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This week, I posted the monthly Google webmaster report for May 2023. Google may have pushed out an unconfirmed search algorithm update on May 1st and 2nd, and that update seems to have heated up in a big way later on in the week. Microsoft opened Bing Chat to all and updated some features. Google […]

In the latest Google SEO office hours, Google said that Google does not trust outbound links from a site they think is spammy. Duy Nguyen from the Google Search Quality team said this at the 35-second mark into the video. The question was, “If a domain gets penalized does it affect the links that are

Google has posted that the Google Merchant Center feeds have issues. The notice is posted here and reads, “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Feeds. We will provide more information shortly.” The issue started yesterday, May 3rd at 7:16 am ET and has not yet been resolved (at least when I wrote this). I

Google’s John Mueller said it is a “terrible idea” to disavow links based on metrics from a third-party tool. In fact, John is not a fan of disavowing links in most cases. When John was asked if one should disavow links based on those pages being under a certain score from a third-party tool, John

Google Ads seems like it will not be adding Search Impression Share reporting to Performance Max campaigns any time soon. Google’s Ginny Marvin confirmed that “auction insights and click share reporting in PMax only include Search network.” She said she agrees that “click share & Imp share measure diff things & correct that Auction Insights

Google Search is testing up and down arrow buttons in the search bar, so you can click to toggle down or up to autocomplete search suggestions. You can also use the arrow up and down on your keyword, but the buttons may be a new touch. I am not able to replicate it, I do

Microsoft had an event yesterday in NYC showing off some new features for Bing Chat, touting some growth figures and announcing it removed the waitlist for the co-pilot feature. I covered this in more detail on Search Engine Land but honestly, I covered many of these feature announcements on this site already, so you are

Remember those old Nokia mobile phones? Do you remember Google web search being tested on those devices? Jon Erlichman from Bloomberg shared an old video of this in action on Twitter the other day. Here it is: Early days of web search on a phone: pic.twitter.com/Ndkx2JvfU0 — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 21, 2023 This post