Daily Search Forum Recap: February 3, 2025
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. Google is testing using AI to generate backgrounds automatically for your shopping campaign images…
Google Ads Prompt To Book A Tagging Appointment
Google Ads is offering some advertisers the option to book a tagging appointment with a Google Ads representation through the Google Ads console. This will help you set up an appointment to have a Google rep help you set up proper tracking of your campaigns.
Google: Embedded Resources Are Cached For A While
If you embed resources on your pages, those embedded resources can be cached longer than other parts of the page in Google Search.
Yahoo Search AI Features Powered By Microsoft Copilot?
Ever since we began seeing the new Yahoo Search AI features and AI Chat, we’ve been asking if they were powered by their own AI, by maybe OpenAI or maybe Microsoft Copilot. Well, it seems there is evidence that these features are powered by Microsoft Copilot.
Google Writing Popular Products Descriptions With Generative AI
Google is now testing using generative AI to write descriptions within the popular products section in Google Search. We’ve seen this with knowledge panels, local listings and many other parts of Google Search but I don’t think I’ve seen it for the popular products section.
Generative AI Mentions In Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines
As you know, Google updated its Search Quality Raters guidelines with 11 new pages a couple of weeks ago. But with that, Google also added the term “generative AI” to the quality raters guidelines for the first time, and it is listed 14 times.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 4, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Five Ways to Save Your Home If It’s Put up for a Sheriff’s Auction
If you own a home with a mortgage, the most terrifying word you can hear—scarier even than termites—is foreclosure. This process, typically triggered by a failure to make your loan payments, is how the lender gets their money back. The foreclosure process can be lengthy and complicated (in Hawaii the average foreclosure takes nearly 7 […]
What’s New on Netflix in August 2024
Netflix lineup highlights for August include the return of two popular original series, starting with season four of The Umbrella Academy (August 8). In this final, six-episode installment, the Hargreeves siblings—scattered and without their powers after their Hotel Oblivion showdown at the end of season 3—have to reunite. Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and David Cross […]
Investors Made a Record Share of Home Purchases in Q1
Investor buyers accounted for 14.8% of home sales in the first quarter of 2024—the highest share on record.
Meta Quest Headsets Are Getting AI Next Month
Meta is skipping ahead of Apple at implementing AI in VR. While Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple Vision Pro will get Apple Intelligence sometime after this year, Meta’s Quest headsets will get AI next month. Based on the Meta AI Assistant already baked into Ray-Ban smart glasses, Meta AI with Vision on Meta […]
Foreign Investment Curbed by Proposed Housing Rule, But It Comes With Potential Consequences for American Investors
The Treasury Department’s proposed rule would make it harder for foreign investors to purchase land near military installations, adding to a 2018 law. The cascading effects could also impact Americans.
Four Different Types of Naps (and How to Choose One)
If you need proof that human beings are not a serious species, all you need to do is consider our attitude towards napping. If you’re older than five, napping has a bad rap, and there’s a certain level of shame associated with people who get “caught napping.” Napping always seems to be associated with weakness—apparently […]
Your PS5 Is Getting Two New Features
Sony pushed a new firmware update for PlayStation 5 consoles yesterday. The update—specifically, to version 24.05-09.60.00—doesn’t come with a huge list of new features, but two of them are worth your time. Start a gaming session with a URL For starters, Sony is adding the ability to share gaming invites via URL. After the update, […]
Meta Releases Largest Open-Source AI Model Yet
After Meta said it would keep its next multimodal AI out of Europe, the company is now releasing Llama 3.1, an open-source AI model with performance rivaling ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The model now has 405 billion parameters, achieved with training on 16,000 enterprise-level Nvidia GPUs. What’s that mean for you, aside from some existential […]
