Archive of March, 2025

March, 31 2025

Google Confirms You Can’t Add EEAT To Your Web Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller said that EEAT isn't something that SEOs can add to websites - Search Engine Journal
Google Cautions SEOs & Creators About Filler Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller cited the newly updated Quality Rater Guidelines when affirming that filler [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google To Allow Double Serving Ads In Different Ad Locations On Same Page Well, it seems to be official now. Starting April 14, 2025 Google will update its Unfair advantage [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The next wave of search: AI Mode, deep research and beyond Discover how deep research and agentic AI models are transforming search and the way users find [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Your Edit Was Not Approved Glitch Google Business Profile edits may have a bug or some sort of glitch. A number of local SEOs are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Bug Resurfacing Old Fake Removed Reviews Google confirmed it is fixing a bug where old, fake and previously removed reviews are resurfacing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Pagination and SEO: What you need to know in 2025 Learn how search engines handle paginated content, plus tips to prevent indexing issues and boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Google To Pay $100 Million To Settle Old Ad Lawsuit On Clicks Outside Geo Target Google is reportedly going to pay $100 million to settle a 14-year-old class action case for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads policy update: More ads, new rules Google updates Unfair Advantage Policy to allow advertisers to show multiple ads for the same [...] - Search Engine Land
Google News Fully Transitioned To Automatically Generated Publication Pages Last month we reported that Google News Publisher Center changes are coming, well those changes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 31, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 29 2025

Google Says They Launch Thousands Of Updates Every Year via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller confirmed at Search Central Live NYC that they launch nearly 5,000 updates [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 28 2025

Google’s SEO Tips For Better Rankings – Search Central Live NYC via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google’s Danny Sullivan shared what small independent sites can do to improve their rankings. - Search Engine Journal
Google Affirms AI Is Not Replacing Search – Search Central Live NYC via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller said Search is not going away, but acknowledged that AI is changing many [...] - Search Engine Journal
Meet LLMs.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling Find out what llms.txt is, how it works, how to think about it, whether LLMs and brands are buying [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Shares Valuable SEO Takeaway About Quality Raters Guidelines via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller's overview of the quality raters and the guidelines they use carries a [...] - Search Engine Journal
New AI-powered weather forecasts are coming to people across Africa. Today, Google announced new short-term precipitation forecasts are now available across Africa in [...] - Inside Search
Google settles $100 Million advertising dispute Google’s $100 million settlement over AdWords billing practices highlights the importance of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Itinerary, Lens Tour Guide, Maps Screenshot & Track Prices Google announced a number of features across Google Search, Maps, Lens and other areas around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Revisits 15% Unseen Queries Statistic In Context Of AI Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller discussed why the '15% of queries unseen' statistic remains the same despite [...] - Search Engine Journal
Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol In the previous posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) we explored what's already [...] - Google Webmaster Central

March, 27 2025

5 tips for summer travel prep Learn more about updates for Google Search, Maps, Gemini and more that can help with summer travel. - Inside Search
Top SEO Shares How To Win In The Era Of Google AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster Jono Alderson proposes a radical rethink of content strategy to compete against AI and win in [...] - Search Engine Journal
6 easy ways to adapt your SEO strategy for stronger AI visibility AI hasn’t replaced Google Search, but LLMs are here to stay. Brands that work AI optimization [...] - Search Engine Land
Google March 2025 core update rollout is now complete This update took 14 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update. - Search Engine Land
Google March 2025 Core Update Finished Rolling Out Google's March 20025 core update is now done rolling out, it took 14 days, starting on March 13, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Completes March 2025 Core Update Rollout via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google completes March 2025 Core Update rollout after two weeks of implementation across search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Working Through Google Business Profiles Support Requests Google seems to be working through the Google Business Profile support, reinstatement, and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Take a look at our 2025 summer travel trends Get summer travel inspiration with trends from Google Search and Google Flights. - Inside Search
Google Goes After Spam Practices vs Spam Content - Doc Change Google made a really small change to its spam policies documentation to say, "In the context [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 26 2025

