SEO newsletter issue #433
Simon Schnieders
Founder of the UK's largest specialist SEO agency | Educating and elevating | B Corp
OpenAI introduces GPTs
You can now create custom versions of ChatGPT that combine instructions, extra knowledge, and any combination of skills.
Via OpenAI
Microsoft has quietly added Excel integration into Bing Chat
Bing Chat users can now ask the chatbot to create tablets that can then be imported and edited into the web version of Excel.
Via John Callaham
Via Google: How to find holiday shopping deals on Google
See deals from across the web in a new destination on Search. Plus, save products, track prices and get price insights in Chrome and Search.
Via Google
Google plans to invest in AI chatbot startup Character.AI
According to Reuters, this investment could significantly boost Character.AI’s capabilities to meet growing user demand and advance its AI model training.
Via Maxwell William
Google SGE expands to 120 countries while adding new follow-up questions, AI translation help and more definitions
SGE now in more countries, more languages with more features.
Via Barry Schwartz
Advanced SEO Industry News???
Google releases November 2023 reviews update
This is the third reviews update of the year and the last reviews update Google will likely confirm.
Via Barry Schwartz
How Danny Sullivan shares SEO issues with Google’s Search team
Part of job of the Search Liaison at Google is to share feedback on how to improve search.
Via Barry Schwartz
"SGE is terrible for Google's revenue."
"The purpose of SGE is to demonstrate to shareholders and employees that Google is still innovative."
Via Malte Landwehr
Google's SGE might actually result in higher click-through rates
and.. "AI-generated responses are currently showing at a lower rate than people might expect".
Via Glen Allsopp
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Google page experience report updated in Search Console
Plus the good page experience search appearance filter from the Performance report has been removed.
Via Barry Schwartz
Via Google: "Features and deprecations on Steve"
Tune into this episode of Search Off the Record to learn about what the team considers when updating their search engine 'Steve'.
Google’s Helpful Content Update (HCU) and the danger of low-quality AI user-generated content
Including tips and recommendations for helping site owners navigate the AI UGC triple (detection, volume, and pace of lower-quality AI user-generated content.)
Via Glenn Gabe
Microsoft Bing patent on web site/content reliability scores
Of course, you need to keep in mind that just because a search company has a patent, it does not mean that patent is in use today or ever.
Via Barry Schwartz
Blue Array News???
Thank you to everyone?that?co-ordinated and contributed to LondonSEO Meetup this Thursday?at the wonderful Trainline HQ in London.
With incredible?talks delivered?by:
Louise Giddings (RAC) - SEO + Social Media
élise Morel (Trainline) - SEO + A/B Testing
Daniel Brooks (Blush) - Talk TBC
Tom Pool (Blue Array) - Talk TBC
Fantastic news, our incredible team here at Blue Array have been shortlisted for TEN awards at the upcoming UK Search Awards ??
1?? 2?? BEST USE OF SEARCH - B2C (SEO) (LARGE)
3?? BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH (LARGE)
4?? BEST USE OF SEARCH - AUTOMOTIVE (LARGE)
5?? BEST USE OF SEARCH – FASHION (LARGE)
6?? BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (SEO) (LARGE)
7?? BEST USE OF CONTENT MARKETING (LARGE)
8?? 9?? BEST USE OF PR IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN (LARGE)
?? RISING STAR ??? Chloe Smith (Strategic SEO Lead)
Thank you to the team for their ongoing hard work, both servicing our clients to the highest standard and also working on these entries ?? Special shoutout to Lucinda (Luci) Wood (Head of Client Success) for coordinating the award submissions too.
Congrats to all other shortlisted nominees!
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