Archive of April, 2025

April, 30 2025

How to fix unassigned traffic in GA4 Learn how to classify, track, and manage your web traffic effectively, ensuring your campaign [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Updated Raters Guidelines Refines Concept Of Low Quality via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's recently updated Search Quality Raters Guidelines reflect Google's search ranking [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO Rockstar Names 7 SEO Fundamentals To Win In AI Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster SEO legend Todd Friesen names seven SEO fundamentals for winning in AI search, and it’s still [...] - Search Engine Journal
Your 2025 guide to SEO reporting and tracking Your SEO reports need a compelling story and the right data to be well received. Here's a guide to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google & Apple Maps: 20% of Local Searches Now Start Here via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Map platforms like Google, Apple, and Bing Maps now drive 20% of local searches, according to new [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Discover Performance Report Hack Suggests Desktop & Mobile Data Filters Coming We know Google will be bringing Google Discover to the desktop interface, heck, we've seen Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Channel performance and more reporting coming to Performance Max An overview of the latest reporting features, including channel performance reporting, coming to [...] - Inside Adwords
Google: Four Identical Links On A Page Is Fine & Common Google's John Mueller said having "four identical links on a page to another page seems fine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Linking Reviews Button On Local Panel To AI Overviews Google seems to be testing linking the "Reviews" button you see in the local panel, on a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Answers Why Landing Page Ranks For An E-Commerce Query via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers why a landing page about a domain migration ranks for an e-commerce [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 29 2025

What should the title tag length be in 2025? Optimizing title tags is key to improving your visibility in Google's SERPs – but no need to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Desktop Data Already Trackable In Search Console via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Discover desktop data is already trackable in Search Console. Here's how to prepare ahead of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s John Mueller: Updating XML Sitemap Dates Doesn’t Help SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern XML sitemap date manipulation won't improve SEO, says Google's John Mueller. Learn why this common [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the Googlebot-News documentation to remove wrong information - Search Engine Journal
ChatGPT Search Gains Shopping Search Features (Not Ads) & More OpenAI has begun rolling out shopping search features directly into ChatGPT Search across fashion, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Diluting SEO Impact Through Anchor Text Overuse via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers a question about diluting the impact of anchor text by using it [...] - Search Engine Journal
Claude Sonnet 3.7 is the leading LLM for AI SEO: Report Benchmark reveals which LLMs you can use for some SEO tasks. It also reminds us that humans are [...] - Search Engine Land
Search, answer, and assistive engine optimization: A 3-part approach Here's how to optimize for LLMs, knowledge graphs, and modern search engines and build a digital [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Changing Lastmod Date In Sitemap Isn't An SEO Hack Google's John Mueller explained that changing the dates in your XML Sitemaps lastmod date to all [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025 We're ready to open registrations for the first ever Search Central Live Deep Dive, a 3-day event [...] - Google Webmaster Central

April, 28 2025

WordPress pages or posts: Which should you use? Confused about WordPress content types? Find out when to use Pages or Posts to create a site that's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Gemini/Vertex AI User Agent Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's updated guidance clarifies that Google-Extended does not affect search inclusion, nor is [...] - Search Engine Journal
How much does SEO really cost A look at the true cost of implementing a successful SEO strategy in 2025 that goes beyond just [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI adds shopping features to ChatGPT Search This works for categories on fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console API Data Stuck On April 22 I am hearing reports that the Google Search Console API and tools that use the API, including Big [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to calculate link building ROI and justify your SEO investment by Stellar SEO Is your link building paying off? We've built 25,000+ links using an ROI-focused approach, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests New Shipping, Returns & Payment Section In Retail Knowledge Panel Last December, we reported how Google was showing a payments option section in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 28, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Copilot Answer More Videos Section Microsoft Bing is testing placing a "more videos" section in the Bing Copilot answers. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 27 2025

Google Search Ranking Volatility Spiked Friday - April 25th In my Friday video, I mentioned some more volatility heating up on Friday morning and I promised to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 25 2025

