Author Archives: RANJAN TRUPTI

Bing Chat Third-Party Plugins In The WildWe are all expecting to see Bing Chat support third-party plugins really soon, and for now, Bing is testing it. We now see some screenshots of plugin support in Bing Chat in the wild.Wladimir Kirianov spotted them and shared a ton of screenshots on X of how it works.ContinueContinue reading “Bing Chat Third-Party Plugins”

Bing: We Release Search Features Globally (We Don’t Discriminate)Bing’s CEO, Mikhail Parakhin, said that Bing does not release some features slower or delayed in some countries. He said they release “All countries at the same time,” adding that they “don’t discriminate.” Sometimes there are regional differences for legal reasons but for the most part, BingContinueContinue reading “Bing Says It Releases Search Features Globally”

Google Explains How 304 (Not Modified) HTTP Status Codes Can Go Very WrongGary Illyes from Google posted how serving a 304 HTTP server status code can “backfire spectacularly,” even though the 304 can be a super useful signal for search engines.Gary Illyes wrote on LinkedIn, “HTTP 304 (not modified) is super useful to signal crawlersContinueContinue reading “Google: How 304 (Not Modified) HTTP Status Codes Can Go Very Wrong”

The new Google Search Generative Experience now shows more links and link cards in the local results interface for some users. The link cards show below the listing and also at the top right of the map interface in the SGE interface on both desktop and mobile.This was spotted by Andy Simpson and he postedContinueContinue reading “Google Search Generative Experience Local Results Gain More Link Cards”

Google: Word Location In URLs Does Not Matter For SEOGoogle’s John Mueller was asked if it matters SEO-wise or search ranking-wise if you place /services/ before /location/ in your URL structure or the other way. John said when it comes to SEO, it really does not matter. It seems John is saying that the wordContinueContinue reading “Google Says Location Of Words In URLs Does Not Matter For SEO”