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    Yahoo Search Tests AI Chat

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    16 minutes ago
    Yahoo seems to be testing AI Chat within its search results. The chat feature loads on the right side for your query. You click on it and it loads an AI chat bot.

    Google Expands Site Reputation Abuse Enforcement To Europe

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    6 minutes ago
    Google looks to have expanded its enforcement of its site reputation abuse policy to European regions this week. Google began enforcement in the US back in May but Google seems to have issued a ton of these manual actions (manual penalties) to European based sites.

    Tested: Google Page Annotation Opt Out Does Work

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    by rustybrick
    26 minutes ago
    Google is still testing its offensive page annotation feature in the Google iOS app still, but the good news is that the opt out feature does indeed work. Yes, it takes about a month, but if you opt out, Google will stop showing page annotations on your web pages.

    Google Removes Breadcrumb From Mobile Search Results Snippets

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    by rustybrick
    30 minutes ago
    Google has removed the breadcrumb from the mobile search results, leaving only the domain in the search result snippets. The desktop search results will continue to have the breadcrumb and domain in the snippets.

    Bing Tests Real Estate Search Menu Filter

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    36 minutes ago
    Microsoft is testing a new search filter menu option that lets you filter by real estate results. This shows up in the normal search menu below the search box.

    Google AI Overviews Come To Circle To Search

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    46 minutes ago
    Now when you use Circle To Search in Google, Google can now return AI Overviews to those results. Google said they are "expanding AI Overviews to more kinds of visual search results for places, trending images, unique objects and more."

    Daily Search Forum Recap: January 22, 2025

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    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 7:00 AM
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Starting On Jan 20th

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:51 AM
    We may be seeing more Google search ranking volatility start to get heated starting this weekend, through January 20th and 21st (and maybe today). Some of the Google tracking tools are having issues tracking these changes but some are not. But I do see a lot of chatter spike in the past couple of days.

    Google Clarified Site Reputation Abuse Policy & Manual Actions

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:41 AM
    Google has updated not just its site reputation abuse policy for clarification purposes, Google also updated the manual actions section for site reputation abuse. Again, these are just clarification changes, and as Google put it, "it include guidance from our blog post's FAQ on site reputation abuse."

    Google Map Pins On Service Area Businesses - A Bug?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:31 AM
    For the past month or so, Google has been showing map pins on Service Area Businesses within Google. Previously, Google did not show pins on businesses without a public address but now they are, in some views.

    Google: Sometimes Doing SEO Can Cause More Problems

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:21 AM
    John Mueller of Google said that sometimes doing SEO can cause sites more problems with search and search rankings. Sometimes not doing SEO, might be better, John implies.