AI Crawlers Are Reportedly Draining Site Resources & Skewing Analytics via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern AI bots from OpenAI and others consume massive bandwidth, affecting analytics and server resources [...] - Search Engine Journal
Ex-Googler: Google Sees Publisher Traffic As A Necessary Evil via @sejournal, @martinibuster Although current Googlers say Google cares about the web ecosystem, an ex-Googler says sending [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why SEO fundamentals are 10x more important now Bread and butter SEO tactics aren't optional anymore. They’re essential. Here's why and how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out AI Overviews In EU regions Now AI Overviews are available in Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google March 2025 Core Update Volatility Heats Up At Tail End Of Update As you know, the Google March 2025 core update was announced on March 13th and it should be just [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Poor Pingdom Score Does Not Affect Your SEO Google's John Mueller responded to a concern on Reddit about a site that scored a D with its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Expands AI Overviews To More EU Regions Google has rolled out AI Overviews to more European regions after we caught them testing these AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 26, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Support New Get A Call Option & Text Help Google Ads has a new option for getting support, at least, for some advertisers. This option is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Quick View Links On Hotel/Lodging Packs/Carousels Google is testing a new quick view button/link within the Google Search results for hotel and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 25 2025

How geotagging photos affects Google Business Profile rank: Study How does geotagging photos affect local SEO? A 10-week study reveals surprising effects on 'near [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Setup Stuck At Phone/Website Screen There are tons of complaints in the Google Business Profile Help Forums about a bug during the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Click Reporting To Change Next Month Google will change how it counts clicks in Google Merchant Center starting April 21, 2025. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads Tests Removing Green Screened Checkmark Google seems to be testing removing the green checkmark from the Local Service Ads. I was able to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Answer engine optimization: 6 AI models you should optimize for Learn six AI search players to watch (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, and beyond), how they [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Promoting AI Mode With Banner Ad In Search Results Google is promoting AI Mode in its search results with a large banner ad. The banner ad says, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Puts Ads Within Features Snippets Named You Might Also Like I don't know if you might also like this, you probably won't but Bing is dropped ads in their [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 25, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 24 2025

Google Search: No Specific Date For Independent Sites Surface Better Google would not give a specific date for when we will see independent sites to start surfacing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews With Al Explanation & Related Images Button Google is testing a new feature in the AI Overviews (although, they look familiar to me for some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s March Core Update: Early Observations From Initial Rollout via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's March Core Update continues to rollout. Patterns are beginning to emerge as reports come [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Appeals Still Delayed A month ago, we reported that Google Business Profiles support was backlogged and delayed. Well, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Conversion Data Lost & Unrecoverable In February Google Ads has confirmed that it has lost some conversion data for some advertisers who used Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center to align click reporting with Google Ads You can expect some of your current and old reports to change when this update happens. - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode rolling out to second batch of users now For the first hour or so, the invites to try out AI Mode from Google did not work - but now it does. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Search Terms Report Gets PMax Terms Google now is showing Performance Max terms in the Google Ads search terms report. Plus this report [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Removing EU News Publishers Had No Impact On Search Ad Revenue On Friday, Google published its findings from its experiment of removing some EU news publishers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Access Roll Out Bug? Now Fixed. About 30 minutes ago, Google sent out a batch of invites to its new AI Mode. I was one who got [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Social search is Gen Z’s Google: Are you visible where it matters? From TikTok to Reddit, Gen Z is redefining how search works. Here’s why social search is [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Pagination Bar Disappears For Some Searchers For some Google searchers the ability to go to page two of the search results is simply not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 21 2025

