Google Search Explore Highlighting Snippet Text In Blues & Browns

Google is now testing highlighting snippet text in the Google Explore feature in light blue, darker blue, and a brownish color. After months of testing, Google launched the featured snippet text highlight feature earlier this month. Now, it seems Google is trying it out in the Google Explore feature.Google Explore in search is the sectionContinueContinue reading “Google Search Explore Highlighting Snippet Text In Blues & Browns”

Microsoft Bing Chat Sidebar Edge Has No Site Blacklist

Microsoft: No Site Blacklist For Bing Chat SidebarThe topic of blacklists and whitelists for Bing and Google is not new. But now we have chatbots and AI features and Mikhail Parakhin was asked if there is a blacklist for some sites with the Bing Chat sidebar feature in the Edge browser. Mikhail Parakhin said no,ContinueContinue reading “Microsoft Bing Chat Sidebar Edge Has No Site Blacklist”

Microsoft May Share Ad Revenue With Publishers From Bing Chat

Microsoft Bing Chat May Share Ad Revenue With PublishersMicrosoft may share the ad revenue it generates through the Bing Chat responses with some publishers it obtains that content from. Yusuf Mehdi from Microsoft wrote, “exploring placing ads in the chat experience to share the ad revenue with partners whose content contributed to the chat response.”WhileContinueContinue reading “Microsoft May Share Ad Revenue With Publishers From Bing Chat”

ChatGPT Generated Google Business Review Spam

It looks like review spammers are using ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate fake reviews. These reviews are being posted in Google Business Profile local listings and causing a headache for small businesses.I spotted this via the Local Search Forum but it was also posted on the Review Fraud website recently as well. InContinueContinue reading “ChatGPT Generated Google Business Review Spam”

Google Ads Removed 53% More Ads This Year

Google Ads Removed 53% More Ads This Year – 5.2 Billion Ads BlockedGoogle has released its annual ads safety report, which showed that Google removed 53% more ads this year and in the previous year and 67% increase from two years ago. Google removed over 5.2 billion ads, restricted over 4.3 billion ads and suspendedContinueContinue reading “Google Ads Removed 53% More Ads This Year”