Google Search Behind The Music Generative AI Section Google seems to have added a new section to music knowledge panels named "Behind the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google hypes AI Overviews, refuses to answer CTR question Google also reported that AI Overviews have 1.5 billion users – even though AI Overviews are [...] - Search Engine Land
GA4 updates: Snapshot templates added, Aggregate Identifiers improved Google Analytics now offers snapshot templates for faster reporting and uses aggregate identifiers [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use CRM data to inform and grow your PPC campaigns Tap your CRM’s hidden insights. Cluster audiences, craft persona-driven ad copy, and optimize [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Advertising Suspends Client Connection Requests Temporarily Microsoft Advertising has temporarily suspended the ability for agencies to send out client [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Image Streaming Is Not SEO Friendly Google's John Mueller pretty much said that using image streaming techniques will not result in an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 24 2025

Google: How To Remove Site From Search Without Verifying Ownership via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explained how to remove a site from the search results without Search Console [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s AI Overviews Reach 1.5 Billion Monthly Users via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google AI Overviews reaches 1.5 billion monthly users with Alphabet's Q1 earnings showing 10% [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads expands Checkout on Merchant to Demand Gen campaigns Google's expanded feature brings streamlined purchasing to Demand Gen campaigns on YouTube, [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube is testing AI Overviews in its search results YouTube's AI Overviews test could reshape how users find videos. Will it boost discovery or cut [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AdSense Policy Center Adds 3 Policy Issues, Filters & Review Process Google AdSense has updated its policy center by adding three new issue labels; policy issue, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ad Revenue Up 8.5%, Overall Revenue Up 12% Google reported earnings and their ad revenue is up again year-over-year, with an increase of 8.5%, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Video Interview On Verifications Must Knows Google's Lisa Landsman interviewed Google's Google Business Profiles Verification Product Manager, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up April 22-23 Over the past few days, I've noticed signs of increased Google Search ranking volatility. I held [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to automate your Google Ads workflow with the ChatGPT API Stop copy‑pasting prompts. Plug GPT‑4o into Google Apps Script, Sheets, and more to run [...] - Search Engine Land
Google asserts ownership of all advertiser assets in Local Services Ads Google’s new LSA terms give it rights to analyze call data – including sensitive client [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Relaxing Local Service Ads Photo Guidelines After May 22nd Google is relaxing its photo guidelines for Local Service Ads. This may result in photos that were [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Domain extensions and SEO: What you need to know Understand how TLDs, ccTLDs, and branded domains influence rankings, trust, international reach, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center EnergyConsumptionDetails Replaced By certificationIdentification But Backwards Compatible Google updated its Google Merchant Center merchant listing structured data documentation to removed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 23 2025

Why Do Web Standards Matter? Google Explains SEO Benefits via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes explains how web standards benefit SEO, focusing on the differences between [...] - Search Engine Journal
Shopify’s checkout overhaul means it’s time to migrate your Google Tags Shopify is phasing out legacy Google tag setups. Merchants need to migrate to the Google & [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Quietly Ends COVID-Era Structured Data Support via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google quietly announced it will be ending support for a COVID-era structured data type - Search Engine Journal
3 SEO priorities to win organic traffic in 2025 With AI interfaces eating search real estate, learn where organic clicks are still happening and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s new Demand Gen channel controls available in beta Channel controls for Demand Gen lets you precisely target YouTube Shorts, Gmail and other visual [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Martin Splitt Explains How To Find & Remove Noindex Tags via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Noindex tags hiding in your site can prevent search engines from indexing your pages. Google's [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Video Verification Gets Video Previews Google has added video previews to the video verification within Google Business Profiles. Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads Has New Legal Terms You Must Agree To Google sent emails to Google Ads advertisers about new Local Service Ads additions to its terms for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics Campaign Data Quality & Attribution Reporting Updates A week or so ago, Google Analytics made some updates to how it handles campaign data quality and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics Real Time Reporting Glitching I am seeing a number of complaints that Google Analytics real-time reporting is not working [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google scraps new cookie prompt in Chrome Google's decision to maintain third-party cookies without a new consent prompt exposes limitations [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Posts Go Missing From Local Panels Google Posts/Updates are starting to disappear from the local panels within Google Search. I saw [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome Won't Release Alternative To Third-Party Cookies Google has just given up on a third-party cookie alternative. Google announced it will maintain [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Stops Supporting Special Announcement Structured Data On July 31 Google announced it will be deprecating the Special announcement structured data on July 31, 2025. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to choose the best AI visibility tool Need a way to track AI rankings? Learn what to look for when choosing among the dozens of new AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 23, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 22 2025

