Tag Archives: Google Update

Where Google Doesn’t Let You Use Its Generative AI FeaturesOn March 14th, Google published its Generative AI prohibited use policy that states where you are not allowed to use its AI features to create content and information. This is not specific to search but as many of you can imagine, this might one day, bridgeContinueContinue reading “Google Generative AI Models Prohibited Use Policies”

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: 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 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”

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”