysis plugin
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- ChatGPT-maker OpenAI accused of string of data protection breaches in GDPR complaint filed by privacy researcher, TechCrunch
- Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit-Nursing CE Central v. Colibri, Eric Goldman
- Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google, The Verge
- Yahoo, taken private by Apollo Global, finds a new renaissance, Axios
Links & Content Marketing
- 3 Strategies To Help Navigate Work Grief and Burnout, Content Marketing Institute
- Why Your Trust Flow Score May Change, Majestic
Local & Maps
- Dispelling the Myth: Local SEO Goes Beyond 3-Pack Rankings, Sterling Sky Inc
- Google Maps getting Live Activities in time for iPhone 15, 9to5Google
- Google to sell maps data to companies building solar products, CNBC
Mobile & Voice
- Google announces October 4 event for Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2, 9to5Google
- Google Assistant and Alexa finally play nicely together — but only on one speaker lineup, TechCrunch
- Alexa and Google Assistant play together nicely, but not perfectly, on JBL’s new speakers, The Verge
SEO
- 128: Surviving SEO in an AI World: Strategic SEO vs Checklist SEO w/Sara Taher, Evolving SEO
- AI for reviews: The power of AI in reputation management, DAC
- Introducing BrightEdge Copilot, BrightEdge
- Naïve SEO Advice, Meh or Malevolent AI, AI for B2B, Near Media
- SEO & Google. Problems with Canonical pages from July'23?, Rafael Martin Soto On LinkedIn
- User Behavior and SEO: A Deep Dive, Backlinko
- Introducing the scheduler.yield origin trial, Chrome Developers
- We Studied Over 1 Million Domains to Find the Most Common Technical SEO Issues, Ahrefs
PPC
- 11 Practical Tips for Elevating Your Construction Business' Digital Marketing Strategy, Koozai
- 3 Ways for Agencies to Sell More Clients on PPC, WordStream
- August 2023 update to Display & Video 360 API v2, Google Ads Developer Blog
- Sexual Interests in Personalized Advertising a New Google Merchant Center Warning, FeedArmy
Search Features
- Google is now blurring sexually explicit images by default, The Verge
- Google launches watermarks for AI-generated images, CNN Business
- Google Translate is bringing us a seamless Face-to-Face experience, Android Police
Other Search
- AI Is Killing the Grand Bargain at the Heart of the Web, Business Insider
- Google's AI search feature is plagiarizing news sites' content, QZ
- We Analyzed Millions of ChatGPT User Sessions: Visits are Down 29% since May, Programming Assistance is 30% of Use, SparkToro
- China approves ChatGPT rivals from Baidu, others, Reuters
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