Google Ad spend continues to outpace traffic volume: Report Google Ad spending grew 9% while Microsoft Ads saw stronger 17% growth and PMax campaigns showed [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI Expresses Interest In Buying Chrome Browser via @sejournal, @martinibuster OpenAI may seek to acquire Chrome if it's split from Google in the ongoing antitrust proceedings. - Search Engine Journal
AI Overviews Glitch May Hint at Google’s Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster Hallucinations in Google's AI Overviews offer insights into how the ranking algorithms understand [...] - Search Engine Journal
DOJ’s Google Search Trial: What If Google Must Sell Chrome? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's antitrust trial enters the remedies phase, with the DOJ seeking Chrome breakup and AI [...] - Search Engine Journal
ChatGPT releases Memory with Search ChatGPT search can now rewrite your prompts based on the memories you have saved and insights from [...] - Search Engine Land
Google To Allow Same Advertiser To Show Ads In Top Ads & Bottom Ads Google Ads announced they will "now allow relevant Search ads from advertisers who showed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Campaigns 90 Characters Of Text For All Descriptions Google Ads has updated the number of characters you can add for the Performance Max campaigns [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT search has 41 million average monthly users in EU While ChatGPT Search grew from 11.2 million to 41.3 million "recipients," it is still [...] - Search Engine Land
What’s under the hood matters more than ever for SEO success by Edna Chavira Your content deserves a foundation built for speed, scale, and search. - Search Engine Land
The complete guide to high-impact educational video content Everything you need to know when creating and launching educational videos – strategy, tools, [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Copilot Answers Tests Read More Link Microsoft is testing adding a read more link to the Bing Copilot Answers in Bing Search. The read [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 22, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 21 2025

New data: Google AI Overviews are hurting click-through rates Google’s AI Overviews are significantly decreasing clicks to traditional organic listings, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads to show ads in the top ads position, also in the bottom ads position Google said it updated its unfair advantage policy to allow for this and says this is not [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build a predictable lead gen system with digital ads Take control of your pipeline with a strategy built on data, testing, and real insights into your [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools Working To Streamline Email Notifications Fabrice Canel said Microsoft will streamline the Bing Webmaster Tools notifications because, at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Drops Event Rich Results Carousel On Desktop Search: Bug? Google seems to be no longer showing the events carousel, event rich results, in the desktop search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
DOJ unveils plan to end Google’s illegal search monopoly The DOJ’s proposed Google breakup targets Search, Chrome, and ads to boost competition. [...] - Search Engine Land
Meta tags for SEO: What you need to know Meta tags are levers of control – not just code. Use them to boost visibility, drive clicks, [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Launches Copilot Merchant Program Microsoft launched the Copilot Merchant Program, a way to feed Copilot more details about your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Amazon advertising match types: What you need to know Learn how Amazon ads match types shape your ad success – and how to use them to cut waste, [...] - Search Engine Land
IAB/PWC: U.S Search Ad Revenue Grew 15.9% With $102.9 Billion In 2024 The IAB and PwC released their annual Internet Advertising Revenue Report, which showed search ad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Live Demo Of Android AR Glasses The folks at Google did a live demo of Android XR, Google's AR glasses with Gemini, at the TED 2025 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 21, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 18 2025

The ROAS illusion: Rethinking what Google Ads success looks like ROAS doesn’t equal profit. Learn the metrics that actually tell you if your ads are working [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 18, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Made Search Much Faster - But How Much Faster? Google recently said it made Search "much faster," at least that is what Rajan Patel, the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
U.S. search ad revenues surged to $102.9 billion in 2024 Search advertising continues to be the largest form of internet advertising. Search revenue grew [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Cropping Publisher Images In New Full Width Redesign Google has been rolling out its new full-width redesign of Google Discover. But the issue is that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The best affiliate networks by need and use case Explore the best affiliate networks for ecommerce, SaaS, lead gen, and enterprise brands, with [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 17 2025

