2024-05-15
AI Overviews will begin rolling out to everyone today in the US, with more countries coming soon. They provide both a quick overview of a topic and links to learn more. We've found that with AI Overviews, people use Search more, and are more satisfied with their results....
Search Engine Land
Google plans to roll out AI Overviews in Search to all US users by next week, and to more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by the end of 2024
AI Overviews is rolling out to all US based searchers in Google Search, making AI Overviews available to hundreds of millions …
AI Overviews will begin rolling out to everyone today in the US, with more countries coming soon. They provide both a quick overview of a topic and links to learn more. We've found that with AI Overviews, people use Search more, and are more satisfied with their results....
Platformer
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded
With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
We've launched a new “Web” filter that shows only text-based links, just like you might filter to show other types of results, such as images or videos. The filter appears on the top of the results page alongside other filters or as part of the “More” option, rolling out today... [image]
Platformer
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded
With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
We've added this after hearing from some that there are times when they'd prefer to just see links to web pages in their search results, such as if they're looking for longer-form text documents, using a device with limited internet access, or those who just prefer text-based...
Platformer
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded
With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
2024-02-03
... Yes, it's been removed. I know, it's sad. I'm sad too. It's one of our oldest features. But it was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn't depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it.
Search Engine Land
Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future”
but they may eventually return in a new form Ashwin / Ghacks : Google confirms that cache links have been removed from search results Mastodon: Misty / @misty@digipres.club : Googl...
2024-02-02
@rustybrick @GastonRiera Hey, catching up. Yes, it's been removed. I know, it's sad. I'm sad too. It's one of our oldest features. But it was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn't depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to...
Search Engine Land
Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future”
Google officially removed the cache link from the Google Search results snippets last week and Google confirmed that it will remove …
2024-01-20
@jason_koebler As for the use of AI to generate content, as we've explained before, our focus is on the quality of content, not the production. This shouldn't be misinterpreted as if we've granted a free pass to churning out lots of low quality content. It is not and doing so is against our...
Search Engine Roundtable
Google says 404 Media's report claiming Google is “boosting” AI-written article is misleading since the writer sorted news content by date rather than relevance
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable :
@jason_koebler Jason, I'd like to clarify Google News is not somehow “boosting” AI content to the top of search results. This is not the case. I also appreciate the frustration of a new publication like yours wanting to quickly appear in Google News. I do. It's something I hope we'll improve...
Search Engine Roundtable
Google says 404 Media's report claiming Google is “boosting” AI-written article is misleading since the writer sorted news content by date rather than relevance
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable :
@jason_koebler No automated systems are perfect, and this isn't to say that our default ranking systems would never show sub-par content. We are also always working to improve them to ensure that quality, original journalism is successful....
Search Engine Roundtable
Google says 404 Media's report claiming Google is “boosting” AI-written article is misleading since the writer sorted news content by date rather than relevance
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable :
@jason_koebler In particular, it's possible to use the News tab on Google Search to show news-related content sorted by date, as opposed to by relevance. That's what was done with the screenshots. Doing this is expressingly asking our systems to ignore the regular relevance ranking that they...
Search Engine Roundtable
Google says 404 Media's report claiming Google is “boosting” AI-written article is misleading since the writer sorted news content by date rather than relevance
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable :
2023-08-16
Three new SGE updates! 1) “SGE while browsing” is now available for the Google App and Chrome on desktop. On some web pages you visit, you can tap to see an AI-generated list of the key points an article covers, with links that will take you straight to what you're looking for...
TechCrunch
Google adds an experimental browsing feature that summarizes page content to Search Generative Experience, first in the Google mobile app for Search Labs users
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
2023-08-04
Today, we've announced some important new features in Google Search to help you stay in control of your personal information, privacy and online safety. 1) Results About You will be gaining a dashboard that will let you know if web results with your personal contact information...
Engadget
Google expands its privacy tools, including to alert users when their personal info appears in Search and to remove consensual explicit images from Search
how to use it Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : Google Search update brings revamped UI, personal info removal tool enhancements, and more Imad Khan / CNET : Google Makes It Easier...
2023-08-03
Some SGE news: 1) Images were recently added & video is coming over the next week 2) We're continuing to improve response speed 3) We're experimenting with new, easier ways for people to find web pages that support information in AI overviews Learn more: https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google updates its generative AI-based Search Generative Experience with more multimedia, faster responses, and additional context for links in its summary box
Multimedia content has been rewarded significantly in the most recent algorithm updates … Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Google's AI Search is Getting More Video and Better Links
2023-07-19
@pkafka FYI about this part: “he's learned that AI content ‘will, at least for the moment, be well-received by search engines’.” This isn't correct. Our systems are looking at the helpfulness of content, rather than how it is produced, as we explained recently: https://developers.google.com/ ......
Vox
Executives at G/O Media, which owns Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company plans to publish more AI-generated stories despite its botched first attempts
2023-02-09
With multisearch, you can search with a picture and text at the same time — opening up entirely new ways to express yourself. Today, multisearch is available globally on mobile, in all languages and countries where Lens is available... https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google shares AI updates across its services: expanding multisearch globally on mobile, Maps features for EV drivers, Lens AR translation, and Translate context
In the coming months, Lens will let you “search your screen” through Assistant on Android. You can search what you see in photos or videos across sites and apps you know and love, like messaging & video apps, without having to leave the app or experience... https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google shares AI updates across its services: expanding multisearch globally on mobile, Maps features for EV drivers, Lens AR translation, and Translate context
2022-08-19
Our “helpful content update” launching next week will better surface original, helpful content made by people, for people, rather than content made primarily to gain search traffic. It's part of a broad effort to show more unique, authentic info in results https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google plans to prioritize “content made specifically by and for people” in Search in English globally, covering shopping, tech-related content, and more
particularly for education, entertainment, shopping and tech content. See what else is new on Search. https://blog.google/... Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : Excited our “helpful...
2022-08-12
Google's “About this result” feature will soon show how widely a source is circulated, reviews about a source, whether a company is owned by another, or even if our systems can't find much info about a source, helpful context in evaluating information: https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...
Engadget
Google says Search info snippets will use its latest AI model, Multitask Unified Model, to find consensus in results and expands its “About this result” tool
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
2022-08-05
Power searchers know using quotes around words or phrases tells Google Search to only show pages containing the quoted terms. Now quote searching is even better! Snippets will be formed around where quoted terms occur in a page. Learn more: https://blog.google/...
Search Engine Land
Google updates search results for queries with quotes to show where the phrase appears in the results snippet instead of an overall description of the page
Google has updated how search result snippet in Google Search for queries that contain quotes. Now, Google will show …
2022-05-12
Imagine you want to learn more about multiple items on a shelf. In the future, Google Search will offer “scene exploration” to help you with this or similar tasks, to bring back info about multiple objects all at once. Stay tuned & learn more! #GoogleIO https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...
9to5Google
Google updates Maps with an “immersive view”, which combines Street View and aerial shots, for select cities, and will let third-party apps use Live View's AR
and even feel like you're right there. It uses advances in computer vision and AI to fuse together billions of Street View images. #GoogleIO https://twitter.com/... @searchliaison ...