Archive of February, 2025

February, 28 2025

Boosting your reach and performance with Google Display Ads See what's new for Google Display Ads to boost performance, generate quality creative, and enhance [...] - Inside Adwords
The shift to semantic SEO: What vectors mean for your strategy As AI transforms search, understanding vectors is key to staying visible. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Trending Toward Authoritative Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's AIO is increasingly favoring a shrinking set of authoritative websites for topics like [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 28, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Emails Reminder About Business Profile Policies A couple of days ago, Google sent out an email to owners of Google Business Profile listings. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top 5 Google Ads opportunities you might be missing Take advantage of hidden Google Ads opportunities to optimize location settings, refine campaign [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 27 2025

Google Search Ranking Volatility Chatter Spiking Feb 26th & 27th I am seeing the SEO community starting to chatter around a lot of Google Search ranking volatility. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Search Console Noindex Detected Errors via @sejournal, @martinibuster John Mueller suggested causes for a seemingly false 'noindex detected' error in Search Console - Search Engine Journal
5 SEO content pitfalls that could be hurting your traffic Outdated SEO tactics can hurt your traffic more than help. Focus on what matters: user experience, [...] - Search Engine Land
How BigQuery ML unlocks better targeting, bidding, ROI in Google Ads Hidden in your Google Ads data is the key to better ROI. BigQuery ML reveals patterns, predicts [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Top Search Definitions Under Auto Suggestions Google is now showing a "top search" definition box below the auto suggestions within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads run different auctions for each ad location An update was made to the Google document on how the Google Ads auction works. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads High Value New Customer Mode Live For Some Google may be rolling out the high value new customer mode for Google Ads advertisers, after it has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Version 19 Now Available Google has released version 19 of the Google Ads API, v19 adds enhanced video assets for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
59% of Americans click on brands they know in Google results: Survey Also, nearly half of Americans trust organic results more than paid results and Google remains the [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing From Sources Across The Web Shows Sources Used By AI Microsoft is now showing the sources it used to generate its AI-based "from sources across the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Branded search and SEO: What you need to know Branded search is more than just your company name on Google. Here's how to capture intent and rank [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 26 2025

Google Simplifies Removing Personal Info From Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google simplifies removing personal data from search with new alerts, streamlined takedown [...] - Search Engine Journal
Data Suggests Google Indexing Rates Are Improving via @sejournal, @martinibuster Research suggests that Google doesn't index over 50% of pages, though indexing rates are improving - Search Engine Journal
Protect your personal information and easily take action on outdated content in Search results. Seeing that others have published your personal information online can be stressful. Google’s [...] - Inside Search
Why SEO is your best defense against declining organic traffic SEO is more than just growth. Here's how it helps safeguard your traffic and prevent organic [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Sitelinks Creation Page Bug With Prefill Functionality Google Ads had a bug with the sitelinks creation page, where the prefill functionality was not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads now uses your booking links from Business Profiles Make sure you opt out, if you do not want to pay for booking link leads - because Google has opted [...] - Search Engine Land
Survey: 42% of people say Google Search is becoming less useful More than half of respondents also said they rely on their community for information rather than [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 26, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests New Links UI For Copilot AI Answers Microsoft is testing another user interface and experience for the links they show within its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The future of ecommerce search: Insights from 200+ retailers by Digital Marketing Depot This report reveals how AI-driven search is transforming ecommerce and turning more searches into [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 25 2025

Data Shows Google AI Overviews Changing Faster Than Organic Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Research data compares Google AIO volatility with organic search and suggests a fresh perspective [...] - Search Engine Journal
Not appearing in Google AI Overviews significantly harms webpages: Study Pages that get featured in Google’s AI Overviews benefit from more traffic, while those [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center Next Physical Stores Section Google seems to have added, for some merchants, a new section named Physical Stores to the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing Testing Copilot Search Microsoft seems to be testing a more fully AI-powered search engine, which may be named Copilot [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console API delayed The web interface is not delayed but the API seems backed up since last Thursday. - Search Engine Land
Google Sued Over AI Overviews For Hurting Traffic & Revenue 18 year old, publicly traded education technology company, Chegg, has sued Google over its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO prioritization: How to focus on what moves the needle SEO success starts with focusing on what matters most. Learn how proven frameworks can help you [...] - Search Engine Land
A guide to web crawlers: What you need to know Your website is being crawled right now. Find out which bots are helping your SEO, which ones are [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console API Is Delayed The Google Search Console API has been delayed for the past several days. Data is days behind the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI-Generated Answer Results Open By Default Google is testing opening the normally closed/collapsed AI Answer box. Meaning, normally you need [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 24 2025

Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue Will other companies follow suit and go after Google for sending less traffic to sites and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Changes To Offline Conversion Quality In Smart & PMax Campaigns With Store Goals I will start off by saying, I am super confused by this Google Ads email but it says Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Personalize your marketing without compromising privacy by Edna Chavira Future-proof your data strategies to overcome barriers to personalization and build a privacy-first [...] - Search Engine Land
Robots Refresher: introducing a new series Every now and then we get questions about robots.txt, robots meta tags, and the control [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Will Searchers Click On Links Within Google AI Overviews With Dozens Of Links? A few weeks ago, I reported on how Google was testing showing deeper Google AI Overviews, maybe [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
You asked, we listened. SMX Advanced is back in-person – and your ticket is here. Did you miss us? We missed you. Meet us in Boston June 11-13! - Search Engine Land
Top 4 PPC mistakes and how to fix them Avoid these common PPC pitfalls that drain your budget and learn how to optimize your campaigns for [...] - Search Engine Land
Optimizing for AI search: Why classic SEO principles still apply AI-powered search is reshaping SEO, but traditional tactics still hold power. Here's how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Maps Expands Detailed Review Questions - Survey Style For the past few years or so, Google has had a more detailed, almost survey-style review [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing Doesn't Want You Searching For Google Chrome, Gemini or X's Grok Microsoft is at it again with its search engine - Bing. Previously, when you searched for Google, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing testing Copilot Search Is this the next version of Bing Search or AI Search? - Search Engine Land

February, 21 2025

Google Faces EU Charges Over Alleged DMA Breaches via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern EU reportedly prepares charges against Google for DMA breaches, alleging its search services [...] - Search Engine Journal
7 video optimization tips to boost your organic reach in 2025 Don’t just create videos. Optimize them for better rankings, engagement, and multi-platform [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads To Stop Placing Your Ads On Parked Domains By Default Google will soon stop placing your Google Ads on parked domain names by default. Instead, you will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Sponsored Ads For People Also Consider? Last week, Shameem Adhikarath spotted a sponsored label on top of the "People also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9 essential geotargeting tactics for Google Ads Here’s how to move beyond basic location settings and implement advanced targeting for [...] - Search Engine Land
Hostinger Horizons Enables Anyone To Build Web Apps With AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster Hostinger Horizons enables web app development through a simple AI chat interface - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 21, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads to remove parked domain placements by default Google will automatically opt out all advertiser accounts from showing ads on parked domains [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, In-Content Learning, Google AI With Ads, Local & More We had more ranking volatility with the Google Search results, this time we reported on it on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google faces EU charges over search bias The EU's charges against Google for search bias under the DMA could reshape online competition, [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 20 2025

Google gives Responsive Search Ads more flexibility Google's update enhances ad flexibility, optimizing asset combinations dynamically to improve [...] - Search Engine Land
WordPress Offers New 100-Year Domain Name Registrations via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordPress announced the ability to secure a domain name registration for an entire century for a [...] - Search Engine Journal
6 ways GPT Operator is changing PPC automation GPT Operator isn’t a complete solution. Yet. Here's where GPT Operator actually works in PPC [...] - Search Engine Land
How to restructure your website using personas: A guide for better results Focusing on target personas throughout your site can create more meaningful connections with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Posts Integrates AI-Enhanced Images Google Business Profiles now can add backgrounds to the images you upload to your Google Posts, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Lens AI Overviews Expands & iOS App Search Screen Google announced a couple new Google Lens features; (1) they are expanding how AI Overviews show on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Audio Version Of Page Does Not Benefit Your Google Rankings Martin Split from Google said that having an audio version of a page or a blog post, does not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews more volatile than organic rankings: Report The pages ranking in AI Overviews are often completely different than the pages ranking in the top [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 20, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 19 2025

