Google Site Reputation Abuse Policy Now Includes First Party Involvement Or Content Oversight
Google has updated its site reputation abuse policy to expand what is included in abuse. It now includes third-party content that has first-party involvement or content oversight. Google also dropped a mention of the starkly different content algorithm but made no mention that site reputation abuse is enforced algorithmically—so it must still be only through manual actions.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Google Lens Updated For In-Store Shopping
Google announced new shopping features through Google Lens to help with in-store shopping and local shopping. Google said, "Google Lens can quickly show you product insights tailored to the store you're in. Just snap a photo to find product information, similar products in-stock, whether a store's price is competitive and shopper reviews."
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Google Makes It Clear It Has Both Site Wide & Page Level Ranking Signals
Google has updated its guide to Google Search ranking systems to mention at the top of the page that it uses both page-level and site-wide signals for search rankings. There was a debate on this after the Google creator summit about Google possibly saying they only have page level signals, so this may clear things up a bit.
ChatGPT's Search Marketing Share vs Google
Is OpenAI, its ChatGPT service, taking market share from Google? Well, maybe. Rand Fishkin of Sparktoro posted his assumptions based on a mix of data from SimilarWeb and Datos that says ChatGPT's current market share is 4.33% - that is from October 2024 data.
Bing Video Search Tests Categorizing Videos
Microsoft is testing categorizing the videos within its Bing video search results. Bing's video search interface can show at the top a featured video for the query, then trending videos related to the query, then short videos, then a related category of videos, followed by the normal video thumbnails.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 19, 2024
Nov 19, 2024Google Search Console Finally Drops The Page Experience Report
Nov 19, 2024Google Tests Removing EU-Based News Publishers From Search
Nov 19, 2024Google Ads In Store & Online Tab & Near You Sponsored Ads
Nov 19, 2024YouTube Often Within Google Discover Feed & AI Overviews
Nov 19, 2024Google People Also Ask Dropping More Results Button?
Nov 19, 2024Daily Search Forum Recap: November 18, 2024
Nov 18, 2024Google Also Cautions On Using Google People Also Ask For Content Ideas
Nov 18, 2024Microsoft Mixing Ads & Organic Results In Bing Search Also
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