Daily Search Forum Recap: May 10, 2023 -

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Bing Chat AI model improvements will improve Bing’s core search algorithm, but maybe not always be synced. Google has finally commented on the huge drop in FAQ rich results. High quality content might be of low value to the web, said Google. Google is testing a show more button for people also ask. Google I/O is today, I will be posting the news immediately on Search Engine Land with a day after follow up on the Search Engine Roundtable, plus I posted a short video with my first impressions on YouTube (subscribe!).

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Bing Chat AI Improvements Will Improve Bing’s Core Search Algorithm, But…

Did you know that some of the improvements being made to the Bing Chat AI models will lead to improvements to the Bing Search core ranking algorithms? Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, said this on Twitter yesterday.

Google Finally Unofficially Comments On Drop in FAQ Rich Results

Over the past month or so, we’ve been seeing a huge drop in the number of FAQ rich results Google has been displaying both on mobile search and now desktop. Google has not commented or said anything on the topic, that is until now.

Google: High Quality Content Might Still Be Of Low Value To The Web

Google’s John Mueller had one of his good oneliners again. He posted a reply on Twitter saying, “something can be high-quality content with a lot of information for users and still be of low value for the web.”

Google Tests “Show More” Button On People Also Ask

Google Search is testing adding a “show more” button on the “people also ask” section of its search results. When you click on the button, it will load more results underneath it.

Google I/O Is Today – Watch The Keynote Here

Google I/O kicks off today and we are all expecting really big Google Search-related news today. Typically, I/O is focused on everything but core search but today, we are expecting the all-new search engine, Magi, and a bunch of new AI-focused search features.

Fake Google Men’s Clothing Designer Store

I don’t buy lots of clothing but if I had to shop somewhere, I bet I could find some good deals at this Google Men’s retail store. We have seen many examples over the years of stores, normally not in

Other Great Search Threads:

max-image-preview:large How does google find large images?, Reddit

In their quest for a more visual experience Bing is testing to show rich video results directly at the top of a SERP, Frank Sandtmann on Mastodon

Google added new window in translator for look up in details for x word. Here is snap what I got in detail for CAT., Khushal Bherwani on Twitter

Google doesn’t let you add or change the social media links on your Google Business Profile, but there are some sneaky ways to make it happen., Darren Shaw on Twitter

I suspect there’s also some confusion on sitelinks search box in general. Not all sites see it. You don’t need any markup for it to be shown. You only need the markup if you want your “version” shown, should Google decide to show any sitelinks search box., John Mueller on Twitter

UTM_source URLs indexed by Google, Reddit

We announced many features last week for the new Bing but some of our best improvements are in fundamentals. We shipped a new prompt technique in Prometheus that generates richer, more relevant and better structured answers f, Jordi Ribas on Twitter

Search Engine Land Stories:

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