Google Says LLMs.Txt Comparable To Keywords Meta Tag via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller critiqued the use of LLMs.txt and compared its utility to the useless keyword [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search boss: AI Overviews boost click quality Google's Elizabeth Reid says AI Overviews drive 'higher-quality clicks' as many publishers watch [...] - Search Engine Land
SEOFOMO Survey Shows How Ecommerce SEOs Use AI In 2025 via @sejournal, @martinibuster Survey shows increasing integration of AI into ecommerce workflows for wins in conversion [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 17, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Video Player To Shopping / E-Commerce Card Google launched its shopping / e-commerce card in the search results as a test several months ago. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Judge: Google Illegally Engaged In Anticompetitive Monopolistic Ad Tech Practices A US judge ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some ad tech. This is the second [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Nothing Has Changed With International SEO with ccTLD Change As I covered yesterday, Google is going to redirect its ccTLDs to Google.com. And as I reported [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API v19.1 adds new Demand Gen, video campaigns features New features allow advertisers to access enhanced targeting controls and measurement capabilities [...] - Search Engine Land
How we keep Search fast and reliable While Search has become vastly more capable over the years, two things remain sacred: speed and [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads API Version 19.1 Now Available Google has released version 19.1 of the Google Ads API, v19.1 added 11 new features, removed 0 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode May Get Direct Query URL Method While you can access Google AI Mode directly at google.com/aimode, there is currently no way to go [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search behavior, decoded: What platform preference really tells us Learn how mindset, emotion, and behavior shape platform choice and how to build content strategies [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 16 2025

Google’s New Domain Structure: What’s Next For Hreflang? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google domains are consolidating to Google.com. Learn what this could mean for hreflang tags and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search ccTLDs Are Going Away Google.com will soon be the only way to access Google Search. The ccTLD versions of Google will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Our 2024 Ads Safety Report shows how we use AI to safeguard consumers. Our latest Ads Safety Report highlights a key trend from 2024: how AI is improving our ability to [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Sued For Â5 Billion In UK Class Action Lawsuit Over Search Dominance CNBC reports Google has been sued in the UK for - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Suspended 200% More Advertisers (39.2M) & Removed 5.5 Billion Ads Google has released its annual Google Ads Safety report and the big number that stands out to me is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: 39 million advertisers suspended; 5.5 billion ads removed in 2024 Google's annual Ads Safety Report highlights how AI is reshaping ad enforcement, with a record [...] - Search Engine Land
Why AI will break the traditional SEO agency model AI platforms are rewriting SEO economics – slashing costs, automating expertise, and forcing [...] - Search Engine Land
CPC inflation: How fast are Google Ads costs rising? CPCs are rising – but how fast? Compare ad cost inflation to consumer price index and see [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads made simple: Leveraging engaged audiences Learn how you can use Google-engaged audiences for remarketing to users who've already interacted [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 15 2025

Google Confirms That Structured Data Won’t Make A Site Rank Better via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains that structured data won't make a site rank better. - Search Engine Journal
AI agents in SEO: What you need to know Behind the scenes of SEO’s next evolution – where agents navigate filters, product [...] - Search Engine Land
Here’s an update on our use of country code top-level domains. When you’re searching on Google, we aim to provide the most useful information, and many [...] - Inside Search
Google Again Says Structured Data Does Not Make Your Site Rank Better Google said it again - structured data does not help your site rank any better. John Mueller of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google sends personalized growth plans to advertisers, pushing AI-driven solutions The new ad guidance pushes advertisers to AI and broader targeting while promising better results [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search to redirect its country level TLDs to Google.com Google will gradually roll out this change over the coming months. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 15, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Nothing like the last minute! Tax-related searches are spiking in the U.S. Tax day is officially here in the United States. Even though searches for “tax advisor” [...] - Inside Search
Google Bug Product Snippet Image Carousel There seems to be a bug that is impacting the first image in the product snippet image carousel [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How and why to ‘be the primary source’ for organic search Becoming the go-to source across Google, AI tools and social platforms is key to standing out in an [...] - Search Engine Land
Financial Times Interviews Head Of Google Search, Elizabeth Reid The Financial Times has a detailed interview with the newish Head of Google Search, Elizabeth Reid. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Mode Shortcut In Search Bar Google is testing a new shortcut location for AI Mode in the Google App on Android. Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 14 2025

