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VOL. XI, No. 3839 - Archive
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The latest AI news we announced in December

Here are Google’s latest AI updates from December 2025 Inside Search

The Industry Mourns The Loss Of Andy Drinkwater - Experience & Friendly SEO

I am sad to report the passing of Andy Drinkwater, a super-experienced SEO and a friend to the search marketing industry. Andy was a UK-based SEO who loved educating his industry by contributing [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google's AI Frankenstein Recipes Are A Horror

Adam and Joanne Gallagher from the food recipe blog, Inspired Taste, has been documenting a lot of really painful and shameful tactics Google is using for its AI responses to some recipes. Adam [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Advertising With All Accounts Tab

Microsoft made a small update to the Microsoft Advertising console where there is now an "All accounts" tab. This lets you see all your accounts in one place with quick access to account [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google December 2025 Core Update Has Finished Rolling Out

Google's December 2025 core update is now done rolling out, it took 18 days and 2 hours to complete. The core update started on December 11, 2025 at around 12:25 pm ET and ended on December 29, 2025 [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google's John Mueller Working On New Year's Day (2026 Edition)

Just like with Christmas day every year, so to with New Year's Day - Google's John Mueller and often other Googlers, are out and looking to respond to some questions on Google Search and SEO. John [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Most Commented Search Engine Roundtable Articles - 2025 Edition

Here are the most popular articles on the Search Engine Roundtable by number of comments. In other words, these are the articles with the highest number of comments posted in 2025. Search Engine Roundtable

Google algorithm updates 2025 in review: 3 core updates and 1 spam update

Google is confirming fewer and fewer search algorithm updates, but that doesn't mean there is less ranking volatility. Search Engine Land

Google December 2025 core update rollout is now complete

This is the third core update of 2025 and it took over 18 days to complete. Search Engine Land

Microsoft Advertising Adds Custom Columns For Advanced Reporting

Microsoft has added the ability to add custom columns to the Microsoft Advertising user interface and advertising console. But it doesn't offer every metric, including missing the segment by [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google's John Mueller Calls Some SEO Content - Digital Mulch

Google's John Mueller posted one of his one-liners, where he called some forms of SEO content as "digital mulch." He wrote, "And let's be honest'"most of that SEO content is just [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Bing Tests Expanding People Also Ask

Microsoft Bing is testing loading more people also ask options as you click on them. This is something Google has done for a long time now, but now when you click on an option under the people also [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google's New Year's Eve & New Year's Day Doodles

Google has posted the New Year's Eve Doodle and New Year's Day Doodle on the Google.com home page for when it is New Year's Eve for you and New Year's Day for you. Search Engine Roundtable

Google Maps Hotel Results Drop Visit Website Button

Google has removed the visit website button from the first screen of the Google Maps hotel results. Instead, you first need to click on the "Check availability" to get to the visit website [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Displays New Year's Eve Doodle On New Year's Day

This is weird. It is 2026, and Google.com, the Google Search home page, is still showing yesterday's New Year's Eve doodle of 2025 going into 2026. But it is after 7 am ET here on January 1, 2026, [...] Search Engine Roundtable