Daily Search Forum Recap: July 18, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google’s June 2025 core update finished on Thursday after running for 16 days. It was a volatile Google update for a while with some recoveries. Google AI Mode gets Gemini…
Google launched a new feature for Google Business Profiles that lets you check the status of your edits. So if you made a change and you want to see what…
Google’s John Mueller said it is hard for service oriented login web pages to rank in the search results. Like, if you have a landing page where people can login…
Google is supposedly showing AI Overviews for movie-related queries. Apparently, this is new, although I don’t have firsthand knowledge since I don’t typically search for movies. However, I’ve been told…
Google Ads is rolling out its new Smart Bidding Exploration bidding update to some advertisers. At Google Marketing Live, Google called this its “biggest update to bidding in over a…
Microsoft is testing showing sitelinks with light gray underlines in the Bing search results. Normally, the Bing sitelinks don’t have any underline at all – but here Bing is testing…
Google’s June 2025 update is over. Here are some clues about what may have happened. The post Google’s June 2025 Update Analysis: What Just Happened? appeared first on Search Engine…
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For example, here’s an AI Overview in the 2nd position. I asked our awesome data scientist Xibeijia Guan to find out how often they show in different positions. She pulled…
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Google’s John Mueller explains how to remove pages from Google Search, why sitelinks can’t be controlled manually, and when to use the URL removal tool. The post Google’s John Mueller…
Google Analytics real-time reporting screens seem broken again. I am seeing a ton of complaints about GA4 real-time reporting not showing full data.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google announced the…
In this edition of IMHO, Shelley Walsh speaks with Stephen Kenwright about how traditional marketing fuels LLM performance and brand trust. The post Brand Bias For Visibility In Search &…
Google is charging searchers to access the latest and best of its AI Mode and Deep Search. Google released Gemini 2.5 Pro for AI Mode and Deep Search for Google…
Several weeks ago, we reported Google was testing AI-generated summaries for Google Discover. Well, according to TechCrunch, Google has confirmed as of this week, this is an official launch and…
Earlier this year, Google released a new search labs feature named Ask For Me. Google would call local businesses to get the information you need and then send it to…
Google is testing much larger favicons in the Google Search results on mobile. We’ve seen Google test variations to favicons and sitenames countless times and covered a lot of them…
For the past couple of years, we’ve seen Google show QR codes you can scan and email or text this number to call features in the Google Ads. Google’s Ads…
Google believes AI Mode content is good enough to show to users in what will likely be the default search mode in the future. But the content itself doesn’t seem…
Google’s June 2025 core update is now done rolling out, it took 16 days and 18 hours to complete. The core update started on June 30, 2025 at around 10:34…
Google’s John Mueller answers whether it is okay to show logged-out users different content from what is in the structured data. The post Google Answers Question About Structured Data And…
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Google Search can now call local businesses using AI to gather pricing and availability info on your behalf. Here’s how it works. The post Google Search Can Now Call Local…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google said barely…
Google’s John Mueller replied to a question around indexing issues on a site and said that if the site is hosted on a strong platform and is technically sound, and…
Google Ads seems to be testing an expandable row in the channel performance report that shows you an overview of your feed-based vs asset-based metrics. You can click on a…
Have you ever noticed ghost users in your Google Ads change history log? It just shows “AdWords Administrator” but doesn’t show which user, by name, made the change.
Google has added two more comparison views to the Search Console performance reports. One lets you compare last 24 hours to previous period and the other lets you compare last…
Google Business Profiles appeal tool now shows the reason your appeal was rejected. It can show a list of reasons why the appeal was rejected, so that next time you…
Google seems to have updated its core web vitals metrics within Google Search Console a few days ago. The weird thing is that good URLs and URLs need improvements metrics…
Google Search Console Core Web Vitals reporting for mobile is showing a confirmed dip in metrics reported in CrUX. The post Confirmed CWV Reporting Glitch In Google Search Console appeared…
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In this week’s Growth Memo, Kevin Indig lays out the case for a topic-first SEO approach, and how it helps future-proof your visibility. The post Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
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Google has updated its local ranking documentation and Tips to improve your local ranking on Google page. The new wording is shorter and has fewer details than the older version.
Google seems to be automatically adding social media links to Google Business Profiles. A post from Darren Shaw of Whitespark shows that hundreds or thousands of locations had their social…
Google announced it has a new metadata field for its Search Analytics API (for Search Console’s performance reports) that will tell you about incomplete data points you received through the…
This week’s Ask An SEO dives into why content stopped ranking, even when it seems original and experience-based. The post Ask An SEO: Why Your Content Is No Longer Good…
Google AdSense may have a bug with its PIN verification processs. There are tons of AdSense publishers complaining in the Google AdSense Help Forums about issues where they are unable…
We know you have been able to add your text or WhatsApp number to your Google Business Profile for some time now, but now Google is asking for it when…
Google’s John Mueller discusses the value of websites and answers what impact AI will have on the need for SEO. The post Google Says AI Won’t Replace The Need For…
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Google’s new Graph Foundation Model enables Google to generalize machine learning across any type of graph without retraining. The post Google’s New Graph Foundation Model Catches Spam Up To 40x…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. The Google June…
New data shows desktop dominates AI referral traffic despite mobile’s broader usage. Here’s a closer look at what this means for marketers. The post The AI Desktop/Mobile Divide: 90% Of…
Today marks the two-week mark of the start of the Google June 2025 core update. This update seems pretty significant thus far, with Google announcing the update on June 30th…
Google has updated a number of search-related help documents for its merchant return policies and loyalty programs. Google said these updates are to “remove unclarities in the documentation and examples.”
