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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 16, 2025

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 is…

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Google AdSense Anchor Ad Positions Setting

Google has added a setting for AdSense publishers to pick the positions of their anchor ads. They can pick from up to six different settings depending on top/bottom or side…

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Google Ads API Version 20 Now Available

Google has released version 20 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release, and we are expecting two more major releases in 2025. Google updated its API release…

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Google’s Gemini Live Available On Gemini App

At Google I/O, Google demoed a feature named Gemini Live, where you point your smartphone camera at stuff and then ask Gemini questions about what you are looking at. Well,…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 21, 2025

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 AI Mode Within People Also Ask & Chrome

Just like Google had AI Overviews (also featured snippets) in the People also ask section of Google Search, Google is now testing AI Mode within People also ask. Plus, Google…

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Google Ads New Step-By-Step Conversion Setup

Google Ads is refreshing the interface for the conversion actions and conversion setup process. It is a new step-by-step process that is much easier to use than the old version.

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Google AI Mode Tracking Referrer Issue A Bug

Google released AI Mode in the U.S. a couple of days ago and Tom Critchlow and Patrick Stox noticed that Google prevented you from tracking referrer data from AI Mode….

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 5, 2025

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 updated its…

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Google Search Tests Stock Level Colors

Google is testing adding colors to the in stock and out of stock labels or extensions in the search result snippets. So if a product is in stock, the icon…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 13, 2025

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 had some…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 28, 2025

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’s CEO, Sundar…

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Google Search Previously Visited Links Issue

Google is investigating reports of a number of searchers seeing that all the links shown in the Google search results are marked as previously visited. When you click on a…

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Microsoft Bing Vehicle Ads With Car Condition Labels

Microsoft is now labeling some of the Bing vehicle ads with the condition of those automobiles. They include ‘New,’ ‘Used,’ and ‘CPO’ (Certified Pre-Owned). Also highlights features like ‘Single Owner,’…

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OpenAI Improves ChatGPT Search Quality

OpenAI announced it has released several improvements to the ChatGPT search response quality. These improvements include “more comprehensive, up-to-date responses,” according to the AI company.

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Bing Ads Bag Icon Tests On Shop Now Button

Microsoft is testing putting a shopping bag icon on its “Shop Now” Bing Ads layout. I cannot replicate this but normally Bing shows a button that says “Shop Now” and…

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Google Ads Come To AI Mode & AI Overviews Desktop

Google is now pushing search ads on AI Mode and the desktop version of AI Overviews. Google’s Vidhya Srinivasan said at Google Marketing Live, “we’re expanding ads in AI Overviews…

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Google Ads To Allow Melatonin Ads Beyond US & Canada

Google is updating its Unapproved Substances section of the Healthcare and Medicines policy in June to allow the promotion and serving ads for Melatonin. This is currently allowed in the…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 17, 2025

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…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 30, 2025

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. If you want…

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Google AdSense Removing More Opt Out Options

Google announced that it will be dropping more of the opt-out options available to Google AdSense publishers. Specifically, Google said that by July 7th it will remove the additional ad…

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Google Search Console Tests New Crawl Stats UI

Google is testing a new design for the crawl stats section in Google Search Console. Instead of the more list view section below the main chart at the top, this…

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Google Search Autocomplete With Back To All

Google recently was testing showing vertical search shortcuts in the autocomplete search suggestions. Now Google is testing a “back to all” option in the autocomplete.

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Google On Unrelated Content As A Search Ranking Issue

Google’s John Mueller responded to a complaint about indexing issues and ranking drops within Google Search, citing that the possible reason is unrelated content on the site. John said in…

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Google: No AI System Currently Uses LLMs.txt

There has been a lot, I mean, a lot, of chatter around if one should add an LLMs.txt to their website. Many are starting to add it while others have…

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Navah Hopkins Is Microsoft Advertising Ads Liaison

Navah Hopkins, someone I have quoted here countless times, and a super respected member of the PPC community, is now the Ads Liaison for Microsoft Advertising. Navah wrote on LinkedIn,…