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Google AI Overviews now lets you create image

Google uses the latest Nano Banana model to create images directly in Google Search's AI Overviews. Search Engine Land

Google Image Search drops clean search box and adds gallery of images

Google Image Search has turned 25 years old and is now making its biggest change to its home page yet. Search Engine Land

Celebrating 25 years of visual search innovation

Google Images is turning 25. Here’s a look back at some major milestones — and new ways to explore and create visual content. Inside Search

Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal anchor text would count, known as "first-link priority." Search Engine Journal

Google: Significant Differences With A/B Tests Can Show In Search Results

Google's John Mueller noted that if your A/B tests are "significantly different" from one and the other, then that "could be visible in search results too." He also said, [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Bans Prediction Markets Product Ads Michigan & New York; Expands Shopping Ads & Free Listings

Google announced it is no longer allowing the advertisement of prediction markets contracts and related products ads in Michigan and New York. Plus, Google also expanded Google Shopping ads and free [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Your next customer may discover your brand on TikTok before Google

The first decision is often emotional. Google increasingly becomes the place to validate it. Here's what that means for SEO. Search Engine Land

Google Image Search Home Page Goes From Simple Search Box To Gallery

Google Image Search turned 25 years old and to celebrate, Google revamped the Google Image Search home page. Instead of a clean image search box, Google added an image gallery and placed a search bar [...] Search Engine Roundtable

AI Image Generation Now Within Google AI Overviews

Google AI Overviews can now generate AI images based on your questions, directly in the AI Overview response in Google Search. Google wrote, "To help bring those unique ideas to life, we're [...] Search Engine Roundtable

ChatGPT Ads Get Location & Audience Exclusion Controls

OpenAI added more features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, the ability to exclude your ads from showing based on geo-location and/or audience lists. ChatGPT Ads Manager continues to rapidly add new [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Confirms Testing Hide Sponsored Products In Shopping Results

Google has confirmed that it is testing the hide and show sponsored results within the Google Shopping search results interface. Google launched the hide/show sponsored results in the main search [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Says No SEO Penalty For Year-Long A/B Tests? via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's Mueller says long A/B tests won't result in SEO demotions, contradicting official guidance that says they may be considered deceptive. Search Engine Journal

Why the SEO vs. PPC debate is finally over

AI shifted buying decisions beyond the click, making SEO and PPC complementary parts of the same strategy instead of competing choices. Search Engine Land

Why CPC inflation starts before the auction

Rising CPCs start before the auction. Learn how brand, reach, and post-click experience shape paid search performance. Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2026

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 Image Search turned 25 years old and with [...] Search Engine Roundtable