Google Search Central Live NYC: Insights On SEO For AI Overviews via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google’s Danny Sullivan explains the role predictive summaries, fan-out technique and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Provides Timeline To Improve Publishers’ Search Visibility via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google commits to December deadline to improve independent publishers' search visibility after [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Stop Over Focusing On Tiny SEO Metrics John Mueller from Google said on Bluesky that he sees some SEOs over-focusing on the tiniest SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Now Lets You Quickly Hide All Recommendations Google Ads now lets you quickly hide all recommendations with the click of a button. Previously you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Not all sites will fully recover with future core algorithm updates Google will however keep working to reward content creators; but not all deserve to rank well at [...] - Search Engine Land
My Takeaways From Google Search Central Live NYC 2025 Google hosts events around the world for SEOs, content creators, webmasters, site owners and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Search Terms Visibility to Performance Max Campaigns Google Performance Max now shows which search terms are triggering ads, allowing negative keywords [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Updates, AI Search Leak, AI Overviews linking to Google, Assistant To Die, Bing News & More Google confirmed that the volatility we saw prior to the core update was unrelated to this latest [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
6 free Chrome extensions for PPC Equip your browser with these PPC-focused Chrome extensions to track smarter, tweak faster, and win [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 20 2025

Microsoft Confirms Schema Helps Its LLMs (Copilot) Understand Your Content There is a big debate in the SEO community on the topic of schema markup and LLMs. Do LLMs like [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains Why Indexed Pages May Not Appear In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Martin Splitt explains why indexed pages may not appear in search results, highlighting [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google may remove your page from search if users don’t interact with it Google once again confirms user interactions play a role in ranking and indexing, especially if [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: If Searchers Don't Use Your Page In Search It May Be Removed Google admitted in a video published on its own Search Central YouTube channel that if searchers do [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Drops Review Counts For Non-Shopping Results Google seems to have dropped showing the number of reviews are on a page, the review count, next to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO priorities for 2025: Your guide to search success SEO in 2025 feels confusing, but smart strategies still win. Learn proven tactics to stay visible [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console API gains 24-hour hourly data for past 8 days coming soon Now you can programmatically get access to the 24-hour search performance data from the Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Fixed The Reverification Bug Last week, Google sent out a bulk load of reverification requests to Google Business Profiles. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Reddit SEO: Everything you need to know Reddit’s search dominance is growing. Here’s how to harness its SEO potential [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing/Copilot use schema for its LLMs Fabrice Canel confirmed that Microsoft does use schema markup to help its LLMs learn and understand. - Search Engine Land
Google’s AI Mode: Here’s what matters for SEOs and marketers Discover how Google's new AI mode impacts search results, citations, and visibility –plus key [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 19 2025

How to integrate GEO with SEO Prepare for the future of search by blending GEO and SEO strategies to improve retrievability and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests AI Overviews In Middle Of Search Results Page Google is testing moving the AI Overviews from the top position of the search results page (also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Tests 9 Ads & Only Bing Free Search Results On Same Page Microsoft was caught testing way too many ads on its Bing Search results page. I saw 9 ads and only [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms Volatility Prior To March 2025 Core Update Was Not That Core Update Google has confirmed that the volatility we all saw prior to the official announcement of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
82% of Google AI Overviews citations come from deep pages: Report Homepages have long been considered the most crucial page. However, when it comes to AI Overviews, [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools Search Performance Reports Get Compare Filter You can now compare date ranges of data directly in the Bing Webmaster Tools Search Performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
EU Charges Google With DMA Violations: What This Means via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google faces official charges for allegedly favoring its services in search results and restricting [...] - Search Engine Journal
What today’s consumers expect — and how marketers should respond by Digital Marketing Depot Whether you're building campaigns in-house or guiding client strategies, one thing is clear: [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 18 2025

