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For the past few days, Google Business Profiles has a bug when you try to edit existing Google Posts or Google Updates. I confirmed this myself when writing this story; it was still an issue. What happens is when you go to your Google Business Profile and click to view your Google Posts / Updates. […]

Microsoft Bing Search has cars for sale feature that shows cars they have listed in the Microsoft Autos site. Now, Bing is showing a green label named “No Accidents” for cars they can verify have no accidents reported for that VIN. Shameem Adhikarath spotted this and posted it on Twitter but I can replicate this

Google Business Profiles seems to be expanding which businesses can add and edit the languages they offer support it. This is the language assistance option that Google first introduced in Google Business Profilers for healthcare facilities back in December 2021. Darcy Burk noticed this showing up as an option for his HVAC customers and posted

This week we learned that the upcoming Google helpful content update would soon promote content, not just demote content. Google also pushed out a search ranking algorithm update, but it was not confirmed. Google Bard now shows citations like Bing Chat, but they are not really good. I explained why I think Google must encourage

At the new Google Pier 57 office, here is a sign that shows where you park your dogs. It is the dog parking, crossed out barking, area. I spotted this on Instagram. This is not too be confused with the Doogleplex. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where

Google seems to be testing an updated user interface for the product and shopping results in web search. You can see the “Visit Website” and “View Details” links and the ongoing expanded pricing details interface in this test. This was spotted by Punit who posted some of these screenshots on Twitter. You can see those

Microsoft is rolling out allowing “unauthenticated” access to Bing Chat. This means, if you are using Microsoft Edge and you are not signed into your Microsoft account, you may be able to try out Bing, in a limited way. Michael Schechter, Vice President, Growth and Distribution at Microsoft and Bing, wrote on Twitter, “As some

Google Maps lets you create a link of your recent searches that you can share with your friends or colleagues. So if you are planning a road trip with friends, you can compile a bunch of links to share with the group. Google is also showing a share link for local packs in search. Google

For the past couple of days or so, maybe starting as early as May 16, 2023 through today, May 18, 2023, I am seeing significant signs of another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update. I am seeing these signs both from SEO industry chatter across the forums and also based on the automated tracking tools.