Archive of January, 2025

January, 31 2025

Google Shopping Refinements With & Without Product Ratings Google Search is now sometimes showing the ability to filter products in its search results by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ask For Me - Calls Businesses For Costs For You Google has a new Search Labs feature named Ask for me. Ask for me will have Google call businesses [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Review Carousels & Blocks For Product Queries Google is testing (I think again) review carousels and block units in its search results for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google offers tagging support appointments for advertisers Google is offering support sessions for advertisers struggling with conversion tracking [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Demographic Exclusions To Apply To Google Ads Shopping Inventory in PMax Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, has confirmed that demographic exclusions will apply to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google search trends every restaurant needs to know in 2025 From YouTube Shorts to AI-driven search trends, Google’s latest insights show what’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Site Reputation Abuse, AI Overviews 2.0, Yahoo Search AI & More We are seeing more Google search ranking volatility hit both over the weekend and also mid-week. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Shopping Search Filter On Mobile Google is testing a new filter for its shopping results in the mobile search results. Instead of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to analyze and fix traffic drops: A 7-step framework Learn the most common causes of declining traffic, how to analyze the issue, and the steps to [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 30 2025

Google Launches AI Phone Assistant To Call Businesses For You via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches AI-powered "Ask For Me" to make business calls, starting with auto [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search launches Ask for me This is a new labs experiment where Google AI calls businesses to find out what they charge for a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Go Deeper With Gemini 2.0? In early December, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said Google is starting to test powering AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use SEO to enhance your visibility within a specific geographic area Use these geotargeted tactics to optimize your site for local audiences and stand out in regional [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests AI-generated backgrounds for Shopping Ads Google's AII system will generate backgrounds for product images while maintaining the original [...] - Search Engine Land
New ways to help you drive performance with Demand Gen New features are coming to Demand Gen to help you create and convert demand across YouTube and [...] - Inside Adwords
Automate SEO analysis with Google Sheets, GSC & ChatGPT API Automate site audits, analyze pages and generate AI-driven optimization insights all within Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 30, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up January 29 & 30th Google Search ranking volatility spiked and heated again over the past 24-hours or so. I am seeing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 29 2025

Meridian is now available to everyone Meridian, Google’s open-source marketing mix model (MMM), is now available to everyone for [...] - Inside Adwords
Title tags and SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025 Find out how to make your page titles pop in the SERPs by using creative techniques tailored to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: SEOs Can Spot Made For Search Engine Content Quickly John Mueller from Google noted that he finds it "interesting" how those who spend time in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Found In 74% Of Problem-Solving Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's AI overviews appear in 30% of searches and nearly three-quarters of problem-solving [...] - Search Engine Journal
Your guide to SEO forecasting with Google Sheets Learn three practical forecasting techniques to help predict SEO performance, justify strategies, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 29, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google opens Meridian, its marketing measurement tool, to all users Google's marketing mix model, Meridian, promises to help advertisers better measure their marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
How marketing leaders are adjusting Google, AI search strategies YouTube is a top search alternative and success is shifting from from rankings to appearing in [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Now Providing Programming Help Google AI Overviews, even when not signed into a Google Labs project, is providing coding and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Clarifies Docs Around Placement Exclusions After Confusion Earlier this month, the Google Ads industry had a lot of confusion around if and in what cases the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Reports Latest Update In 30 Minute Intervals Google may have pushed some improvements to the reporting system within Google Search Console. Now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI optimization: How to optimize your content for AI search and agents To be visible, optimize your site with clean HTML, metadata, fast responses, and bot-friendly [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Expands Site Reputation Abuse Enforcement To German Sites Google has once again expanded the reach of its site reputation abuse policy, beyond the US [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 28 2025