Make 2025 the year you take home the highest honor in search Boost company morale, attract new business, and earn the right to call yourself [...] - Search Engine Land
Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads The crash of its App Store rank reveals how heavily Temu was reliant on Google advertising for paid [...] - Search Engine Land
Marketing To Machines Is The Future – Research Shows Why via @sejournal, @martinibuster Researchers test AI agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google to learn what makes them interact [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updated Documentation For EEA Structured Data Carousels (Beta) via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the documentation for their structured data carousels (beta) that are available in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Is keyword targeting as impossible as spinning straw into gold? Once a golden strategy, keyword targeting is losing its shine. In 2025, success comes from intent, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 14, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overview-organic ranking overlap drops after core update Content that ranks in the top 10 of Google organic search is less likely to be cited today than it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ask A Follow-Up Search Box Google is testing yet another search feature that generates new queries on Google Search. This one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to track visibility across AI platforms Traditional metrics aren't enough in AI-driven search. Measure brand presence through mentions, [...] - Search Engine Land
Programming Note: Offline For Passover Today This is a programming note that I am completely offline for the Passover holiday today. In fact, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Dark Gray Favicons Backgrounds Microsoft is testing yet another variation for its favicons in the Bing Search snippets. This one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Related Searches Tests Trending Icon Microsoft is testing trending icons on Bing Search's related searches section. We've seen both [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s anti-privacy bill push sparks outrage among advertisers Advertisers reject Google's campaign against California's privacy bill saying businesses should [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Ad Strength Guide Best Practices Google released a new Google Ads ad strength guide and best practices document. The document should [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 11 2025

Google To Drop Reviews On School Business Profiles Google will stop showing reviews and ratings on school listings in Google Search and Google Maps. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Expands Availability For Structured Data Carousels (beta) Google has expanded where the Structured data carousels (beta) search feature works and for what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Answer Snippets Also Linking To More Search Results Recently, I've been complaining that Google is linking many of its search features back to more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Official: Google AI Overviews Link To More Search Results A month ago, we reported that Google was testing linking words in the AI Overviews back to its own [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 11, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ranking Movement, Discover On Desktop, Linking To Self, Google Ads, Maps Bing & Apple News This week, we covered yet again some more Google search ranking volatility. Google Discover will be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 10 2025

Google’s AI-powered SERPs: Strategies for recipe, travel, and lifestyle bloggers Master strategies to keep your content visible, relevant, and engaging in today's evolving AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Files Patent On History-Based Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google’s new patent enables users to search their personal history, like web pages or emails, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Wix’s New AI Assistant Enables Meaningful Improvements To SEO, Sales And Productivity via @sejournal, @martinibuster Wix's new AI assistant enables users to improve SEO, streamline how they work, and use tools more [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Letting Merchants Manage Brand Profiles Google sent out emails yesterday through Google Merchant Center inviting some brands to manage and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google officially rolls out links in AI Overviews to its own search results After testing this for a month, Google officially rolled out this method to help searchers explore [...] - Search Engine Land
Beyond tagging: High-value GenAI use cases for DAM by Vertesia DAM + generative AI = A new paradigm for creatives and martech leaders. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Kicks In April 9th & 10th It's been about a week since we reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking update and well, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests More From Retailer Expandable Product Carousel Google Search is testing a new expandable carousel that says "more from" a specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Analytics API Hourly Data For Past 10 Days Google has finally rolled out API access to its 24-hour data feed of Search Performance data. And [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Campaigns New Lifecycle Goals & Image Controls Google announced a number of new goals and image controls that are now available on Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Performance Max gets new customer goals, image controls Google's PMax updates include retention goals for lapsed customers, acquisition cost reporting, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Marin Software plans to shut down after years of decline Once one of the leading search and social marketing platforms, Marin Software announces its plan of [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 9 2025

