It’s New 1/6: Google hiring AI Answer quality engineer, Bing tests new home page & Google Ads gift card scams episode artwork

EPISODE · Jan 6, 2026 · 12 MIN

It’s New 1/6: Google hiring AI Answer quality engineer, Bing tests new home page & Google Ads gift card scams

from Search Engine Roundtable Podcast · host Barry Schwartz

Today we covered that Google is hiring a software engineer for AI Answer quality.  Bing is testing a new home page to promote Copilot. Google Ads has this gift card scam. Reddit has a new AI media buying tool.0:00 - Introduction1:32 - Google AI Answer quality engineer3:26 - Bing testing new home page design5:21 - Google Ads Gift card scams7:28 - Reddit new AI media buying tool9:22 - NYC congestion pricing11:20 - ConclusionA daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

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