Archive of March, 2025

March, 11 2025

Google Ads expands PMax negative keyword limits Google Ads will be increasing the negative keyword limit for Performance Max campaigns from 100 to [...] - Search Engine Land
Is Compression A Google SEO Myth? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Is compressibility an SEO myth? The surprising facts about whether Google uses compression as a [...] - Search Engine Journal
As AI scraping surges, AI search traffic fails to follow: Report AI bot scraping doubled from Q3 to Q4 of 2024. But the click-through rates from AI search remain [...] - Search Engine Land
Study: AI Search Engines Are Confidently Wrong Too Often A new study from Columbia Journalism Review showed that AI search engines and chatbots, such as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO isn’t just 10 blue links anymore by Edna Chavira SEO has outgrown the traditional blue links — and so should your strategy. - Search Engine Land
Advertisers Skeptical About Google Tag Manager Changes Google sent out an email to advertisers yesterday about changes coming to Google Tag Manager. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use ChatGPT Tasks for SEO Stop doing busy work and start optimizing smarter. This new ChatGPT feature automates SEO tasks and [...] - Search Engine Land
Data: Google Search Had 22% Growth In Searches Year Over Year A new data report from Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro says that Google Search has seen 21.64% growth in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands Message asset to Performance Max Google's expansion of Message assets to PMax campaigns helps advertisers drive direct customer [...] - Search Engine Land
AI search engines often make up citations and answers: Study I read the news today, oh boy. AI search engines give wrong answers 60% of the time and often cite [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Shopping Results: Price At Checkout Label Google can now show the "price at checkout" within the Google Shopping listings, both [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to fix the ‘Server error (5xx)’ error in Google Search Console Learn how to fix the 'Server error (5xx)' error in GSC by improving content quality, site [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 11, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 10 2025

U.S. DOJ Antitrust Filing Proposes 4 Ways To Break Google’s Monopoly via @sejournal, @martinibuster The DOJ moves to split Google’s Chrome browser and curb anticompetitive practices in a new [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Expands Site Reputation Abuse Policy Manual Actions Next Steps Google has updated its manual actions documentation around site reputation abuse, to expand on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google May Adopt Vibe Coding For Search Algorithms via @sejournal, @martinibuster An email from Sergey Brin suggests that vibe coding may soon influence search algorithm [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Mode Ads Will Be Coming No surprise here - Google will be testing and experimenting with ads in Google AI Mode. Google told [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 10, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
8 common SEO mistakes to avoid Are you sabotaging your SEO efforts? Avoid these blunders – from blaming algorithms to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Marketing Live set for May 21 Google Marketing Live returns on May 21, offering advertisers a look at the latest AI-driven ad [...] - Search Engine Land
Google to change how Tag Manager works with Google Ads in April Google is updating GTM to ensure a Google tag loads before sending events, improving tracking [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is exploring ads in new AI Mode Ads could come to Google's conversational search experience - AI Mode, but some advertisers remain [...] - Search Engine Land
4 SEO tips to boost click-through rate High rankings don’t guarantee traffic. Optimize your metadata, use psychological triggers, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Responds To Publishers Concerns On AI Mode Google's VP of Product at Google Search, Robby Stein, has responded to concerns from publishers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Knowledge Panels Larger Font Google is now using a much larger font for the knowledge panels shown in Google Search. The font [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Get Tailored Recommendations Quiz Google Search is testing a feature to quiz you on the product you are looking for and then to give [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 7 2025

The latest jobs in search marketing Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discontinues Controversial “Page Annotations” On iOS via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google discontinues the Page Annotations feature, which diverted traffic from websites back to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Martin Splitt Warns Against Redirecting 404s To Homepage via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google advises against redirecting all 404 pages to the homepage, recommending proper redirects or [...] - Search Engine Journal
Microsoft Shows How Ads Are Chosen In Bing Search Microsoft is now showing why it selects or chooses to show a specific ad directly in the Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Location Targeting New Add Locations In Bulk Google Ads has updated its interface for when you select when you want your ads running in specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Now Associated With Local Service Ads Google sent out emails to Local Service Ads advertisers notifying them that their Google Business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 7, 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 May Get Channel Reporting For PMax Campaigns Google may be bringing channel reporting to the Google Ads Performance Max campaigns. I spotted [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Multilingual and international SEO: 5 mistakes to watch out for Want traffic in new markets? Bad SEO kills global growth. Fix these common issues before expanding [...] - Search Engine Land
12 tips to win more SEO clients Learn how to build a strong client pipeline with these practical strategies, outreach tips, and [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 6 2025

Google CTR Study: AI Overviews Rise As Click Rates Decline via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A new study finds Google's expansion of AI Overviews correlates with declining clickthrough rates [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google testing channel reporting for Performance Max campaigns Google's testing of channel reporting potentially addresses advertiser concerns of the blackbox [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode - It's Here - Here Is How To Access It Google has officially announced Google AI Mode, after hearing rumors about it for months and then [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Liaison Gets An Assist Rajan Patel, a VP, Engineering for Search at Google and the Co-founder of Google Lens, is now also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Official: Google AI Overviews Powered By Gemini 2.0 In December, Google told us they are testing powering AI Overviews using Gemini 2.0. We think we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use OpenAI’s Deep Research for smarter SEO strategies ChatGPT is great, but Deep Research is next-level for SEO. Discover how it delivers real-time [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 5 2025