Use Lens to search your screen while you browse on iOS Use Google Lens to search your screen within the Google app or Chrome on iOS. Plus, AI Overviews [...] - Inside Search
Take your career to the next level: Become a search marketing master For the first time ever, each Master Class will take place on different days, giving you the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Update Drops Organic Listing When Local Listing Is Present The first week of January, we reported on an interesting local update we named the January 2025 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bug: Google Business Profiles Management Pages Currently Broken If you try to access your Google Business Profile page right now, you likely won't be able to. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Answers Whether Audio Versions Of Blog Posts Help SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Martin Splitt answers whether adding an audio version of a blog article will impact the [...] - Search Engine Journal
New creative updates to help advertisers generate lifestyle imagery Today we’re announcing new creative capabilities in Google Ads to help brands generate [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Brings Circle To Search To iPhone via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google expands 'Circle to Search' to its iOS apps, enhancing visual search for iPhone users. - Search Engine Journal
Google just lifted its 2019 ban on fingerprinting for advertisers Google's decision to allow fingerprinting gives advertisers powerful cross-device tracking [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests All Results Vs All In Search Menu Google is testing spelling out the search menu and instead of saying "All," Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to integrate SEO into your broader marketing strategy SEO alone isn’t enough in 2025. Learn to integrate search into a full-funnel marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Listings With Yandex Reviews We know Google can show reviews from third-party sources in Google Business Profile listings. We've [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Support Backlogged Google Business Profiles support team is currently a bit delayed, with a backlog of support [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests New Grid Boxed Design Google is testing a new design for its search results that are more of a grid format, more of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 18 2025

Why you need humans, not just AI, to run great SEO campaigns AI can generate content and suggest keywords – but it can’t think like a strategist. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: There Is No Persistent Shortcut To Faster Crawling Google's John Mueller said that there is no persistent shortcut to faster crawling. Yes, you can [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Advanced Plans Google Ads has this section (not sure if it is new) named Advanced Plans. This feature allows you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google’s Rich Results Tool Can Be Misleading via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Rich Results tool may not be reliable for debugging structured data - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads tests new “Advanced Plans” feature for budget optimization Google is testing a new "Advanced Plans" feature in its Reach Planner tool that [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Knowledge Panels With Related Searches Box Microsoft is testing adding a new box to the knowledge panels within Bing that show related [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Display & Video 360 API gets major update Google launched the beta version of DV360 API v4 alongside new v3 features, including mandatory [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Testing New Pagination Bar Without Numbers Google is testing removing the numbers from the pagination menu at the footer of the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Testing Background Section Google Search is testing a new section in the search results titled or named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Drive better rankings and engagement with a smarter SEO framework by Edna Chavira With access to more data than ever before, marketers now have a better framework for driving [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 17 2025

How to prevent PPC from cannibalizing your SEO efforts Stop wasting ad spend on traffic you could get for free. Learn how PPC cannibalization affects your [...] - Search Engine Land
WooCommerce Rebrand Offers Lessons For Gaining Competitive Edge via @sejournal, @martinibuster Interview with WooCommerce shows why a strategic refresh is essential to staying relevant to user [...] - Search Engine Journal
Jeff Dean: Combining Google Search With LLM In-Context Learning Dwarkesh Patel interviewed Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer of Google and one topic he asked about what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Verification Failure Email With Reasons Google has upgraded the emails Google Business Profiles sends when your verification has failed. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
From search to AI agents: The future of digital experiences AI agents are redefining digital interactions. Find out how they enhance search, automate [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 17, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Why Search Engines Don't Need To Do Anything Special For Pagination In 2019, Google stopped using rel prev and next as a signal for its search engines to combine or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 14 2025

