580 | News from the EDGE | Week of 3.27.2023

<p>Mordy Oberstein and Jacob Mann partner up this week to tackle the digital marketing news.</p> <p>It seems the SEO industry isn’t that impressed with Google Bard. Apparently, for a pretty understandable reason, the US Congress isn’t much of a fan of TikTok, either. </p> <p>They also dig into Darren Shaw’s extensive 2023 local search factors report. Mordy invents a new segment name this week. Instead of the Barry Blast he calls it the Barry Bombardment.</p> <p>Come join us this week for the Barry Bombardment. . . on the EDGE!</p> <p><strong>News from the EDGE:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[00:03:11] Is Google Bard the Least AI of all the Recent AIs?</li> <li>[00:08:53] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: <a href= "https://edgeofthewebradio.com/site" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">SE Ranking</a></li> <li>[00:09:49] Is TicTok about to crash and burn because US Congress doesn’t understand Wifi?</li> <li>[00:18:01] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: <a href= "http://edgeofthewebradio.com/inlinks" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">InLinks</a></li> <li>[00:18:41] We look at Darren Shaw’s SUPER extensive report on understanding how to rank for Google local search results</li> </ul> <p><strong>Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[00:21:36] Google Clarifies Its 15MB Googlebot Limit Is For Each Individual Subresources</li> <li>[00:22:26] Google Ranking Updates Added To Google Search Status Dashboard</li> <li>[00:22:47] Bing Chat Access Content Behind Paywalls?</li> </ul> <p><strong>Thanks to our sponsors!</strong></p> <p>Site Strategics <a href= "https://edgeofthewebradio.com/site" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://edgeofthewebradio.com/site</a>    </p> <p>Inlinks <a href="https://edgeofthewebradio.com/inlinks" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://edgeofthewebradio.com/inlinks</a></p> <p><strong>Follow Us:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style= "color: #333333;"><strong>Twitter:</strong></span><span style= "color: #333333;"> </span><a href= "https://twitter.com/erinsparks" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@ErinS