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NEW 60 of our biggest AI announcements in 2025

Look back on Google AI news in 2025 across Gemini, Search, Pixel and more products. Inside Search

From SEO to GEO: How marketing leaders stay visible in AI-driven search by Contentful

Here are four ways to evolve your SEO strategy and boost visibility in AI-powered search. Search Engine Land

NEW Google Expands Ads In AI Overviews To More Countries But Not For Sensitive Verticals

Google quietly updated its AI Overviews ad documentation to say that ads in AI Overviews are supported in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Pushes Timeline For Gemini Replacing Assistant Into 2026

Anish Kattukaran, CPO at Google Home & Nest announced in the Google Gemini forums that Gemini will not be replacing Google Assistant by the end of 2025. He wrote, "We're adjusting our [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Does Duplicate Content Hurt SEO and AI Search Visibility?

Duplicate content quietly drains your search visibility. When multiple versions of a page blur signals and dilute authority, search engines may surface outdated or unintended URLs. Learn how [...] Bing Webmaster

NEW ChatGPT Gains Local Knowledge Panels

OpenAI has added local knowledge panels to the ChatGPT results. When you ask for local information and then click on a business name, ChatGPT will load a local knowledge panel on the right side. Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Bing explains how duplicate content can hurt your visibility in AI Search

Duplicate or similar content on your site makes it hard for AI search engines to interpret your intent signals. Search Engine Land

NEW SEO debugging: A practical framework for fixing visibility issues fast

Learn how to debug SEO issues fast—crawl errors, rendering problems, indexing blockers, ranking drops, and SERP shifts—using a structured diagnostic framework. Search Engine Land

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Status, Gemini 3 Flash In AI Mode, Optimizing For AI Search & Bug Fixes Galore

This week, we have a status update on the ongoing Google December 2025 core update. Google also said it does not pre-announce core updates or quality updates. Gemini 3 Flash now powers Google AI [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google December 2025 Core Update Volatility On Saturday - December 20

As you all know, Google announced the Google December 2025 core update on Thursday afternoon, December 11th, we saw some significant volatility hit early on December 13th and then it seemed to cool a [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Why Google is deleting reviews at record levels

Reviews are disappearing faster as moderation systems, industry risk, and geography shape which reviews stay visible. Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 19, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Tests Video Assets From Merchant Center

Google Ads recently added a beta to bring in videos from your social campaigns into your ad campaigns. And now, Google is testing bringing in videos in Merchant Center. Search Engine Roundtable

Google Business Profiles Verification Issue Support Form Updated

Google has updated the Google Business Profiles verification issues support form. This makes it easier to pick a specific issue you had when trying to verify a business within Google Business [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses [...] Search Engine Roundtable