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Microsoft Copilot enhances AI search with prominent citations and new dedicated search tab

Microsoft Copilot enhances AI search with prominent citations and new dedicated search tab

1 days ago

Content Marketing SEO

Copilot is enhancing its AI search by adding prominent, clickable citations and an aggregated source view to build trust and transparency. The new dedicated search experience within Copilot offers precise, adaptive responses with easy navigation links for quick access to relevant sites. These updates aim to balance trust, freedom, and control while supporting a healthy web ecosystem by highlighting publisher sources clearly and accessibly.

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AI marketing workflows made simple

AI marketing workflows made simple

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Markifact is a no-code marketing automation platform that lets users create AI-driven workflows for automating marketing tasks. Users can trigger workflows, connect apps, and track performance through a visual interface. The platform offers pre-built templates, integrates with various marketing tools, and supports team collaboration.

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Google Search simplifies search results page for better user experience

Google Search simplifies search results page for better user experience

7 days ago

SEO Google Search Console

Google is simplifying its search results page by removing infrequently used features to improve user experience and speed without major changes for most searches. Site owners will be informed about updates to structured data features via the documentation changelog. Support for certain structured data types in Search Console and its API will end in January 2026.

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Google adds new Google-CWS user agent for Chrome Web Store fetcher

Google adds new Google-CWS user agent for Chrome Web Store fetcher

7 days ago

SEO

Google added a new user agent named Google-CWS to the Googlebot's user-triggered fetchers documentation. This user agent is used by the Chrome Web Store to request URLs that developers include in the metadata of their Chrome extensions and themes.

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Google Search Console Launches New Query Groups Feature in Insights

Google Search Console Launches New Query Groups Feature in Insights

16 days ago

SEO Google Search Console

Search Console Insights has launched a feature called Query groups that organizes similar search queries. This helps analyze variations of the same query, making it easier to understand user intent. The feature shows group performance, total clicks, and a list of queries. It will gradually roll out and is intended for sites with high query volumes, inviting user feedback through various channels.

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Google Search Console Reports Not Updating Since October 19 Affecting All Profiles

Google Search Console Reports Not Updating Since October 19 Affecting All Profiles

20 days ago

SEO Google Search Console

The Google Search Console performance reports have not updated since October 19/20 for all profiles and websites. While the 24-hour view shows data, the 7-day filter fails to display anything from October 19 onward. Many users have reported similar issues on social media, expressing frustration. Despite these problems, it is believed that the data is not lost and will be fixed soon, as such issues are not uncommon for Search Console reporting.

Google Search Console Reports Missing Data for October 14 2025

Google Search Console Reports Missing Data for October 14 2025

23 days ago

SEO Google Search Console

The crawl stats report in Google Search Console is missing data for October 14, 2025, resulting in a noticeable gap in the chart. This issue appears to affect all profiles within Google Search Console, indicating it is a broader Google problem rather than site-specific. This data loss is not unprecedented, as similar occurrences were noted in May 2022, February 2022, and November 2021.

Microsoft adds data-nosnippet HTML attribute support to Bing Search

Microsoft adds data-nosnippet HTML attribute support to Bing Search

27 days ago

Bing SEO

Microsoft now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute in Bing Search, letting creators control which content appears in search snippets and AI answers. It helps protect paywalled or sensitive content while keeping pages discoverable and rankable. The attribute excludes marked sections from previews but not indexing, aiding brand management and content control. It complements other Bing directives for managing search visibility.

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Google Search Console API Speed Remains Unchanged Despite User Concerns

Google Search Console API Speed Remains Unchanged Despite User Concerns

28 days ago

SEO Google Search Console

Google's John Mueller stated that the speed and frequency of the Google Search Console API has not changed, despite user concerns about recent data slowdowns. Complaints about delays with BigQuery and the Search Console API have been common, but Mueller confirmed on Bluesky that sometimes data is just slow. He clarified that there have been no changes to the API's sync frequency with live data, and slowdowns can occur without any code or feature updates.

Google Introduces Help Page for Discover Feed Source Overview

Google Introduces Help Page for Discover Feed Source Overview

1 months ago

SEO

A couple of weeks ago, Google added a new help page titled Discover feed source overview. This page discusses the cards in the Google Discover feed and instances when Google misidentifies the source name. The page explains that these cards are generated from public sources, which may lead to inaccuracies. It also provides instructions for reporting errors in an overview through a feedback option and legal help link. This update was noted by Damien on X.

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