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IndexNow is a protocol developed by Microsoft Bing and adopted by Yandex that enables webmasters and SEO pros to easily notify search engines when a webpage has been updated via an API.
Using Python for automating URL submission to the IndexNow API or making an API request to the IndexNow API for bulk URL indexing can make managing IndexNow more efficient for you.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to do just that, with step-by-step instructions for using the IndexNow API to submit URLs to Microsoft Bing in bulk with Python.
Grammarly has built an impressive $35M+ content moat based partly on the simple fact users forget and will rely on Google instead of their own brains. Entire marketing strategies are built on the premise that we are going to forget something we just read. And they are beating out entrenched companies like Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com on their way to a $13B valuation.
Some users are seeing examples of Google grouping local results with carousels. In the case of restaurants, you see things like
- Group Friendly dining
- Best Dinner
- Best dinner with kids
- etc
From the look of it, it’s not for general queries but can also show up for branded searches.
The IndexNow protocol ensures that all URLs submitted by webmasters to any IndexNow-enabled search engine immediately get submitted to all other similar search engines like Yandex. Google does not support this initiative for now.
Looks like a new test where you get a Carousel under the label Location for searches that trigger a location panel for a business.