Google quality raters now assess whether content is AI-generated Automated or AI-generated content may now earn a Lowest rating. Here’s what else changed in [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms Discover Coming To Desktop Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Discover is coming to desktop search. Learn why it's becoming a top traffic source and how [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AdSense New Rewarded Ads Beta Google AdSense has a new version of rewarded ads - not the Rewarded Ad Gate beta program that we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to expand Discover to Google’s desktop homepage Google has been testing this for years, but kicked up its testing over the past several days. - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles API Showing Driving Request For SABs? I am hearing reports that Google is showing driving direction request data on the Google Business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Coming To Desktop After Years Of Testing We've seen Google test showing Google Discover on the desktop home page for years now but Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Some Merchant Center Product Specs Google has made a number of updates to its Merchant Center product data specifications, including [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 ways to optimize for AI search bots Learn how AI bots find, index, and use your content – and what steps to take to stay visible [...] - Search Engine Land
Personal SEO: How to get found and stand out Take control of your online presence with personal SEO strategies that help you get noticed by [...] - Search Engine Land
WordPress Plugin Extends Yoast SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Progress Planner extends Yoast SEO with actionable guidance to further improve website performance - Search Engine Journal
Google Knowledge Panel AI Overview With Reference Links Google has been using AI to write parts of the knowledge panels for some time now. But now it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads: Ongoing Efforts To Improve Support Experiences Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, said that the Google Ads team is working on improvement the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Analytics API gains hourly break down for past 10 days Initially we were expecting 8 days of data, but Google gave us 2 more days of hourly data for the [...] - Search Engine Land
26 A/B testing ideas to increase click-through rates and boost conversions by Digital Marketing Depot From CTAs to checkout tweaks, this guide shares practical A/B test ideas to help you get more [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 8 2025

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 8, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Says Disavow Tool Not Part Of Normal Site Maintenance via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller affirmed that using the disavow tool is not a normal part of site maintenance - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Gets New Merchant Opportunities Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Console's new Merchant Opportunities Report lets retailers manage payment methods, [...] - Search Engine Journal
How AI-powered search is reshaping SEO (and what to do about it) by Edna Chavira From ChatGPT to Google’s AI Overviews, generative search is already impacting how people find [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Things To Know Also Linking Back To More Search Results Google Search is not just having its AI Overviews link back to itself but also search features like [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Adds Clarifications To Its Suspension Policies Google has updated its Google Ads policies around suspensions yesterday. While no changes have been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Your 2025 playbook for AI-powered cross-channel brand visibility Safeguard your SEO with AI-powered workflows that scale authority, build trust, and drive [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console updates its Merchant opportunities report This was previously named the Search Console Shopping tab listings report. - Search Engine Land
Google vision match vs. traditional search: Early insights on AI shopping tool Odd results, big price gaps. This early look into Google’s AI shopping tool shows both the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Refreshes Its Merchant Opportunities Report Google announced it has refreshed its Shopping tab listings report which it initially launched in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 7 2025

Google Maps Gets An Upgrade To Combat Fake Reviews via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Maps content moderation now uses Gemini to detect fake reviews and suspicious profile edits. [...] - Search Engine Journal
Dealing with Google Ads frustrations: Poor support, suspensions, rising costs Google Ads is a powerful platform – but not without its headaches. Here’s why [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Hreflang Tags With 301 Redirects Are Probably Okay Google's John Mueller said if you have hreflang tags that point to a 301 redirect, it is probably [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google credits Gemini for better detection of fake business reviews and maps spam Google took down over 240 million policy-violating reviews from 2024, that's 40% more than the [...] - Search Engine Land
Integrating SEO into omnichannel marketing for seamless engagement Here’s how SEO helps power a customer-first strategy, enhancing visibility and engagement [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 7, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Copilot Search in Bing Now Officially Live After initially going live on Wednesday morning, Microsoft did not officially announce the launch [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode lets you ask questions with images Google added multimodal capabilities to AI Mode, and expanded access beyond Google One AI Premium [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Relevant Topics Google has a new search refinement or expansion feature they are titling "Relevant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bringing multimodal search to AI Mode We’re bringing the powerful multimodal capabilities in Lens to AI Mode. - Inside Search

April, 4 2025

The latest AI news we announced in March Here are Google’s latest AI updates from March 2025. - Inside Search
Google To Subscribe To Your Emails To Find Content For Your Search Listings Google sent out a notification that it will automatically opt you into using content from your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple’s Preference Ranking Guidelines: Leaked doc reveals scoring system for AI-generated responses An Apple document reveals how AI digital assistant responses are rated for harmfulness, [...] - Search Engine Land
Introducing Copilot Search in Bing Today we’re excited to introduce Copilot Search in Bing. Copilot Search seamlessly blends the [...] - Bing Search
Google Responds To Comprehensive PMax Report Mike Ryan put together the single most comprehensive third-party report on Google Ads Performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft officially launches Copilot Search in Bing After testing this for a couple of months, the new way to see curated answers in Bing Search is [...] - Search Engine Land
5 key reasons SEO efforts fall short of business expectations From outdated strategies to siloed reporting, explore why SEO underperforms and how to ensure your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Demand Gen ads now feature landing page screenshots The addition of landing page previews to Demand Gen campaigns could boost engagement by giving [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics rolls out Generated Insights feature to decode data fluctuations Google's new feature helps you decode data anomalies, enabling faster ad campaign adjustments and [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 3 2025

