SEO newsletter issue #422
Simon Schnieders
Founder of the UK's largest specialist SEO agency | Educating and elevating | B Corp
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Associated Press cements the AI era with newsroom guidance
Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, The Associated Press urges caution in using — and reporting on — generative AI tools.
Via Alex Mahadevan
Charts: Top publicly traded ecommerce companies Q2 2023
Amazon ranked first in Q2 revenue at $134.38 billion, followed by China-based merchants JD.com with $33.57 billion and Alibaba at $32.35 billion.
Via Adel Boukarroum
X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’
The social network will display just the link and the header image in a post.?
Via Ivan Mehta
'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
The New York Times and OpenAI could end up in court.?
Via Bobby Allyn
Google releases August 2023 broad core update
This is the second Google core update of 2023. The rollout is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
Via Barry Schwartz
Websites that have blocked OpenAI’s GPTBot - 1000 website study
The top 1000 websites in the world analysed to identify which sites are already blocking GPTBot.
Via Jonathan Gillham
Google’s new ‘AI search’ blasted for making ‘outrageously offensive’ claim about Adolf Hitler
Google's AI search has been under hot water for listing Adolf Hitler as a great leader.?
Via Jona
Advanced SEO Industry News???
New Bing Chat features coming: Memory, code improvements & more characters
Microsoft is working on bringing more and more features to Bing Chat.?
Via Barry Schwartz
Google Search can now index CSV files
Google updated its help document to say it can now index Comma-Separated Values (.csv) files.
Via Barry Schwartz
How generative AI will change SEO as a profession
AI isn't coming for our jobs just yet, but the industry is changing. Here's what generative AI means for the future of SEO.
Via Barry Schwartz
领英推荐
Google Labs readies Instagram Stories clone for search results
Google Search results are about to become a bit more social, as the company’s next Labs experiment is an Instagram Stories clone to add public “Notes” about particular webpages.
Via Kyle Bradshaw
Bing Chat data still not in Bing Webmaster Tools
Three months after Microsoft Bing promised to add Bing Chat data in Bing Webmaster Tools, we still do not have it.
Via Barry Schwartz
Via Google:?Let's talk ranking updates
In this episode of Search, Martin, John, and Danny help content creators everywhere focus on the value they bring into the digital world.
Analysing?the removal of FAQ and HowTo snippets from the Google search results [Data]
For sites that received FAQ and/or HowTo snippets, the change was not well received by most site owners. Rich snippets can help listings stand out in the SERPs, can help boost click through rate, and can provide more information to entice users to click through.
Via Glenn Gabe
Marketplace SEO (reverb.com) podcast
Amy Hyerczyk, Senior Manager of SEO, Product, and Strategy at Reverb, talks about SEO strategies and techniques to optimize marketplaces.
Can news outlets build a ‘trustworthy’ AI chatbot?
The media company operating Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive introduced an AI chatbot earlier this month.
Via Mia Sato
Via Google:?The comedy of errors
In this illustrated short story Google will try to shed some light on the errors in Search Console and perhaps make them look a little less scary.
SEO work for category pages
With autumn approaching, it’s time to focus on lucrative SEO initiatives that can drive growth in time for the holiday season.?
Via Stephanie Briggs
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Head of Search & SEO at Alamy
1 年I was just going through it now and have opened 80% of the links that were shared - I always find a lot of interesting information in your newsletters, thank you for doing the work and sharing such diverse insights, Simon!