New Cybersecurity Bot Attack Defense Helps SaaS Apps Stay Secure via @sejournal, @martinibuster New cybersecurity bot attack defense gives SaaS apps deeper insight into threats and attackers - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Three Rows Of Google Shopping Ads To be honest, this seems more like a quirk than a test, but Sachin Patel spotted Google showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews caught linking back to its own search results So much for Google telling publishers they are prioritizing linking out to external sites. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Images Double Expand Swipe Carousel Google Ads is testing the ability to not just expand the images in the ad carousel but expand it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Good For Kids Icon Labeling your Google Business Profile as kid-friendly is not new, but I don't believe I have ever [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Search Options Beyond AI Mode Google Search seems to have accidentally leaked its various AI Search options and features, that go [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads rolls out channel control for Demand Gen campaigns Advertisers now have more granular control over their demand generation campaigns, but reporting [...] - Search Engine Land
First Order Discount Label On Google Shopping Ads In December, Google Merchant Center introduced a new field for "first order" discount. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use Google Search Console for keyword research Hidden keywords, overlooked rankings, and content gaps – Google Search Console reveals it [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 18, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Supercharge Your Search Performance with Bing Webmaster Tools Interested in new ways to make more informed decisions, identify key trends, and achieve better [...] - Bing Webmaster
Bing Webmaster Tools Copilot feature now available to all users This was initially available to only 10,000 trusted testers in December, and now Microsoft is [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools Search Performance reports gains comparisons You can now compare clicks, impressions, CTR, keywords, and pages across dates in the performance [...] - Search Engine Land
Copilot in Bing Webmaster Tools is Now Available to All Users Copilot in Bing Webmaster Tools is now generally available and live to all users! Discover how [...] - Bing Webmaster

March, 17 2025

Google Merchant Center Adds Return Code Example With returnPolicyCountry Google added returnPolicyCountry to the return policy code examples within the Google Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Muller Cautions SEO Pros On Changing Business Needs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller advises SEO professionals to adapt to modern business needs, focus less on [...] - Search Engine Journal
The new SEO imperative: Building your brand Boost your SEO with brand building across platforms. Learn to increase visibility, track key KPIs, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Hijacks Restaurants Booking System Leading To No Available Reservations Imagine you own a restaurant and you get all your reservations online through your booking system; [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Researchers Improve RAG With “Sufficient Context” Signal via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google researchers reduce AI hallucinations in RAG by using a sufficient context signal and model [...] - Search Engine Journal
Top SEO Podcasts For 2025 via @sejournal, @martinibuster 2024's top SEO podcasts offer deep dives into search marketing, analytics, and industry trends. - Search Engine Journal
Refreshing content: How to update old content to drive new traffic Don’t let good content go to waste. Here’s why refreshing old blog posts and pages is [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Mueller Predicts Uptick Of Hallucinated Links: Redirect Or Not? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern AI tools are creating fake URLs causing 404 errors. Google's John Mueller offers guidance to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Generative AI use surging among consumers for online shopping: Report Compared to non-AI traffic sources, users engage more, view more pages, and bounce at lower rates [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Googlebot's IP Addresses In JSON File Daily Google has switched from updating its googlebot.json file, the file that contains the list of IP [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI and online reputation: How to stay in control Bad reviews? Negative press? AI is rewriting the rules of reputation management. Make sure your [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 17, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Assistant To Be Replaced By Gemini The time has come for the Google Assistant to be replaced by Gemini, Google's younger and better [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Get Ready for Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2025 Hello 2025! (Yeah, we know, time flies!) We've had some exciting plans in the works for [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Said It Made Updates To AI Overviews Links In May But Did Not Digiday reported that a Google spokesperson told them they made link updates to AI Overviews in May [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 14 2025

Google March 2025 Core Update Is Rolling Out - Here Is A Deeper Dive Google officially announced the rollout of the March 2025 core update yesterday at around 12:30 pm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Navigating Google’s site reputation abuse policy: What publishers need to know Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan addresses concerns around freelance writers, writing teams, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Structured Data Requirements For Return Policies via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google requires ecommerce stores to specify in their structured data which country their return [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google March Core Update, Google AI Mode Concerns, Google 22% Growth & AI Search Engines Wrong This week we covered Google's March 2025 core update being released. Google responded to some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Demand Gen upgrade: Key changes and success strategies From smarter prospecting and remarketing to new ad formats, here’s what you need to know [...] - Search Engine Land
How to make engaging long-form YouTube videos Not everything fits in 60 seconds. Learn how to make compelling long-form videos and video podcasts [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Brings Back Local Pack To AI Overviews Google is once again showing a local pack in the AI Overviews, formerly known as SGE (Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Robots Refresher: page-level granularity With the robots.txt file, site owners have a simple way to control which parts of a website are [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google to replace Google Assistant with Gemini This change will roll out to most devices except Android 9 or earlier (and some other devices). - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests New Copilot Answer Interface Microsoft is testing a new Copilot answer interface and layout in the Bing Search results. Instead [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Accommodations Carousel For Hotel Results Google is now testing a new accommodations carousel in the search results for hotel-related [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google shares AI and human evaluating process for policy violations Google's ad review clarification reveals its dual approach of AI and human evaluation for detecting [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 13 2025

Google March 2025 core update rolling out now This is the first core update of 2025 and will take up to two weeks to roll out. - Search Engine Land
Google Begins Rolling Out March Core Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has begun rolling out the March core algorithm update, which is expected to complete in two [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search History Can Now Power Gemini AI Answers via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google Gemini's integration of Search history blurs the line between traditional Search and AI [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Analytics rolls out percentages in reports, adds issue notifications Google Analytics' is enhancing data transparency by adding percentage values to reports and [...] - Search Engine Land
SMB websites see rising traffic from ChatGPT and other AI engines ChatGPT leads AI referral traffic across industries, but Perplexity and Gemini are gaining traction [...] - Search Engine Land
How to withstand algorithm updates and optimize for AI search Learn to navigate algorithm updates, measure brand visibility in LLMs, and influence AI knowledge [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube gives brands and creators new linking tools YouTube introduces creator-initiated requests and API automation to simplify sponsored content [...] - Search Engine Land
Google unveils asset testing for Performance Max retail campaigns Asset testing for retailers lets you split traffic within a campaign to compare feed-only ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Hotlink Protection Carve Outs For Search Engines Are Fine Google's John Mueller said that implementing hotlink protections with carve-outs for search engines [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Tests Updated Reports Templates Microsoft Advertising is reportedly testing a new reporting template design, which is refreshed and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 12 2025

SEO For Paws Free Live Stream Conference Returns For 2025 via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh Tune into the SEO for Paws live stream conference. Engage with industry experts and support a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why website content won’t boost your Google Maps keyword rankings Blogging won't improve your Google Maps rankings. Find out why this SEO myth persists and what [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Publishes New Robots.txt Explainer via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google publishes new Robots.txt documentation that provide SEOs and publishers with a refresher on [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google upgrades Display & Video 360 for CTV advertisers Google’s Display and Video 360 updates include enhanced audience targeting, improved [...] - Search Engine Land
Using Date published + Date updated can wreck your organic CTR Showing the date published and updated on the page can lead to Google showing the wrong date, which [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Increases Negative Keywords For PMax Campaigns To 10,000 Initially when Google Ads released the ability to add negative keywords to your Performance Max [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping now shows ‘Price at Checkout’ Google is displaying the Price at Checkout in Shopping listings, enhancing transparency and helping [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor 2.9 brings 8 new features for advertisers Updates include Manager Account Labels, expanded Shopping Ads capabilities, vertical video [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 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 Search Paperclip Icon For Search Results Google is testing a quick way to copy a link to a search results page and share it with a friend. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Outsmarting Google Ads: Insider strategies to navigate changes like a pro Google Ads is designed to work for Google. Here’s how to outsmart deceptive defaults, resist [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Now Suggests Experiments When Dismissing Recommendations Google Ads may now be pushing you to create an experiment ad when you dismiss the recommendations [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 11 2025

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Google expands Message asset to Performance Max Google's expansion of Message assets to PMax campaigns helps advertisers drive direct customer [...] - 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
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
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
4 SEO tips to boost click-through rate High rankings don’t guarantee traffic. Optimize your metadata, use psychological triggers, [...] - Search Engine Land
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
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 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
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

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