Google is updating the Google Ads Misrepresentation policy concerning Dishonest Pricing Practices. This will require advertisers to disclose the payment model or full expense that a user will incur before…
Google announced that Search Live is now fully live in the US and no longer requires opt in to Search Labs. In July, Google released it on mobile in the…
Google updated its Other restricted businesses: Government documents and services policy to say it may label some search ads to say, “Not a government website.”
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Google’s recent changes have limited access to the top 100 results, impacting tools like AccuRanker. Explore the most reliable alternatives for SERP tracking.
Newfold Digital sells MarkMonitor, says it will “double down” on core brands like Bluehost and Network Solutions The post Newfold Digital Sells MarkMonitor As Part Of Strategic Refocus appeared first…
Google launches Search Live in English in the U.S., adding real-time, camera-aware voice search to the Google app with links to the web. The post Google App Adds Search Live…
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Microsoft Bing is testing colorful lines and separator sections in the Bing Search results. The colors are in blue, orange and gray (and maybe more).
Microsoft is testing showing text attributes that can say things like “Free Shipping on Qualified Orders” with an icon next to the search ads on Bing Search. This is not…
Google is testing a new sponsored ads section in the search results named Featured Stores. This reminds me of the from online stores but that was organic/free, not ads.
Google is testing a shaded box design for the stock pricing and information in the Google Search results. Google has these shaded designs in other areas as well but for…
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Evergreen articles once were reliable drivers of steady traffic, but AI summaries may now render them obsolete. The post Are AI Search Summaries Making Evergreen Articles Obsolete? appeared first on…
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New data on over 3,000 Google Business Profiles finds proximity drives visibility, but review volume and keyword relevance are most influential near the top. The post Review Signals Gain Influence…
Google is rolling out AI features in the Chrome address bar that make AI Mode more accessible to users.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Reddit marketing is delicate work. Show up with a sales pitch — or just a little too much enthusiasm for your product — and they’ll shut you down quickly. Without…
Google AI Mode has had travel planning for some time but according to some in the travel industry, Google recently began rolling out more of these features in the wild….
Google’s John Mueller posted saying “Authentication for your personal crawlers & SEO tools is going to be more and more of a topic.” I believe, but I can be wrong,…
Microsoft is testing bolding the title links in the Bing search results for both the organic and paid listings. I am not sure if this was a bug or a…
Microsoft is testing various interfaces for the sitelinks in Bing Search. We’ve seen and reported on Bing testing sitelinks many, many times here, so here are a few more variations.
Google is testing moving your query from the left top position to the right top position of the AI response within AI Mode. This is a subtle change but it…
Is innovation or anxiety the driving force behind the adoption of LLMs.txt and where does it leave SEOs in terms of AI visibility The post LLMs.txt For AI SEO: Is…
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This is a programming note that Tuesday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline 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 completed the…
Matt Diggity Welcome back to another roundup of the top news in digital marketing. In addition to some big stories, this month’s roundup features insightful work from some of the…
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Google has completed the rollout of the August 2025 spam update, following a 27-day rollout cycle. This update started on August 26, 2025 and 12 pm ET, and was completed…
Google is testing a new AI Search based option codenamed Darksteel. This reminds me of when we caught Google testing 47 different AI Search options back in March but Darksteel…
As you know, Google dropped the num parameter to see more search results on a page, then the third-party tools scraping became severely impacted and many saw impression declines in…
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Google is testing AI-generated product summaries in the AI Mode results, after you click on a specific product. I was able to generate this in one out of every four…
Google is testing a button that takes you from Google Search short translations answers, to the ability to translate a full conversation in another interface.
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User interactions, also called UX signals or user signals, include things like clicks, scrolls, swipes, and mouse hovers. These now play a major role in how Google ranks content and…
Google’s John Mueller offers a thoughtful answer to a question about keyword cannibalization. The post Google Answers SEO Question About Keyword Cannibalization appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google says the August 2025 spam update has finished rolling out worldwide. The post Google Confirms August Spam Update Is Complete appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Google August 2025 spam update will probably be marked as completed tomorrow, September 22, 2025. That is what John Mueller from Google said deep inside a comment on a…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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SEO meets compassion: Join SEO for Paws on Sept. 25, 2025 to learn from industry leaders and raise funds for animal shelters in Ukraine. The post SEO For Paws Live…
Google announced that AI Mode will be coming to the Chrome address bar, Omnibox, soon. This means you can type in long queries and then select AI Mode to enter…
Google is testing placing the citation cards/boxes at the bottom of the AI Overviews, instead of on the right-hand side, on the desktop search interface. This requires you to scroll…
Google seems to be testing renaming the Shopping tab in Google Search from Shopping to “AI Shopping.” Maybe the results in the new AI Shopping tab are more AI-driven?
We’ve covered the What people are saying carousel and section within the Google Search results. We’ve covered the red live label for news stories. We are now seeing the two…
Microsoft is testing various interfaces for the Bing Search local pack results and map. I spotted four different interfaces, some with the map on the page, some without. Some in…
Google’s actions against SERP scraping are forcing the search industry to reconsider what ranking data is truly actionable. The post The Future Of Rank Tracking Can Go Two Ways appeared…
If your brand isn’t appearing in these AI responses, you’re becoming invisible to an increasingly important segment of your audience. LLM visibility is about making sure you’re mentioned and cited…
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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 called the…
Your SEO and PPC teams probably don’t share data. That’s problematic. Organic traffic is slipping. CPCs are climbing. And conversions aren’t keeping pace. It’s not just the LLMs — the…
A week ago, Google posted a new job named Senior Engineering Analyst, Search, Anti-scraper and within the week it has already been closed out. The LinkedIn page says 49 people…
John Mueller from Google somewhat/kinda made a comment, finally on the impression decreasing with the average position increasing within the Search Console reports. This came after Google dropped the 100…
Previously, we noted a Google AI Mode feature to be able to compare items by checking them off, both for products and local results. Well, Google now has this dialog…
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Google “announced” the store widget on its Search Central blog but the weird thing to me is that this store widget is not new, it has been around at least…
Google has made it official and announced updates to Google Discover. That follow feature we covered a few weeks ago is now rolling out officially to all and Google confirmed…
Discover how Creative Quest Marketing Inc. used SE Ranking to help Adventurer’s Table get 50% of its keywords in Google’s Top 10, 25K+ impressions, and steady pre-launch sales in under…
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…