GBP Reviews Outage Is Over via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced that most Business Profile Reviews are returned to normal. Sites still missing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google confirms most review count bugs fixed but some still to go A week after the stressful Google reviews count bug, Google still has not fully resolved the issue [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Reassures That #Anchor URLs In GSC Are Okay via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains why Search Console shows URLs containing hashtags in them - Search Engine Journal
Google: Google Reviews Count Bug Not Fully Fixed Yet Google has posted an update on the reviews bug we first reported on a week ago, that it later [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Dropped Minimum Required Budget For Local Service Ads Google seems to have removed the minimum required budget for Local Service Ads. It is not clear if [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 14, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why traditional keyword research is failing and how to fix it with search intent High-volume keywords don’t guarantee success. Learn how Google prioritizes intent and what [...] - Search Engine Land
Content marketing in 2025: 6 strategies you can’t ignore From creating visionary content to optimizing for LLMs, unpack key tactics influencing industry [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Super Bowl Volatility, Reddit Blames Google, Search Is Faster & Reviews Bug Fix Google had some more ranking volatility around the Super Bowl weekend. Reddit blamed Google for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 13 2025

Hackers Use Google Tag Manager to Steal Credit Card Numbers via @sejournal, @martinibuster Hackers are using Google Tag Manager to load malware into Magento sites, stealing credit card [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why Google’s 4th Quarter Results Raise Questions for SEO & PPC via @sejournal, @martinibuster Panel of 6 search marketers share why Google's Q4 2024 results may reflect shifts in user behavior [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Product Markup To Support Member Pricing & Sales via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates structured data guidelines, enabling merchants to showcase sale, member, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google tackles key Performance Max concerns in FAQ Google released a detailed FAQ addressing advertisers' top concerns about PMax, including [...] - Search Engine Land
Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Change For Weaker Than Expected Growth So after Google literally paid Reddit for its content and then ranked them incredibly well in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Customer Match Lists To Have 540 Days Expiration Date Google sent out notifications to Google Ads advertisers with upcoming changes to customer match [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google tightens Customer Match data rules in major privacy update In a significant privacy-focused update, Google announces a new 540-day cap on Customer Match list [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing deal We know Google pays Reddit $60M, and Reddit has content deals with only Google and OpenAI. That [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads releases Performance Max usefulness indicator Google's new PMax Usefulness Indicator helps advertisers measure the incremental traffic impact of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Snippet Showing Future Date: Bug Or Feature? Google Search is showing a snippet that has a date in the future. Normally the snippets have dates [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 reasons why we love SEO What makes SEO so captivating? Here's why this ever-changing field attracts strategic thinkers and [...] - Search Engine Land
Think spiderwebs, not funnels for remarkable SEO results by Edna Chavira Shift your thinking around your organic content strategy and drive more positive user experiences [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds member pricing beta type to Merchant listing pricing structured data Google also clarified the priceType property for active prices, sale prices, strikethrough prices, [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 12 2025

Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads tightens brand guidelines Advertisers should ensure their brand guidelines are up to date by March or Google will [...] - Search Engine Land
Google CrUX Report Update Targets LCP & Network Delays via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Chrome’s latest CrUX update delivers granular LCP and RTT insights. This can help with [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Reveals How It Prefetches Search Results For Faster Loading via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google explains how it uses the Speculation Rules API to prefetch search results, improving loading [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel Google is testing adding filters to the latest post carousel. These filters can show recent posts, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to optimize your 2025 content strategy for AI-powered SERPs and LLMs The future of SEO is about mentions, authority, and AI relevance. Here’s how to secure brand [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ad Manager, Campaign Manager 360 hit by disruptions Google Ad Manager, Campaign Manager 360, and Display & Video 360 are experiencing technical [...] - Search Engine Land
Why interactive content is key to AI-optimized search success Learn why interactive content can outperform static content in generative AI search and tips for [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube citations in Google AI Overviews surge 25% Google AI Overviews more often cite YouTube for Instructional content, visual demonstrations, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Posts Notice For Brand Guidelines March 2025 Update Google has posted a notice in the Google Ads console reminding advertisers about the upcoming brand [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 11 2025

Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links via @sejournal, @martinibuster An apparent bug in Google's Sitelinks algorithm is showing links to unhelpful pages. - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 11, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google News automated publication pages to start in March This comes after Google announced in April 2024 that Publisher Center will stop allowing you to add [...] - Search Engine Land
7 ways to increase SEO revenue without losing clients From service splitting to premium pricing, learn how to structure your SEO offerings to maximize [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Support Account Re-Verification During Ongoing Thread Google Ads is asking some advertisers to re-verify their accounts during an active email support [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New in Google Demand Gen Ads: Automatically create short videos A new Google Ads Demand Gen Ads video enhancement will let you automatically create short-form [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: How To Tell If Google Sees Tabbed Navigation Did you ever want to validate to see if Google or other search engines can see your tabbed (hidden [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Dropping AI Labels From AI Answers Microsoft seems to be testing dropping the AI labels and other interaction features from the Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google lawyer: Less than 1% of YouTube views come from search This statistic was revealed in federal court as Google fights an antitrust lawsuit brought by video [...] - Search Engine Land
Advertisers: Google LSA Lead Quality Drops After Auto Lead Credits There are a number of advertisers in the local space who are complaining that the lead quality has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Marketing attribution models: The pros and cons Your ad spend deserves better tracking. Compare different attribution models and learn how to [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 10 2025

Google Confirms Business Profile Reviews Outage via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google confirms an outage in the Business Profiles reviews system and says a fix is in progress. - Search Engine Journal
Google bug cause reviews to drop out of local listings Starting this past Friday, Google seems to be showing fewer and fewer reviews on Google local [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms Review Count Issue - Working On Fix On Friday, we reported that the Google local reviews seem to be disappearing or being counted [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Bugs: Google Weird Snippet Spacing & Bing URLs Cut Off One can always find weird bugs in the Google and Bing Search results but these two really caught my [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO post-migration: How to find and fix hidden errors Migrations can break your site in ways you never expected. Address SEO issues before they cost you [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Super Bowl LIX Search Ranking Update Over the weekend, the Super Bowl LIX weekend, there has been a lot of chatter about ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The top Super Bowl 2025 ads released before and during the game Before and during Super Bowl 2025, brands battled for attention. Find out which ads stood out [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AdSense Combines Marketing Email Preferences - Expect More Emails... Google has combined the marketing email preferences within Google AdSense, which may lead to you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search AI Organized Local Events Earlier we reported that Google was testing AI-organized restaurant results in the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Best WordPress plugins to improve SEO by Kinsta A look at popular WordPress SEO plugins to boost rankings, improve site speed, and optimize content. - Search Engine Land

February, 9 2025

Google Search Bitcoin Charts Gone - It's A Bug Google is no longer showing the price of Bitcoin when you search for it in Google Search. Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 7 2025

Google Local Reviews Decreasing Over Past 24 Hours I am seeing a ton of complaints in the Google Business Profiles forums about reviews going missing. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Advice on Fixing Unwanted Indexed URLs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers advice on dealing with indexed URLs that shouldn't be indexed - Search Engine Journal
Google Market Share Slips, AI Referrals & Regional Search Engines Rise via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google leads organic search with 94.8% traffic, but AI tools and smaller engines show growing [...] - Search Engine Journal
More Details & Screenshots Of Google's AI Mode In December, we reported that Google was experimenting with something they call AI Mode. Well, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Says People Know When Author Bios Are For SEO Purposes John Mueller from Google wrote on Bluesky, "and let's be honest, people can tell when author [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Reinstatements Now Include Case & 5 Upload Documents Google has updated its Google Business Profiles reinstatement emails to now include the case number [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Doc On Using Google Analytics & Search Console Data Together Google added a new developer document and video explanation on how to use Google Analytics data and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Keyword Planner New Auto-Organize Keywords To Ad Groups Google Ads has a new feature in the keyword planner tool that will auto-organize new keywords into [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 6 2025

What is ChatGPT and why SEOs should care See how ChatGPT helps SEOs save time, improve workflows, and tackle tasks like keyword research, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Guidelines Warns Of Significant Scrolling On Recipe Blogs Another update in the revised Google Quality Raters Guidelines that was updated on January 23rd was [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is rank tracking dead? Why Google’s new rules are changing the game Google’s latest move forces SEOs to rethink how they measure success. Here’s what you [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT Search More Open; Google Expands Gemini 2.0 & Microsoft Think Deeper in Copilot OpenAI announced big news that its ChatGPT Search service is now open and no longer requires a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's Gary Illyes: Focus On Originality In 2025 Gary Illyes from Google reportedly said at event the other day that it is important for us to focus [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Update Takes Into Account Quality Of User Navigation Experience Google has announced it made some updates to its ad quality where it now takes into account better [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI search is gaining traction, but it isn’t replacing Google: Survey AI search adoption is highest among younger Americans and the vast majority still prefer classic [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Don't Update Lastmod Date With Copyright Date Changes Gary Illyes from Google ranted on Bluesky about folks updating the lastmod date in their sitemap [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search testing ‘AI Mode’ Google is reportedly internally testing a new feature called 'AI Mode', which is a new way to ask [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 5 2025