Build a smarter SEO content strategy by Digital Marketing Depot Align your content with what people are actually searching for. - Search Engine Land
Do exact match domains have value in 2025? Search engines favor authority and branding over keywords alone. Find out how to make your domain [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Review Summaries Now In Local Knowledge Panels Last November, Google began using AI to generate review summaries in Google Maps. Well, now they [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How generative information retrieval is reshaping search Generative AI is changing search. Goodbye blue links, hello AI answers. Learn what this shift means [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Tests Show More Overlay To Load More Ads We've seen a similar format in the Google Shopping results with a show more button to show more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Automattic Terminates 16% Of Workforce via @sejournal, @martinibuster Automattic terminates 16% of the workforce on top of the 8% that resigned six months ago - Search Engine Journal
Why your site got deindexed from Google and what to do about it Deindexing isn’t always a penalty. Learn how technical SEO mistakes, crawl issues, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google April Post Core Update Ranking Volatility Heats Up We are less than a week after the Google March 2025 core update finished rolling out and we are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google launches automatic marketing content extraction Google will pull information about promotions and products from merchants' existing marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing Copilot Answers Serving Product Results Microsoft seems to be serving produt and shopping results within the Bing Copilot Answer boxes. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 2 2025

LLMs are driving referral traffic – but what about engagement? AI-driven referrals are surging, but user behavior is shifting. Learn what this means for website [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On Negative Authorship Signal And Mini-Site Reputation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Danny Sullivan used the metaphor of a mini-site to illustrate how Google might split the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Local Service Ads Advertisers Console Down All Day Google's Local Service Ads advertiser console, where advertisers go to manage their LSAs, has been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Display Keywords: Everything you need to know Learn how Google matches your display keywords, how they function for content and audience [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing Copilot Search Now Live In late February, Microsoft began quietly testing its new AI Search interface and engine probably [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains SEO Impact Of Adding New Topics via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Danny Sullivan explained what to expect, from an SEO perspective, when a site starts [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests Indent Vertical Bars By Title & Descriptions Google is testing placing vertical gray bars by the search results titles and descriptions, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The impact of ChatGPT and generative AI on search by Edna Chavira Discover how AI-powered search is reshaping SEO and what your brand needs to do to thrive. - Search Engine Land

April, 1 2025

Indexing and SEO: 9 steps to get your content indexed by Google and Bing No indexing = no visibility. Follow these steps to get your content indexed and boost your presence [...] - Search Engine Land
Data Shows Google AIO Is Citing Deeper Into Websites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google AIO trends are making it increasingly important to keep older content relevant, fresh, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Martin Splitt: JavaScript-Loaded Images Can Be Indexed via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern JavaScript-loaded images can be indexed, Google's Martin Splitt confirms. Learn common indexing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Immersive ads are expanding, starting with a new partnership between Ad Manager and Roblox. Today we’re announcing the expansion of Immersive Ads to more publishers across AdMob and Ad [...] - Inside Adwords
Google partners with Roblox on video ads The new ad partnership creates access to Roblox's 85 million daily users through rewarded video [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Martin Splitt Reveals 3 JavaScript SEO Mistakes & Fixes via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern JavaScript SEO problems can hurt search rankings, warns Google's Martin Splitt. Learn how error [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google On Scaled Content: “It’s Going To Be An Issue” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Danny Sullivan says it doesn't matter how the content is scaled: "It's going to be an [...] - Search Engine Journal
Data providers: Google March 2025 core update had similar volatility to the previous update Now that the March 2025 core update is done rolling out, we can compare it to the previous core [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ranking Reddit AI Translated Pages Too Well It appears that Google is letting Reddit's AI translated pages rank too well within its search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
April 2025 Google Webmaster Report It's time for the monthly Google Webmaster Report - the April 2025 version. This month we had the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable