SEO 101 Ep 530: Google’s AI-Powered Search: What SEOs and Retailers Need to Know Now

About this episode

The episode discusses the May 2024 Google core update and its implications for SEOs and retailers.

In this episode of SEO 101, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte cover the May 2024 Google core update, shifting content indexing, Google I/O announcements, Gemini 3.5 Flash, new AI-powered search features, entity maps, Google Merchant Center insights, UK-exclusive AI controls in Search Console, and Google's stance on mentions manipulation and AI attribution in search. It’s a big episode! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross Dunn, Scott Van Achte

Topics covered

• Google core update
• AI-powered search
• content indexing
• Google I/O announcements
• entity maps
• Google Merchant Center insights
• AI controls in Search Console

Keywords

• Google core update
• AI search features
• content indexing
• entity maps
• Google Merchant Center
• Search Console
• mentions manipulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Google Merchant Center, Search Console, Gemini 3.5 Flash

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