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Bing Search – Answered By Bing Expert
Microsoft Bing is testing a section under its featured snippet answers named “answered by Bing expert.” Bing will show an answer pulled from the source website, put the author’s name by the answer, and call them a “Bing Expert.”
I tried to replicate this myself numerous times but I am not able to, but Khushal Bherwani shared a screenshot of this on Twitter (click to enlarge):
You can see from Khushal’s tweet that the name is coming from the website Bing is sourcing and for some reason, Microsoft is calling that author a Bing expert. It makes it sound like he works for Microsoft?
If Google did this, there likely would be a bit of an uproar?
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 21, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google unleashed a new spam update – the June 2024 spam update – here is what we know. Google had a big indexing issue last night, that lasted several hours. Google spoke more about the images not showing up in search and that it is more likely a quality issue with your site. Google Local Service Ads will soon show on Google Maps. Google Discover is testing a floating search bar. Google Safe Search has a new set of FAQs. Plus I posted the SEO video recap – it was a busy week!
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google June 2024 Spam Update Takes Target
Google has released a new algorithm update the search company is naming the Google June 2024 Spam Update. This update does not have anything new specific changes that we are aware of, like some previous updates. Google just wrote, “Today we released the June 2024 spam update. It may take up to 1 week to complete, and we’ll post on the Google Search Status Dashboard when the rollout is done.” -
Google Search Bug: Not Indexing or Serving New Content
Google Search may be having a new indexing or serving (or both) bug where it is now showing new content from sites that are creating new content. Sites like the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, CNN, Forbes, and others are showing very few new pages being indexed in the past hour by Google Search. -
Local Service Ads Coming To Google Maps On iOS
Google is notifying some advertisers that use Google’s Local Service Ads program that soon their ads will be shown on Google Maps. It will start with the iOS version of the Google Maps app and then expand to other platforms and surfaces from there. -
Google Search Images Go Missing? Might Be A Quality Issue.
For the past several months, generally around the helpful content update in September and the various core updates we had over the past several months, there have been complaints with image thumbnails for some sites not appearing in the Google Search result listings. Google responded again to the issue, saying it is not a technical thing for most sites but rather a quality issue. -
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, Volatility & Indexing Bug, AI Overviews Tracking & FAQs, Google Maps Exploit, Google Ads, AppleBot & More
We had a new Google spam update, the June 2024 spam update and what would be an SEO video recap within Google Search ranking volatility, at least this time it was on Father’s Day weekend. Google Search seemed to have an indexing bug last night. If your image snippets disappeared from Google months ago, it is likely a quality… -
Google Posts Safe Search FAQs
Ashwarya, the Community Manager for Google Search, posted a bunch of resources around Google Safe Search. He wrote, “We are going to help you out in every way possible. Here are a few articles to get you started on Safe Search.” -
Google Tests Floating Search Bar In Google Discover
Google is testing a floating search bar in the Google Discover results. So when you load up the Google home page on your mobile device and scroll through some Discover stories, the search bar sticks to the stop and floats over the stories. -
Google Dublin Whiteboard Signage
Here is a Google sign that is at the Google Dublin office which also is a whiteboard. You can write messages on the Google logo. I think this is old but I found it on Instagram recently.
Other Great Search Threads:
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- 12 Important Image SEO Tips You Need To Know, Search Engine Journal
- AI Overviews Are Breaking Search (Here’s How They Could Fix It), WordStream
- Branded vs. Non-Branded Keywords: What’s the Difference?, Semrush
- Competitive Intel: Here’s What an SEO Competitor Analysis Tells You, TopRank
- How Sites With Less SEO Win Google + 4 More SEO Tips, Zyppy SEO Consulting
- How To Submit a Reconsideration Request To Google, BruceClay
- Initial Impact of Google’s AI Overviews: SEO Research Study, seoClarity
- SEO Insights from Google Engineer Ni Lao’s Work on ML, IR & NLP, Ethan Lazuk
- The Scary Surge and Drop in Indexing in Google Search Console (GSC) And Why That Might Be Totally Fine, GSQI
- What Is YMYL & How Does It Affect SEO?, Semrush
PPC
Search Features
Other Search
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Google Search Not Indexing & Serving New Content?
![Google Search Not Indexing & Serving New Content? Google Logo Burning Ashes](https://articles.entireweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Google-Search-Not-Indexing-Serving-New-Content.jpg)
Google Search may be having a new indexing or serving (or both) bug where it is now showing new content from sites that are creating new content. Sites like the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, CNN, Forbes, and others are showing very few new pages being indexed in the past hour by Google Search.
While all of these sites have produced dozens of stories in the past hour, most are showing 0 to 10 new content (URLs) in the Google Search index in the past hour.