We knew this was coming but as of July 11th, your reviews on Google Local Service Ads are now managed by Google Business Profiles. I know a number of local…
Google is either testing showing link cards only within AI Mode or it might be a bug. Randomly over the past few weeks or so, I’ve seen reports of people…
Google is now showing not just short videos in AI Overviews but also longer-form videos in the AI Overviews. AI Overviews may show no videos or may show several videos…
Google Ads with Gmail has this feature that you can now click one button to apply a recommendation for your Google Ads. The scary part, you don’t even need to…
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Google encourages publishers to be realistic about the kinds of searches their content should appear for. The post Google Explains How To Approach Content For SEO appeared first on Search…
Google uses “grounding” to improve their accuracy, but according to our research, AI Overviews are more likely to cite AI-generated content than human-written content. Here’s what we found: We took…
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Google explains when it’s time to hire an SEO and cautions about a major red flag to watch for. The post Google’s Advice On Hiring An SEO And Red Flags…
Google updates its structured data documentation to clarify how merchants should implement return policies and loyalty programs. The post Google Clarifies Structured Data Rules For Returns & Loyalty Programs appeared…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google local rankings…
This week we covered the ongoing Google June 2025 core update and how we are finally seeing some recoveries with the past helpful content updates, and some core updates. Google…
Starting around June 25, 2025, many are noticing huge declines in impressions and clicks from their local rankings in Google. This is from the Google Business Profiles performance reports and…
Google is testing a zoom effect when you place your mouse cursor over the images in the search result snippets. Normally, these images do not move, but in this test,…
Microsoft is testing expanding its image search box within the Bing Search results to let you “explore” images in a deeper way. Part of this test brings you into Bing’s…
Microsoft is testing using a blue delivery truck icon in some of the ads in the Bing Search results. I guess it is to symbolize that they offer delivery?
Microsoft is testing showing the “See more” button at the top of the Bing local pack, instead of the bottom of the local pack. I suspect this is a test…
Google’s John Mueller explains what site owners should expect after implementing SEO changes. The post Google Explains How Long It Takes For SEO To Work appeared first on Search Engine…
OpenAI has added Shopify to ChatGPT’s shopping search as a third-party data source. The post OpenAI Quietly Adds Shopify As A Shopping Search Partner appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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It has now been ten days since the Google June 2025 core update began rolling out. It will probably take another ten or so days to finish rolling out, but…
Google Search Console may have a weird glitch in the performance report average position data. For some reason, many are seeing huge declines in average position in the chart but…
In February, we covered the new Google Ads “people also consider” ad format for sponsored search results. Then, on mobile, it was in a list format. Now, Google is testing…
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Google has removed from the Google Business Profiles help documentation the ability to use a utility bill as evidence for submitting an appeal. I am not sure why it was…
Google announced yesterday that AI Mode now works with Circle to Search and Google Lens. Google’s Rajan Patel wrote on X, “Today, we’re taking your visual searches to the next…
Content that delivers a meaningful experience with these 7 factors is more likely to earn links, shares, and higher rankings. The post Google’s Quality Rankings May Rely On These Content…
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Yoast SEO breaks free of the CMS paradigm and now provides readability and keyword feedback within Google Docs. The post Yoast SEO Functionality Is Now Available Within Google Docs appeared…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
SEO expert Bill Hunt outlines how better integration, early involvement, and semantic focus support performance in AI search. The post Stop Retrofitting. Start Commissioning: The New Role Of SEO In…
Google’s John Mueller said the order of the URLs or sites you list in your disavow link file does not matter. He added that the file is not processed in…
A recent study from Ahrefs said that AI-generated content does not hurt your Google rankings. And while the study really shows this to be true, there are plenty of sites…
Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, defended why so many search terms are hidden within the Google Ads advertiser console and reports. She said, “the threshold increase was solely privacy-driven.” She…
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is quickly becoming one of the most important new topics in search. As large language models (LLMs) change how users discover brands and make decisions, GEO…
Google Search Console now gives you the ability to track the performance of your Discussion forums rich results within the Google search results. Google added a new search appearance filter…
The folks at PPC Hero noted that Google Ads CPCs increasing and there is a decline in ad click volumes within Google Search. The question is why? More competition? Higher…
Crawl optimization isn’t optional in 2025. It’s the foundation. Fix crawl traps, JavaScript blocks, and redirect issues to stay competitive in AI-driven search. The post Beyond Keywords: Leveraging Technical SEO…
Google’s John Mueller clarified that submitting a link disavow file does not trigger immediate action and explained the reason why. The post Google Explains Why Link Disavow Files Aren’t Processed…
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