Google Ads New Used Since Column For PMax Google Ads is testing adding a new column to its Performance Max reports named "Used [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google sending manual actions for site reputation abuse in Germany This comes a week after Google expanded enforcement of this policy in Italy, Spain and France. - Search Engine Land
Wix Shares How To Optimize Enterprise Marketing via @sejournal, @martinibuster Wix shares how to develop a marketing team that works at peak performance and how to avoid pitfalls [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests Frequently Saved Label On Local Results Google Search is testing the frequently saved label not just in the main search results but also on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google reverses stance on Performance Max campaign controls PMax campaigns can now be controlled through API placement exclusions, contradicting months of [...] - Search Engine Land
Technical SEO: Don’t rush the process Cutting audit time can hurt your site. Learn why crawl data, tag validation, and manual checks make [...] - Search Engine Land
Google testing new-look search results in EU Google hopes to appease regulators with this change, which prevents Google from preferencing its [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms Alt Text Is Not Primarily An SEO Decision via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says the alt text decision process is not primarily about SEO - Search Engine Journal
Google: Merging Content More Challenging Than Site Moves For SEO John Mueller from Google said that merging content is always more challenging than a basic site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The top 5 strategic SEO mistakes enterprises make (and how to avoid them) SEO at scale comes with unique challenges. Learn to sidestep the top five mistakes and create a [...] - Search Engine Land
URL Is Unknown To Google In Search Console Means URL Has No Priority Gary Illyes from Google said that if a URL has a status within Google Search Console as "URL [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Now Allows Bulk Managing Special Hours Google has added a method to bulk manage the special hours for all the businesses you manage in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 27 2025

Ex-Hubspotters reveal 5 SEO insights about HubSpot’s traffic woes Hot takes have been flying about why HubSpot's organic traffic declined. Here are perspectives from [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Jobs At Similar Employers Google is testing a new job carousel in the search results titled "jobs at similar [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yahoo testing new AI Search features Yahoo Search is testing AI Chat features and AI generated answers within the search results. - Search Engine Land
Why branding matters for in-house SEO teams Your SEO team’s brand can impact collaboration and executive support. Find out how to create [...] - Search Engine Land
Yahoo Search AI Chat Expanded & Adds AI Answers To Search Yahoo is continuing its AI Chat features within Yahoo Search, while also incorporating AI Answers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Black Organic URLs & Green Sponsored URLs Microsoft is testing different colored URLs for its organic (free) results and its sponsored (paid) [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Spiked Friday Jan 24 Through Weekend Google Search may have pushed some unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update or tweak [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top Google Ads recommendations you should always ignore, use, or evaluate Not all Google Ads recommendations are created equal. Learn which to trust, evaluate, or dismiss to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 27, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 26 2025

Google Updates Search Quality Rater Guidelines: What To Know via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates Search Quality Rater Guidelines, addressing AI content and new spam types. - Search Engine Journal

January, 24 2025

Google Shares Insight On SEO For AI Overviews via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller discussed SEO for AI Overviews and emphasized the continued importance of [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO today and beyond: 8 ways to balance what works now with what’s to come From zero-click searches to AI advancements, here’s how to optimize for what works now while [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gain 11 New Pages On Thursday, January 23rd, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Does Google Favor UGC? Reddit Leads In Search Growth [STUDY] via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Reddit leads in search visibility growth, according to a SISTRIX report, raising questions about [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Spammers Encourage You To Waste Time Disavowing Links Google's John Mueller said that when it comes to disavowing links "it's in a spammer's best [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Performance‬‭ Max‬‭ Features Google announced a number of new Google Ads Performance'¬' Max'¬' features with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Drop Certification For Some Advertisers & Reorganizes Verification Docs Google Ads has made two updates around advertiser verification recently. One, in some countries, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Volatility, European Manual Actions, Quality Raters Updated, Bing Hides Google & Yahoo AI Chat Google search ranking volatility is heated this week, but some of the tools are having issues [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 23 2025