Google has not posted any issue yet in its Search Status Dashboard and I do not see massive complaints yet but I received a notice on X about this (that post was deleted) but I still see the issue.
Here are some examples:
– site:cnn.com – within hour – 2 results:
– site:wsj.com – within hour 2 results:
WSJ down to nothing:
– site:nytimes.com – within hour 10 results:
– site:hollywoodreporter.com – within hour – 2 results:
– site:forbes.com – within hour 0 results:
Here are more examples of massive news sites not seeing much content in the Google index in the past hour:
I often see indexing complaints about Google Search but I rarely see it on sites this big that produce a lot of content.
We last had a larger issue like this in January 2024, then in December 2023, October 2023 and then many more over the years.
Are any of you seeing this?
Update at 7:30pm ET: I waited over 30 minutes for this story to be indexed by Google and it was not. Normally this site is indexed within minutes of a story going live.
So I checked Google Search Console and it said the page was crawled on Jun 20, 2024, 7:14:49 PM but the page was not in the Google index:
Meanwhile, the live URL inspection tool says there is nothing preventing it from being indexed:
I did request indexing manually to be sure – but still, not indexed.
Forum discussion at X.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google posted its FAQs on AI Overviews, asking why you can’t disable then. Google may be showing fewer Reddit links. Google explains when it is not a good thing when Googlebot is crawling you more. Google is testing 6 people also ask by default. Google launched menu buttons in the Google Maps results. Google AdSense has a new privacy and messaging feature for privacy rules.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google AI Overviews FAQs Including Why You Can’t Disable AI Overviews
Google has posted a new document in its forums named frequently asked questions about AI Overviews. In this document it has a section named “why can’t I disable AI Overviews?” The answer is that Google’s “goal is to help people find the information they’re looking for quickly and reliably.” -
Report On If Google Showing Fewer Reddit Links In Search?
Some in the SEO industry have been asking if Google has been showing fewer links in its search results to Reddit over the past several weeks. So Mordy Obserstein pulled some Semrush data that showed a slight downtick in Reddit results in Google’s Discussion and Forums section. -
Google: Two Common Reasons When A Spike In Crawling Is Bad
Google’s Gary Illyes posted on LinkedIn with two common examples of when a spike in Googlebot activity, crawling, is a bad thing. The short answer is when Googlebot gets to crawling an infinite section of your site (like calendar pages that goes on forever) and when your site is hacked with a ton of new hacked pages. -
Google Tests Two More People Also Ask Results (6 PPA)
Google is testing showing two more people also ask results, by default, which is a total of six people also ask, instead of the typical four people also ask that Google would show in its search results. -
Google Local Panels Gains Menu Button
Google seems to be adding a “menu” button to the Google Business Profiles, the local panels, in the web search results. I think Google has tested this one and off over the years, but as Marcin Karwowski noted, it seems to be rolling out now to some businesses. -
New Google AdSense Privacy & Messaging For Users To Opt Out
Google has begun rolling out a new privacy and messaging feature for AdSense ads in some US states. This is to comply with California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah privacy laws. The feature allows the site to communicate to the user about opting out of the sale or sharing of their personal information. -
Google Japanese Circular Keyboard
Here is a photo from Daniel Waisberg’s trip to the Google Japan office, and it shows these circular Japanese keyboards on display. There are other items on display.
Other Great Search Threads:
- It’s generally fine. Discovery will perhaps take a bit longer, but I wouldn’t worry too much about it, unless you see delays in linked pages being picked up., Martin Splitt on X
- (Update about Review Profiles) Today Google has sent out an email and have added a turn off toggle to keep reviews profile private even after 24 June. Email from Google and addition of profile privacy toggle here, Gagan Ghotra on X
- Google has updated it’s Search Help page “About your profile on Google” to now include information about Reviews Profiles. Reviews Profiles may still appear in search results even if you have turned on it to be PRIVATE, Gagan Ghotra on X
- In early June I shared about the crazy volatility I was seeing across finance sites starting on 5/10. I saw som e very big drops there (confirmed btw). Well, some of those drops just reversed course for a number of sites. Check out, Glenn Gabe on X
- So far Google has indexed 152K review profiles and perhaps all those USERS aren’t event aware of the fact that automatically a profile for their name was created and now someone can see all of their reviews in one place., Gagan Ghotra on X
- If you registered for SMX, definitely make sure you check out the presentation from @RyanJones about AI overviews. Really good stuff. He covers how AI Overviews work (or don’t), patent info about how they work (including why/how web, Glenn Gabe on X
- This is my biannual reminder that it is okay to speak at a conference for free with nothing being in it for you other than you get extreme amounts of joy out of sharing your thoughts with other people, and trying to helping them t, Wil Reynolds on X
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Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
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PPC
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Other Search
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