Google Discover now displays social media posts from Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts alongside traditional articles, creating a unified content feed. The post Google Discover Adds Social Media Posts &…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Discover may be showing X posts (formerly Twitter tweets) from accounts you follow and not from other accounts that you do not follow. Discover has shown X/Twitter posts for…
OpenAI announced it made improvements to search in ChatGPT. The company said the results are more accurate, reliable, and useful. The update touches on factuality, shopping and formatting.
Markham Erickson, Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google told The Verge that searchers want AI Overviews, “contextual answers and summaries,” over links to publishers. But to help…
Earlier this year, we saw some signs that the Google local Questions and Answers feature seemed to be slowly going away, not just in India but other places. Well, now,…
Google is testing a new way to lift a suspension within Google Merchant Center. Some can now do video verification, the same way they can with verifying their Google Business…
A Google Search bug from this morning led to the search results being overwhelmed with just ads. This is obviously a Google Search serving bug where Google had a glitch…
Google is hiring an anti-scraping engineering analyst to help develop ways to stop search results scrapers. The post Google Is Hiring An Anti-Scraping Engineering Analyst appeared first on Search Engine…
Google is testing placing AI-generated search result snippet summaries. Under each Google search result, there is a thing bar, followed by the Gemini logo and then a short AI-generated summary…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google’s September 2025 Search Quality Rater Guidelines expand generative AI examples and direct raters to rate scaled, low-value pages as “Lowest.”
AI visibility is how discoverable your brand is and how often your content gets referenced across AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity. For…
In this edition of Ask an SEO, we dive into why evergreen and timely content work best when built for users. The post Ask An SEO: High Volumes Or High…
Google announced that the old Search Console achievements you would get in those emails for the past few years, well, now there is a dedicated report you can access in…
Did you know Google Search uses some sort of question fringe score? It is part of the Google search data leak from a year ago, but it seems no one…
It looks like the Microsoft Advertising team is at it again. This time Microsoft is now mixing ads within the organic search results in Bing Image Search. So you will…
Microsoft is testing a new search bar/box header for the Bing Search results. The Bing search bar sticks to the top as you scroll through the search results. Google just…
Penske Media, which operates and owns Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Variety and others has sued Google over its AI Overviews. The lawsuit says Google used its content while…
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And that’s where Ahrefs’ Brand Radar comes in. It’s one of the fastest-growing tools in AI brand visibility, with 100M+ prompts, 6+ AI indexes, and requires zero setup. Below, I…
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is one of the most important topics in search right now. It’s about making sure your brand shows up inside AI-generated answers — not just on…
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 Search Console…
AI can draft content and score leads, but it can’t build trust or read the room. Here’s why the human side of B2B marketing still matters.
On Friday we reported that Google Search was removing the ability to show 100 search results per page. And now, we are seeing a lot of people notice that their…
Microsoft sent out an email on Friday informing businesses that changes are coming to Bing Places, the portal businesses can go to in order to update their business details on…
Most of the third-party Google Search tracking tools are broken and not tracking properly. This seemed to start when Google turned off the ability to show 100 search results per…
There are a lot of folks in the community saying that implementing structured data / schema on your pages will help you with AI Search visibility. But few have really…
Bloomberg reports that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating Google (and Amazon) on whether the companies misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their…
No, Google Search Console did not add an AI Overviews filter to the Search Performance report. There was a ton of buzz this morning that Google added the ability to…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity don’t show fixed results—they generate answers that vary with every run, every model, and every user. “AI rank tracking” is a misnomer—you can’t track…
This week, I covered the ongoing Google August 2025 spam update and how it heated up this week. Google got into hot water over saying the web is rapidly declining….
On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The last time Google updated this document was on January 23, 2025, over seven months ago….
Google Search seems to be testing dropping the ability to see 100 search results on a single page. When you add the results parameter to the end of your search…
Microsoft Advertising is testing using three dots, instead of the arrow down, for the sponsored ads URL in the Bing search results. We’ve seen Bing test three dots before but…
Google may be starting to show AI Overviews when you ask for a currency exchange. I can’t seem to fully replicate this but others are starting to see this.
Google has updated the Google Merchant Center pricing policies for September. The changes include updates in the merchant fees, government charges, import and export costs, regional and installment pricing, price…
Could AI Mode become the default Google Search experience soon? Google is sending mixed signals. Learn more.
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Google updated its quality rater guidelines to treat election and voting info as YMYL. See what changed and how to align civic content. The post Google Expands YMYL Guidelines To…
WordPress Core Web Vitals performance is compared and ranked against five other content management systems. The post WordPress Versus Everyone: The Top CMS For Core Web Vitals appeared first on…
I analyzed over one million keywords across 10 industries. The average cost per click (CPC) for Google Search ads in 2025 is $8.34. And the median CPC is $4.52. Legal…
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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 Ads announced…
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Google is testing adding search refinement options in the sponsored ads in a carousel format. The test shows refinements named “fine-tune your search,” “search specific products” and “specify your search.”…
Google is testing replacing the review stars at the top of the hotel knowledge panel with listing the hotel’s website URL and the hotel’s phone number.
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