Google Weekend Ranking Teetering, 404 Spikes With /1000 URLs, Circle To Search & AI Multisearch, Bing Market Share & Google Degrading Study

This week, I reported about a weird ranking pattern that has been emerging with these weekend ranking Google updates. Google Search Console shows a spike in 404 errors for URLs ending in /1000. Google launched Circle to Search and a new AI-powered multisearch. A new German study looks to see if Google Search is getting worse. Google responded to claims that Google News boosts garbage AI-written content. Bing’s market share has not grown more than 1% since it launched Bing Chat a year ago. Google Search will show more third-party comparison sites in European search results. Google is testing product snippet listings and local image variations. Google is also testing five lines of products instead of four. Google said changing from www to non-www won’t change much for rankings. Google URL inspection tool referring page may show unlinked sources. Google Search is not showing news boxes for some election queries. Advertisers and agencies are beyond frustrated with the degradation of Google Ads support, and now Google laid off more ad reps. Google Ads has a new campaign level headlines and descriptions. Google has a new feature for hotels named view market comparison. Bing is unchanged with the release of Copilot Pro. Did you know you can search both Google and Bing at the same time using Edge. A large SEO Reddit community was taken over by new moderators And if you want to help sponsor those vlogs, go to patreon.com/barryschwartz. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable. SPONSOR: Wix - This week Wix launched a new SEO resource center that has productivity cheatsheets, checklists, templates and toolkits to make your job easier. Check it out at https://www.wix.com/seo/learn/assets. 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Google Ranking Teetering In & Out Over Weekends - Bug Or Edge Of Quality? 3:26 - Google Search Console 404 Error Report For /1000 URLs Spike 4:07 - Google Circle To Search & Upgraded AI-Powered Multisearch 4:59 - Is Google Search Is Getting Worse? German Study Published Says Kinda 6:10 - Google Responds To Claims Of Google News Boosting Garbage AI Content 7:47 - Report: Bing Gained Less Than 1% Market Share Since Adding Bing Chat 8:39 - Google Search To Show More Third-Party Comparison Websites In Europe 9:19 - Google Tests Search Result Snippet Product Listings & Local Images 9:38 - Google Tests 5 Product Results Instead Of 4 In Shopping Grid 9:50 - Google: Changing WWW to Non-WWW Doesn't Change Much (For Ranking) 10:09 - Google URL Inspection Tool Referring Page Returns Non-Linked URLs? 11:00 - Google Search Not Showing News Boxes For Some Election Queries 11:33 - Advertisers & Agencies Frustrated With Lack Of Google Ads Support 12:18 - Google Ads Gains New Campaign Level Headlines & Descriptions Options 12:50 - Google Hotels View Market Comparison Pricing Feature 13:12 - Bing Unchanged Despite Copilot Pro Paid Release 13:55 - Search Bing & Google At Same Time With Microsoft Edge 14:08 - Large SEO Reddit Community Taken Over By New Moderators 14:41 - Conclusion