Kick off 2025 with new Performance Max features New improvements to reporting, controls and creative capabilities are coming to Performance Max. - Inside Adwords
HubSpot’s SEO collapse: What went wrong and why? Organic traffic has dropped big time for HubSpot, considered by many to be the gold standard of B2B [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Drops Breadcrumbs From Mobile Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google removes breadcrumbs from mobile search results, simplifying URLs to show only domains while [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Overviews Come To Circle To Search Now when you use Circle To Search in Google, Google can now return AI Overviews to those results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yahoo Search Tests AI Chat Yahoo seems to be testing AI Chat within its search results. The chat feature loads on the right [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Expands Site Reputation Abuse Enforcement To Europe Google looks to have expanded its enforcement of its site reputation abuse policy to European [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Data On Fastest Growing Sites Yields Surprising Insights via @sejournal, @martinibuster Data on the fastest-growing websites shows where all the traffic is going to and why - Search Engine Journal
How would a Google breakup impact SEO? Here’s how the DOJ's case against Google and proposed market changes could forever reshape [...] - Search Engine Land
Google updates search quality raters guidelines with a focus on spam The last update was 10 months ago, when Google released its new spam policies and March 2024 core [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Real Estate Search Menu Filter Microsoft is testing a new search filter menu option that lets you filter by real estate results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 23, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Tested: Google Page Annotation Opt Out Does Work Google is still testing its offensive page annotation feature in the Google iOS app still, but the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 22 2025

All the Android updates coming to the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and more Learn more about the Google and Android updates announced at Galaxy Unpacked. - Inside Search
New Circle to Search updates make it even easier to find information and get things done. Last year, we introduced Circle to Search to help you easily circle, scribble or tap anything you [...] - Inside Search
Google Clarified Site Reputation Abuse Policy & Manual Actions Google has updated not just its site reputation abuse policy for clarification purposes, Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 ways to get the most from Performance Max in 2025 Find out how to align your advertising goals with Performance Max’s advanced features in 2025 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Launches Chat With Text & WhatsApp In US Google Business Profiles started to allow chat through texting and WhatsApp for businesses in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Starting On Jan 20th We may be seeing more Google search ranking volatility start to get heated starting this weekend, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search ad spend climbs 10% YoY, despite AI disruptions: report Meanwhile, click growth remained steady and cost per click (CPC) increased, according to the latest [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Sometimes Doing SEO Can Cause More Problems John Mueller of Google said that sometimes doing SEO can cause sites more problems with search and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use Lookalike segments in Google Ads Leverage Lookalike segments in Google Ads Demand Gen campaigns to expand your reach and connect [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Map Pins On Service Area Businesses - A Bug? For the past month or so, Google has been showing map pins on Service Area Businesses within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 21 2025

Want to speak at SMX Advanced in-person? Now’s the time to submit your most advanced session ideas. Be a part of SMX Advanced’s exciting return to in-person this June at the Westin Boston [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Site Reputation Abuse Policy Documentation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates site reputation abuse policy documentation, adding clearer guidance from FAQs to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Documentation Update Contains Hidden SEO Insights via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's documentation update contains subtle changes that provide insights into improving content [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Overviews Translation Google is testing AI Overviews that offer a toggle to turn on and off translations and/or just show [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Reports With Private Search Term Category In the Google Ads Performance Max search category, Google is now displaying "private search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to optimize PPC forms and follow-ups for lead gen in 2025 From personalized follow-ups to streamlined forms, learn tips to create seamless PPC user journeys [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads revealing low-volume search terms as ‘Private’ Google Ads now displays private search terms in Performance Max campaigns, offering insights into [...] - Search Engine Land
Evolving SEO for 2025: What needs to change From LLM-based and social search to community engagement, learn the emerging priorities shaping [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Ads feature spotted: Asset history Google Ads' new "Used since" column for assets gives advertisers historical context by [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing Now Hiding Google Search Results Recently we saw Microsoft tricking searchers to thinking they were searching in Google and not on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Word-Count Itself Makes So Little Sense Google's John Mueller replied to a bunch of screenshots of SEO tools showing word counts for the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Adaptive Zoom Setting Microsoft is testing a new search setting named Adaptive Zoom. I am not exactly sure what it does, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 20 2025