Use AI to find exactly the right clothes, try on makeup and more Learn more about Google Shopping’s new AI tools, like image generation for shopping, new AR [...] - Inside Adwords
Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode AI Mode is a new generative AI experiment in Google Search. - Inside Search
Google Updates Robots Meta Tag Document To Include AI Mode via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates robots meta tag document with details on managing how content appears in new AI Mode. - Search Engine Journal
Early March Google Search Ranking Volatility I've been watching the volatility ever since the unconfirmed February 26th or so ranking volatility [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google begins testing AI Mode while rolling out Gemini 2.0 AI Overviews Plus, AI Overviews are now available to more searchers, including teenagers. - Search Engine Land
Google Business Reviews Gain Expressive Reactions Google now supports expressive reactions for Google reviews on mobile search and maps. This shows [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping AI Vision Match, Try Out New Looks & Try On Expands Google announced a number of updates to Google Shopping and Search with AI enhancements and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why SEO often fails before it even begins SEO won’t deliver results if your foundation isn’t ready. Learn what to fix first to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Shopping unveils AI-powered fashion and beauty features Google's new features, including vision match and virtual try-ons, create a more interactive, [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Central Live is going to Madrid We're very excited to announce that Search Central Live is going to Madrid for the first time on [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Image assets in Google Ads: Everything you need to know Learn all about Google Ads' image assets for search campaigns, which helps advertisers boost CTRs [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 4 2025

Google offers QR codes to get reviews from customers You can share the QR code with your customers in your marketing materials or hang it in your store [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Update: QR Codes For Review Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches QR code feature for Business Profiles, making it easier to send customers directly [...] - Search Engine Journal
7 tips for SEO newbies SEO can feel overwhelming for beginners, but these tips will help you master the basics and build a [...] - Search Engine Land
Pinterest SEO: Your guide to brand discovery Pinterest isn’t just social – it’s a search powerhouse. Here's how to get [...] - Search Engine Land
Americans search Google 126 times per month on average: Study A day after Google revealed is sees more than 5 trillion searches per year, new study gives [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 4, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: 1/3rd Don't Use Google Search All That Much A new report released by Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro with the help of Datos' panel measure web [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Create QR Codes For Reviews Google added QR codes that you can give your customers to quickly leave you a review for your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is testing Creator Partnerships for YouTube Shorts ads Google's new feature, in beta, allows advertisers to discover and promote YouTube Shorts featuring [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Answers Over 5 Trillion Searches Per Year Google has posted some fresh data, saying they answer over 5 trillion searches per year. The last [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: 10% Of Younger Google Searches Start With Circle To Search Did you know that 10% of all searches on Google from a younger audience start with Google's new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 3 2025

Google Ads Triple Serving Ads On Same Search Results Page Last December, Google confirmed they are testing double serving ads on the search results. Double [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Shipping Rates Bug Ongoing Retailers have been complaining for the past several days that there is a bug in Google Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Low-Effort Content That Looks Good via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller shares his thoughts on low-effort content that "looks good" - Search Engine Journal
March 2025 Google Webmaster Report It is time for the monthly Google Webmaster Report. We are now in March as we continue to wait for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads stop running for some advertisers Since March 1st, some advertisers have been reporting that their Google Ads are not serving. - Search Engine Land
Google VP of Ads bets on AI to transform ads into tailored consumer journeys Google outlines how AI is transforming advertising as they enable more personalized content [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Mystery Shopping Rating - What? Have any of you heard of the Google Ads mystery shopping rating? Well, it may be used by Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI, personalization and the future of shopping How AI is transforming ads and shopping experiences to help people discover and connect with [...] - Inside Adwords
Do Reviews Still Matter? Study Looks At Changing Consumer Behavior via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern BrightLocal report reveals shifting consumer review trends: less focus on perfect ratings, new [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests AI Overviews In Germany, Switzerland, Italy & More While we've seen AI Overviews in the United States for a while now, and while Google has expanded [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to craft search ads that stand out Most search ads blend in – yours shouldn’t. Create campaigns that speak to your [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO shortcuts gone wrong: How one site tanked – and what you can learn Scaling SEO with AI? Beware the risks. One site’s rapid rise led to a steep crash. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google now sees more than 5 trillion searches per year We still don't know exactly how many more than 5 trillion queries Google processes annually. Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Vehicle ads to include RVs and campers Google expanded Vehicle ads to include RVs and campers, allowing dealerships to reach potential [...] - Search Engine Land
Reddit for SMBs: A hidden SEO and engagement goldmine Reddit posts rank in Google, making it a powerful tool for SMBs looking to boost SEO, engage [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center renames Conversion Settings as Key Event Setup Google Merchant Center replacing Conversion settings with Key event setup puts it in alignment [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 2 2025

Many Google Ads Accounts Not Serving Or Delivering Ads Since March 1 Since March 1st, there are many Google Ads accounts that are not serving ads. The Google Ads forum [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 1 2025

Google AIO Is Sending More Traffic To YouTube via @sejournal, @martinibuster New data shows that YouTube citations in Google AI Overviews are growing by as much as 36% every [...] - Search Engine Journal