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Google Search Generative Experience Now Can Create Images & Text

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2 months ago

October 14, 2023

Google has upgraded its Search Generative Experience to create images and text, not just give you answers and show you images or content from others. Google said SGE can now help with “creating an image that can bring an idea to life, or getting help on a written draft when you need a starting point.”

I tried it most of yesterday and was unsuccessful, so instead I used Adobe’s new Firefly Beta 2 to make this image above. I normally use Midjourney but Firefly did a bit upgrade this week and wanted to try it out.

Here is me trying to make an image using SGE:

And the result was not there:

Even a few minutes before I published this, it still did not create what I wanted but it is working for some:

Love it… It won’t draw a picture of a marketing consultant… But it did draw a happy robot.. https://t.co/FBCV4kZQul pic.twitter.com/0sTHg9ad3K

— Harry Hawk (@hhawk) October 13, 2023

I assume it will work soon, so instead, here is a GIF of Google’s demo of this working (click to enlarge):

You can edit the photo or download it after they are generated and this should also work in Google Image search. “If you’re opted in to SGE, you may also see an option to create AI-generated images directly in Google Images, as part of this experiment,” Google wrote.

Also, Google added the ability to create drafts of texts in SGE. So you don’t need to go to Google Bard, Bing Chat, ChatGPT or others to do that. Google wrote, “we’re introducing written drafts in SGE. You’ll be able to make the draft shorter, or change the tone to be more casual.”

You can export your draft to Google Docs or Gmail or copy and paste it and use it where you want.

Google also wrote, “building safeguards into this experience and blocking the creation of images that run counter to our prohibited use policy for generative AI, including harmful or misleading content. And every image generated through SGE will have metadata labeling and embedded watermarking to indicate that it was created by AI. The image generation capability is only available in English in the United States, to people who opted into the SGE experiment and who are 18 years or older.”

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Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2023

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2 days ago

December 3, 2023

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Hanukkah (aka Chanukah) starts this coming Thursday night, December 7th. Google has added its Hanukkah decorations to the Google Search results interface to celebrate. Google does this every year and I expect to see the same rollout in the coming weeks for Christmas and Kawanzaa but for now, since Chanukah is in the coming days, we have the Hanukkah decorations live at Google Search.

Here is a screenshot of the Chanukah decorations as they look like on the mobile search results.

You can see it yourself by searching on Google for [chanukah], [hanukkah], but not yet [חֲנוּכָּה‎] or other spelling variations yet but it should soon. It looks better on mobile than it does on desktop results.

To see the past, the 2023 decorations, 2021 decorations, 2020 Chanukah decorations, 2019 Google holiday decorations, the 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and so on.

Happy Chanukah, everyone!

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Google Pay Accepted Icons In Google Search Results

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2 days ago

December 3, 2023

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Google seems to be testing a Google Pay Accepted label or icon in the Google search results. This label has the super G logo followed by the words “Pay accepted” words next to search result snippets that support Google Pay and notate such in their structured data.

This was first spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared some screenshots of this on X – here is one:

Here are some more screenshots:

Here is test and without test window for same query. pic.twitter.com/n9cYWBOsro

— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) October 20, 2023

Brodie Clark also posted some screenshots after on X:

In continuation from the test from October, Google is now testing out a new Google Pay label associated with organic results. Last month, Google was testing Pay Accepted text, with this month changing it to Pay encrypted checkout. More details: https://t.co/MvFNoPmMDR pic.twitter.com/WDVVc4RbTO

— SERPs Up 🌊 (@SERPalerts) November 30, 2023

I tried to replicate this but I came up short.

This is not the first time Google had similar icons like this in its search results.

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Google Discover Showing Older Content Since Follow Feature Arrived

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3 days ago

December 2, 2023

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Typically, Google Discover shows content that is less than a day old, but it can show content that is weeks, months, or even years old. However, typically, Google will show more recent content in the Discover feed. Well, that may have changed with the new Google follow feature.

Glenn Gabe, who is a very active Google Discover user, noticed that since the Follow feature rolled out, he has been seeing content that is weeks and months old way more often than before the follow feature rolled out. Glenn wrote on X that “this could also be playing a role. i.e. Google isn’t providing as much recent content, but instead, focusing on providing targeted content based on the topics you are following.”

It makes sense that if you follow a specific topic and if Google Discover only shows the most authoritative types of content, it might be hard for Google to find new content on that topic. So it does make sense that Google may show older content more often for that specific topic you follow.

Here are screenshots Glenn shared:

Google Discover Old Stories Follow