FTC: GoDaddy Hosting Was “Blind” To Security Threats via @sejournal, @martinibuster FTC settlement proposal alleges that GoDaddy hosting was "blind" to security threats [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI Search Optimization: Make Your Structured Data Accessible via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern An investigation reveals AI crawlers miss JavaScript-injected structured data. Use server-side [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to combine Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads for comprehensive B2B campaigns Learn practical tactics to maximize your B2B ad spend by integrating LinkedIn and Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Search Max – new match type spotted The new feature combines Search Term Matching and Text & URL Optimization to increase reach and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads PMax Search Terms Insights Gains Source Data Google has added a new source column to the Google Ads search terms insights report for Performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
International SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025 From technical SEO and content localization, learn to enhance your global online presence and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Trending Products Carousel On Right Side Google is testing placing a new products carousel, a trending products carousel, on the right side [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ecommerce SEO: How to use generative AI to create product descriptions from your reviews A step-by-step process to make your ecommerce descriptions more engaging and SEO-friendly using AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Don't Dynamically Update Robots.txt File Multiple Times Per Day Google's John Mueller said that since the robots.txt file is cached by Google for about 24-hours, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 20, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Weekly Spend Fluctuations Often Due To Market Conditions Or Budget Changes Ginny Marvin, Google's Ad Liaison, explained why you might see weekly spend fluctuations in your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Quality Analyst Detects & Treats AI-Generated Content Chris Nelson, Senior Staff Analyst, Search Ranking at Google has updated his LinkedIn bio to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 17 2025

4 classic reads, newly available on Google Books Every new year brings new books to read free of charge with Google Books. - Inside Search
Confirmed: Google Is Requiring JavaScript To Block SEO Tools via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google Search confirms that it's requiring JavaScript to block bots and scrapers - Search Engine Journal
Is Google Blocking SEO Rank Checking Tools As Search Volatility Continues For the past week, we've been discussing how most of the third-party tracking tools have been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Causes Global SEO Tool Outages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google triggers global outages at rank and keyword tracking services around the world - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Examples Of Events & Estimated Salary Images In Structured Data Docs Google has updated the screenshot examples of the events and estimated salary sections of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google made a change that is disrupting SEO tools, rank tracking SEOs are reporting that many popular SEO tools are showing no ranking data or AI Overview tracking [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 17, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Testing AI Generated What People Are Saying Google seems to be testing an AI-generated version of What People Are Saying in Google Search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to benchmark your SEO performance in 2025 Learn the fundamentals of SEO benchmarking, from gathering data to identifying growth opportunities [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 16 2025

Google Partners With The AP To Gain Real Time Data Google has partnered with The Associated Press to provide more real time data for Gemini. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Rejects EU’s Call For Fact-Checking In Search & YouTube via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Search Results Zooming In To Next Page Of Search Results Google Search is testing a zoom animation/effect when you click to the next page of the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Evidence That Google Detects AI-Generated Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Evidence shows that Google detects AI-generated content within a specific context for search [...] - Search Engine Journal
PPC diagnostics: How to find and fix the root cause of low conversions Uncover and fix 10 common causes of declining conversions, from budget limitations and weak landing [...] - Search Engine Land
11 free Chrome extensions you need for SEO Don’t rely solely on tools like Search Console or Screaming Frog. Diversify your toolset with [...] - Search Engine Land
.AI Domain Migrated To A More Secure Platform via @sejournal, @martinibuster The .AI domain has migrated to a new domain registrar platform that makes it more reliable and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Prefers Review Ratings To Contain Author Name & Comments Google updated its review snippet documentation to recommend that ratings should be accompanied by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests Chat Button In Top Nav Of Advertiser Console Google is testing placing the chat button, the one that may use AI to respond to your questions, at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
11 free Chrome extensions you need for SEO Don’t rely solely on tools like Search Console or Screaming Frog. Diversify your toolset with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Child & Teen Ads Policies Around Transparency Google has said it has updated its child and teen ads policies to increase transparency and make it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 15 2025

