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New ways to holiday shop with Google Lens, Maps and more

Learn more about new Google Lens, Shopping and Pay updates, available for shoppers this holiday season. Inside Adwords

Season’s greetings from Google

Learn more about using Google products like Pixel, Gemini, Lens and more over the holidays. Inside Adwords

Google Search Console Finally Drops The Page Experience Report

Over a year and a half ago, Google told us they would be dropping the page experience report from Google Search Console in the "coming months." Well, it took many "coming months" [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW GraphRAG Update Improves AI Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Updated version of GraphRAG generates responses that are more specific, comprehensive, and supported by source materials Search Engine Journal

Google Ads In Store & Online Tab & Near You Sponsored Ads

Google Ads has this newish "in store" and "online" tab sponsored ads interface for its search ads, where you can tab between nearby stores and online stores that have what you are [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Clarifies Site Reputation Abuse Policy via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google updates site reputation abuse policy, prohibiting third-party content from exploiting host domains regardless of first-party oversight. Search Engine Journal

Google site reputation abuse policy now includes first-party involvement or oversight of content

This policy is still enforced with manual actions but Google confirmed there are algorithms that detect similar issues. Search Engine Land

Google: Page-Level & Site-Wide Signals Both Matter For Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google updates search documentation to clarify how both page-level and site-wide signals influence ranking in search results. Search Engine Journal

Google AI Overviews ads seen on mobile search

Google AI Overviews ads officially launched last month in the U.S., but we've seen few examples of them in the wild. Search Engine Land

NEW Google Site Reputation Abuse Policy Now Includes First Party Involvement Or Content Oversight

Google has updated its site reputation abuse policy to expand what is included in abuse. It now includes third-party content that has first-party involvement or content oversight. Google also dropped [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Rolls Out AI-Powered In-Store Shopping Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google announces AI-powered in-store shopping features and expanded payment options ahead of the holiday retail season. Search Engine Journal

Google Analytics May Be Missing Data From November 13th

Google Analytics may not have fully brought in your analytics data for Wednesday, November 13th, within the GA4 interface. Over the past few days, I've seen complaints from site owners and marketers [...] Search Engine Roundtable

How AI agents are revolutionizing digital marketing

Explore how AI agents autonomously solve problems, enhance personalization and enable next-gen marketing strategies using agentic frameworks. Search Engine Land

Google Search Console removing the Page Experience report

Google said, "We decided to remove this page to reduce unnecessary clutter within Search Console and simplify navigating to this information." Search Engine Land

Google People Also Ask Dropping More Results Button?

Google may be testing removing the "more results" button from the people also ask results within Google Search. In some searches, on some browsers, I see the "more results" button [...] Search Engine Roundtable