Source Search Engine Roundtable
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:52 am
Source: Search Engine Land
Using SGE for search is not that popular
Google's generative search experience was rolled out to some users in late May. Survey results showed that fewer and fewer people were framing search queries as conversations with AI chatbots.
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google Images offers a “See More Like This” button
Google is also introducing new features to its image search results. When users click on a result, they will see an icon next to the original result, which will guide them to other visually similar results .
Google Search Console shows fewer backlinks
Google Search Console has started showing fewer backlinks again. Search Engine ecuador phone number data Roundtable keeps track of these reports and found that the number of reported backlinks has decreased by 91% compared to 2018. For some, the number of reported links has even decreased to 1.
Google's John Mueller initially told X that it was likely a normal fluctuation, not an outage, but later confirmed that there was indeed a technical issue caused by incorrect link data that needed to be fixed.
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
The next Google Core update will be out by the end of the summer
After almost three months without a confirmed core update, the next one is expected before the end of the summer. This was hinted at by John Mueller on X and is also indicated by the large fluctuations in search results, which you will read about in the following news.
Using SGE for search is not that popular
Google's generative search experience was rolled out to some users in late May. Survey results showed that fewer and fewer people were framing search queries as conversations with AI chatbots.
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google Images offers a “See More Like This” button
Google is also introducing new features to its image search results. When users click on a result, they will see an icon next to the original result, which will guide them to other visually similar results .
Google Search Console shows fewer backlinks
Google Search Console has started showing fewer backlinks again. Search Engine ecuador phone number data Roundtable keeps track of these reports and found that the number of reported backlinks has decreased by 91% compared to 2018. For some, the number of reported links has even decreased to 1.
Google's John Mueller initially told X that it was likely a normal fluctuation, not an outage, but later confirmed that there was indeed a technical issue caused by incorrect link data that needed to be fixed.
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
The next Google Core update will be out by the end of the summer
After almost three months without a confirmed core update, the next one is expected before the end of the summer. This was hinted at by John Mueller on X and is also indicated by the large fluctuations in search results, which you will read about in the following news.