Google Search Video Tab With Continuous Scroll In June 2024, Google dropped continuous scroll (infinite scroll) on desktop search and then mobile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Central Live is returning to Brazil We're excited to announce that Search Central Live is returning to São Paulo in 2025. [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Pushes For Ratings With Comments In Review Snippets via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates review snippet guidelines, recommending ratings include written reviews and author [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Generative AI For People Also Search For Google is testing using its generative AI, Gemini, for the "people also search for" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Third-Party Review Boxes Algorithmically Selected In some European regions, Google, likely because of the DMA laws, has to show review aggregated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Ads - See More Links (Sitelinks) Microsoft is testing a new ad format where you can click "see more links" to show even [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
WhatsApp in Google Ads: Everything you need to know about Message Assets in 3 minutes All there is to know about Google's feature enabling potential customers to initiate WhatsApp [...] - Search Engine Land
How to select a CMS that powers SEO, personalization and growth A CMS isn’t just about content. Selecting the right platform ensures better SEO, personalized [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 14 2025

Google Search Ranking Volatility (Chatter High / Tools Low) - Mid-January Over the weekend I reported that the Google Search ranking volatility tools finally began to calm. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Data Collection Period To PageSpeed Insights (PSI) via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates PageSpeed Insights to display CrUX data collection periods, helping developers [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Adds Legal Waiver For Images Google has added a new checkbox for you to comply with when you upload images to Google Ads. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google & Bing Search Engine Market Share Data Over The Year Statcounter's search market share data for the 2024 year is up and there are a lot of ways to look [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Amazon’s 2025 title policy update: Key changes and implementation guide Amazon's title changes include restrictions on character length and keyword repetition, promoting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Can Show Sites With Manual Actions In AI Overviews Did you know that sites and pages with manual actions can potentially show up in the Google AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 14, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Adds Additional Promo Code Options Under Promotion Details Google Ads has added two additional promo code options under the promotion details section of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 13 2025

Google’s search market share drops below 90% for first time since 2015 In a surprising development, Google's global search market share was less than 90% for the final [...] - Search Engine Land
Google quietly updated the News and Discover manual action policies Google removed the adult-theme and artificial freshening sections and added a number of deceptive [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Map Pin Attack Exploit Fixed Google has reportedly fixed the Google Maps pin attack exploit that has been lingering on with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to tank your Google Ads account in 10 days Think you can’t ruin your Google Ads account in record time? Think again. Explore 10 proven [...] - Search Engine Land
Reuters: Publishers Pivot To Video As AI Disrupts Search Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Reuters Institute study finds AI and Google Discover are reshaping publishing. Publishers are [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Result Snippets Related Reviews Carousel Google Search has these search results snippets that show a related reviews carousel under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads launches new promo code formats for Promotion Assets Google Ads' new barcode and QR code promotion formats streamline how customers redeem offers across [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Testing Bold Sponsored Labels Microsoft is testing using bold sponsored labels in the Bing Search results. So instead of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Make Google happy by optimizing your WordPress site’s images by Kinsta Learn how image optimization can boost SEO, improve load times, and enhance user experience with [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Updated AI Copilot Answer Which Is More Publisher Friendly Microsoft is testing an updated Bing Search AI answer box powered by Copilot is testing an updated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Manual Actions For News & Discover Policy Violations Updated A few months ago, Google quietly updated the manual action policy violations list for News and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 12 2025

Google Search Ranking Volatility Tools Cool Down For the first time in forever (see what I did there?) the third-party Google Search volatility [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 10 2025