Report: Google AI Overviews Are Killing Click Through Rates The folks at Seer put together a study looking at how the click-through rates of the Google organic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google organic and paid CTRs hit new lows: Report Google AI Overviews are contributing to the organic decline. But paid ad CTRs are down with or [...] - Search Engine Land
Alphabet Google Ad Revenue Up 10% Again, Hitting $72.5 Billion Google / Alphabet reported its Q4 2024 earnings last night, where its ad revenue hit $72.46 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Hits February 4th & 5th I am seeing a lot of renewed chatter within the SEO industry of a possible unconfirmed Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews With Detailed Comparison Mode Google AI Overviews are now able to show super detailed comparison within Google Search. If you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Lists Performance Max & Feature Updates Microsoft published its new Microsoft Advertising features that it released over the past month. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads simplifies conversion tracking with new tag manager feature The new Google Ads form tracking in Tag Manager enables codeless conversion event creation for [...] - Search Engine Land
Mentorship in SEO: How to learn, grow, and build your network SEO is always evolving. Why navigate it alone? Find out how mentorship can fast-track your learning [...] - Search Engine Land
Search ads and the importance of landing page navigation Learn more about how we create helpful ads experiences for people using Search. - Inside Adwords

February, 4 2025

Google’s Q4 Earnings Point To An AI-Focused Future via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet's Q4 revenue rose 12%, driven by AI advancements, cloud growth, and infrastructure [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Prompt To Book A Tagging Appointment Google Ads is offering some advertisers the option to book a tagging appointment with a Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT growing as a traffic referrer, reshaping search behavior: Report ChatGPT is sending more traffic to education and tech sites while redefining how users discover and [...] - Search Engine Land
Generative AI Mentions In Google's Search Quality Rater Guidelines As you know, Google updated its Search Quality Raters guidelines with 11 new pages a couple of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Embedded Resources Are Cached For A While If you embed resources on your pages, those embedded resources can be cached longer than other [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Writing Popular Products Descriptions With Generative AI Google is now testing using generative AI to write descriptions within the popular products section [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics simplifies cost data import Cost data imports will now only require source, medium, and date, while making campaign fields [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 4, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Yahoo Search AI Features Powered By Microsoft Copilot? Ever since we began seeing the new Yahoo Search AI features and AI Chat, we've been asking if they [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

February, 3 2025

Google Business Profiles Edit Products Feature Gains Product Studio AI Over the weekend Google launched Product Studio AI features to Google Business Profiles products. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Product studio now available within Google Business Profiles When you manage your products within your local listings, you can now use Google Product Studio to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center Next fixes product download frustration Google solves pain point by restoring filtered product download capabilities, helping data [...] - Search Engine Land
Head of Search at Microsoft Touts Bings Growth & Power Of LLMs Jordi Ribas, the Head of Search at Microsoft, touted Bing's growth on social media (X and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
February 2025 Google Webmaster Report While this month was not as busy as last month, it was still a pretty stressful month for a lot of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Test AI Generated Background Images For Your Shopping Ads Google is sending emails to some advertisers letting them know that they can opt out of a test, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Related Places Carousel Map Google has this new map unit that is titled "Related places" and shows a map with a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 3, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to maximize your Google Ads remarketing campaigns Boost your Google Ads profits with advanced remarketing. Set up, optimize, and refine your [...] - Search Engine Land
How volatile have Google rankings really been? Rank volatility increased by 26% in 2024 – some industries saw even bigger spikes. Explore [...] - Search Engine Land

February, 1 2025

AI Overviews Data Shows Massive Changes In Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Data shows significant expansion of AI Overviews to answer more complex queries and consolidation [...] - Search Engine Journal