SEO 101 Ep 529: Bing’s Growth, Ask.com’s Demise, and AI Overviews Link and Schema Updates

About this episode

Scott Van Achte discusses Bing's market growth, the shutdown of Ask.com, and various updates related to Google's AI and Search Console.

In this solo episode of SEO 101, Scott Van Achte covers Bing's growing market share, updates to Google's AI Overviews, a major Google Search Console data bug, the impact of structured markup on AI citations, the end of FAQ rich results, Ask.com's shutdown, a defamation lawsuit over AI errors, and Google's outdated meta keywords advice. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Scott Van Achte

Topics covered

• Bing market share
• Google AI updates
• Search Console data bug
• structured markup
• Ask.com shutdown
• defamation lawsuit
• meta keywords advice

Keywords

• Bing
• Google
• AI Overviews
• Search Console
• structured markup
• Ask.com
• defamation lawsuit
• meta keywords

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bing, Google, Ask.com

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