News SEO In 2025: What You Need To Know via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A survey from NewzDash reveals 2025 news SEO trends, highlighting AI disruptions, Google [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube trends report reveals 7 significant shifts Find out how YouTube’s massive user base and creator-driven trends are reshaping the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Shows How To Fix LCP Core Web Vitals via @sejournal, @martinibuster Expert from Google's Chrome team shows how to fix LCP scores. LCP will never feel difficult again - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Product Detail View Tests Share Icons Google is testing adding a share icon to the product detail view within the search results. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads for SMBs: How to maximize paid search success Are big-brand PPC strategies wasting your SMB’s ad budget? Learn techniques to boost ROI for [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Local Ranking Bug, Reddit Drops, Microsoft Fools Searchers & More SEO, PPC & Local We had this weird Google local ranking bug that seemed to happen over last weekend but resolved [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Services Ads For Tax Specialist Drops Auto Credits & Features Google has turned down some features for the tax specialist vertical in Google Local Service Ads. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: URLs Don't Need To Be Lower Case For Search Google's John Mueller clarified once again that your URLs do not need to be lowercase, they can be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Getty-Shutterstock merger: A new era for image SEO and licensable content Getty’s acquisition of Shutterstock could influence the future of creative assets. Learn its [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 9 2025

Reddit Not Ranking As Well In Google Suddenly? It seems like Reddit, the site that ranks well for every single query in Google Search, is starting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Using Generative AI To Create Content For Links Against Spam Policies Google's John Mueller said that using generative AI to create blog posts and content for the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google search rankings correlate with ChatGPT mentions: study Brands ranking on page 1 of Google appear to get more mentions in LLMs. Links don't seem to matter, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Grays Out Logo On National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter If you go to the Google home page today, you will see a gray Google logo. Google does this on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Daily Listen Labs - Audio Version Of Google Discover Did you ever want to listen to a summary of your Google Discover feed? Well, now you can. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests A Darker Dark Mode Google Search is testing a darker dark mode. Instead of the grayish dark mode, Google is testing a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 9, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads scripts: Everything you need to know Streamline campaign management with Google Ads scripts. Get insights, use cases, and practical tips [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 8 2025

How to diversify your traffic sources Don’t rely solely on Google. Learn to diversify your traffic sources with newsletters, [...] - Search Engine Land
How Rendering Affects SEO: Takeaways From Google’s Martin Splitt via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google’s Martin Splitt explains rendering strategies, their impact on SEO, and how to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google On Losing Lots Of Links Fast: SEOs Often Overestimate Links What happens when you lose a lot of links really quickly, how might that impact your Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Local Pack Ads Without Review Stars Google is testing showing local ads in the local pack without review stars. Normally you'd see [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Mastering Maximize conversions bidding in Google Ads: A 3-minute guide All there is to know about Google's Smart Bidding strategy that leverages AI to automatically [...] - Search Engine Land
Reactive PR & AI: How to capitalize on trending topics faster Actionable insights, sample prompts, and innovative AI-powered workflows to stay ahead in the age [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Validate Fix Does Not Expedite Fixes Using the "validate fix" button within Google Search Console to communicate to Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google testing audio version of Google Discover named Daily Listen This is a Search Labs experimental feature available on the Google App for iOS or Android. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 8, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 7 2025

Google Criticizes Bing For Mimicking Google’s Homepage via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft faces backlash after Bing mimics Google's interface design, sparking criticism from [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to find the best link building service for you by Stellar SEO Choose the right link building agency to avoid SEO mishaps, unlock growth opportunities, and ensure [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Vehicle Ads Gains Date First Registered Attribute Google has added a new attribute to its vehicle ads product attributes. The new attribute is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Automated bidding in Google Ads: How to get the best results Struggling with automated bidding on Google Ads? Learn practical insights to improve campaign [...] - Search Engine Land
5 ways to search what you see with Google Lens Google Lens uses AI to help you search the world around you. Here’s how to make the most of [...] - Inside Search
Google drops ad scheduling for Smart Bidding campaigns? Google seems to have removed ad scheduling for Smart Bidding campaigns, limiting advertiser [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Performance Reports Now Exports Hourly Data Google now added the new 24-hour hourly data from the performance report in Google Search Console [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests People Also Ask & People Also Search For Refinements Google is testing new search refinement options to let users expand their queries for the people [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
2025 predictions for top B2B paid media channels What's next in B2B advertising? Dive into Google's market shifts, LinkedIn’s UX improvements, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 7, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Tricking Bing Users To Thinking They Are On Google About a month ago, a reader sent me a screenshot of Bing showing this weird search box on its page [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 6 2025

