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Web design
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
5 days ago

Microsoft Bing Testing Site Favicons Anchors At Top Of Search Results

Microsoft is testing clickable site favicons at the top of Bing search results that anchor users to specific search results on the page.
E-Commerce
fromPhys
1 week ago

Prepopulated search bars can significantly boost online sales, says marketing study

Prepopulating e-commerce search bars with trending or personalized keywords increases purchase incidence and spending, while niche keywords yield little effect.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
3 weeks ago

Microsoft Bing Copilot Answers Animated Response

I believe generally when you search Bing and get a Copilot answer at the top, Bing will just immediately show you the answer. Now, Microsoft is testing an animated response where Bing writes out the answer like a chatbot. This change was spotted by Sachin Patel who posted a couple of video examples on X - I was able to replicate it myself, here is my video as a GIF:
Tech industry
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
4 weeks ago

Google AI Mode With Text Selection For Follow Up Questions

Google is testing the ability to highlight portions of the response, to do a follow-up question on what you highlighted. It is similar to past tests on the AI Overview, but this is within AI Mode. This was spotted by Sachin Patel who shared a video of it in action and this screenshot. I cannot replicate, but here are those image assets: I think this can work, if searchers can understand when and why to do this.
Artificial intelligence
Gadgets
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
2 months ago

Google Testing Moving Follow Button Within Knowledge Panel Menu

Google is testing moving the Follow button from the main knowledge panel into the three-dots menu, adding an extra click to follow entities in Search.
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