SEO newsletter issue #468
Simon Schnieders
Founder of the UK's largest specialist SEO & generative engine optimisation (GEO) agency | B Corp
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Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission
It seems that Google's Gemini AI service is now reading private Drive documents without express user permission.
New York Times experiments with a new headline writer: OpenAI
The New York Times has taken a hard line against OpenAI, at the same time, however, the Times is also embracing OpenAI’s generative AI technology.?
Via Nikita Mazurov
OpenAI is ‘going to build a search product’
The Atlantic confirms it has granted permission for its content to be included in OpenAI's search product.
Via Danny Goodwin
Google AI Overviews only show for 7% of queries, a new low
Some of the biggest visibility drops were on education, entertainment and ecommerce queries. Reddit and Quora are almost never cited anymore.?
Via Danny Goodwin
New Senate bill seeks to protect artists’ and journalists’ content from AI use
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters and journalists from having their content used to train AI models or generate AI content without their consent.
Via Aisha Malik
Advanced SEO Industry News???
YouTube home page recommendations aren’t primarily affected by external views
The YouTube home page recommendations are affected by viewers watching videos from the home page and not affected by external views, people watching your videos on an external site.
Via Barry Schwartz
I disavowed every link to my website. Here’s what happened
Over 10,000 links from 1,473 unique domains in total weer disavowed for this experiment.
Via Cyrus Shepard
Via Google: AI Overviews, e-commerce site updates, and more! (July ‘24)
In this episode of Google Search News, John Mueller covers the latest updates on structured data for e-commerce sites, finding information in faster & easier ways with AI Overviews in Google Search, and more.?
Via Google: Configure your shipping and returns directly in Search Console
Manage your Merchant Center account-level shipping and return policies directly in Search Console, which automatically appear in Merchant Center.
How to create a multi-site indexing monitoring system using the URL Inspection API and Analytics Edge
In this tutorial, you'll learn a step-by-step process you can use to create a multisite URL Inspection monitoring system.
Via Glenn Gabe
The rise of forums: Why Google prefers them and how to adapt
Discussion boards are cool again. Find out why Google now prioritises them and how to foster community and engagement on your niche website.
Via Steve Liu
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Via YouTube: Inspiring creation with YouTube Shorts
YouTube ?announces new Shorts features, including TikTok-like text-to-speech video narration, in-app auto-generated captions, and a set of Minecraft effects.?
Via Rene Ritchie
Remove Thumbtack book links in Google Business profiles
In a scummy move, Thumbtack, a local search service, is automatically adding its booking links and service to Google Business Profiles.
Via Barry Schwartz
Google confirmed ads below featured snippet as part of dynamic ad placement
Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, confirmed that search ads can appear directly below organic featured snippets, as part of Google's "ongoing evolution of dynamic ad placement on search.?
Via Barry Schwartz
Via Majestic: Is disavow relevant in 2024?
"We’ve decided to set out a position, and will remove this direct support for disavow from the Majestic platform."
Via Majestic
"I met with Google to talk about the current state of Search."
"Google are listening which is appreciated, but now we need to see action from them. Is this simply a PR stunt? Time will tell."
New feature in the Ahrefs Top Pages report
You can see which pages of yours, or competitors, had changes between any 2 selectable dates, and see what was changed.
Via Patrick Stox
Google AI Overviews: Do ranking studies tell the whole story?
"For SEOs, website owners, and content creators, this highlights the importance of producing content that is high in quality, diverse and relevant to a range of related queries."?
Via Rich Sanger
Rendering JavaScript for Google Search
In this episode, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joins Martin and John from Search Relations to talk about how Google Search deals with JavaScript sites, how rendering works and what the mysterious "iteratorect" was.
Have you ever had a site that ranks for unrelated keywords, queries you do not want to rank for?
Via Barry Schwartz
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