January 2025 Google Local Ranking Update (Unconfirmed) There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Appear in 18% Of Publisher-Related Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Study finds Google's AI Overviews disrupt search results for publishers, appearing in 18% of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Clarifies 404 & Redirect Validation In Search Console via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller explains how Search Console handles 404s, redirects, and site migration [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: URLs Provide Minimal Additional Signals For Search Engines The topic of URLs for SEO and ranking is one that has been around since search engines first [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to fix the ‘Page with redirect’ error in Google Search Console Have you discovered the “Page with redirect” error in GSC? Learn to spot and fix it by [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Feed Showing More Sources For Stories Within Cards Google is showing now sometimes showing more than one source for a story in the Google home page, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Core Updates Do Not Impact Site Name Changes Google said that core updates should have no impact on a site name in the Google Search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Optimizing LLMs for B2B SEO: An overview Learn B2B SEO strategies for LLM-driven search platforms, from user intent matching and AI feature [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 6, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google updates financial products policy for crypto ads Google's crypto ad policy allows certified and FCA-registered advertisers to promote cryptocurrency [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 4 2025

Google Shows How To Confirm Indexing Issues Due To JavaScript via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Martin Splitt offers easy ways that SEOs can check if JavaScript is causing indexing issues - Search Engine Journal

January, 3 2025

Google: Startups In 2025 Don't Necessarily Need A Blog A Redditor posted a question asking if startups in 2025 need a blog. This was posted in the SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Arrow Buttons For Sitelinks Like Google Bing is now testing placing these arrow buttons, in a circle button format, next to the sitelinks. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Performance Max placement rules create API confusion Google Performance Max is causing confusion around placement exclusions, with a notable gap between [...] - Search Engine Land
Google What People Are Saying Expandable Carousels We've seen various flavors of the what people are saying sections in the search results before. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google New Years Ranking Volatility, 2024 Algorithm Updates, Gemini In 2025 & More It's the new year and why should that mean that Google Search calm down at all, in fact, it has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Does Not Currently Support Placement Exclusions For PMax The Google Ads API currently does not accept or support placement exclusions for Performance Max [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 2 2025

Google’s JavaScript Warning & How It Relates To AI Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google warns against excessive JavaScript use. Here's why this warning is critical for AI search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads plans major AI Push in 2025, reshaping search marketing Google's VP of global search ads reveals that AI will drive a transformation of advertising in 2025 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Podcast Discusses SEO Expertise via @sejournal, @martinibuster Googlers discuss the expertise of SEO gurus who ask questions that "don't make sense" - Search Engine Journal
January 2025 Google Webmaster Report Talk about a busy month - the last 30 days has been pretty wild. We had the November 2024 core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Screenshot Is What Google Search Sees Google's John Mueller was asked if the Google Search Console screenshot feature in the URL [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Leads From Messages Beta Conversion Goals Google Ads has a new conversion goal that is in beta named "leads from messages." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google revives Tag Assistant Google’s revival of Tag Assistant streamlines tag management, which could help boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local: Places People Are Talking About Google seems to be testing a new local search feature that is categorized as "Places people [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Edit Images With AI In Google Ads Asset Library Google Ads launched a new beta to let you edit existing images in your Google Ads asset library. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 1 2025

Google & Bing Search Team Activity On New Years 2025 Every year I report on how some Google representatives are active within the SEO communities, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable