Archive of July, 2025

July, 11 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 Explains How Long It Takes For SEO To Work via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google’s John Mueller explains what site owners should expect after implementing SEO changes. - Search Engine Journal
Google Local & Business Profiles Drops June 25th - Reporting Glitch? Starting around June 25, 2025, many are noticing huge declines in impressions and clicks from their [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Advice On Hiring An SEO And Red Flags To Watch For via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google explains when it's time to hire an SEO and cautions about a major red flag to watch for. - Search Engine Journal
Microsoft Bing Tests Delivery Truck Icon In Search Ads Microsoft is testing using a blue delivery truck icon in some of the ads in the Bing Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is web traffic a vanity metric? Not if you’re a publisher For some, traffic is vanity. For publishers, it’s revenue. Learn when it matters – and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Zoom Effect In On Images Within Search Results Google is testing a zoom effect when you place your mouse cursor over the images in the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Clarifies Structured Data Rules For Returns & Loyalty Programs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates its structured data documentation to clarify how merchants should implement return [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 10 2025

Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl: A turning point for SEO and GEO Pay Per Crawl signals a new web business model – charging AI bots for access and giving [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI Quietly Adds Shopify As A Shopping Search Partner via @sejournal, @martinibuster OpenAI has added Shopify to ChatGPT’s shopping search as a third-party data source. - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Drops Utility Bill As Evidence For Appeal Google has removed from the Google Business Profiles help documentation the ability to use a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Performance Report Average Position Bug? Google Search Console may have a weird glitch in the performance report average position data. For [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Quality Rankings May Rely On These Content Signals via @sejournal, @martinibuster Content that delivers a meaningful experience with these 7 factors is more likely to earn links, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google June 2025 Core Update Leading To Some Partial HCU Recoveries It has now been ten days since the Google June 2025 core update began rolling out. It will probably [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Enterprise SEO: A complete guide for scalable search success Master enterprise SEO with strategies for scale, governance, and global visibility. Learn how large [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ads People Also Consider Carousel Format In February, we covered the new Google Ads "people also consider" ad format for sponsored [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 9 2025

Dive deeper with AI Mode and get gaming help in Circle to Search We’re bringing new AI capabilities to Circle to Search, so you can dive deeper and ask [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads hidden search terms cost advertisers – big time An independent analysis reveals that hidden search terms in Google Ads may be costing advertisers [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Search Console Discussion Forum Search Appearance Filter Google Search Console now gives you the ability to track the performance of your Discussion forums [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Internet Marketing Ninjas Acquired By Previsible via @sejournal, @martinibuster Previsible has acquired Internet Marketing Ninjas to expand its link building and digital PR [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yoast SEO Functionality Is Now Available Within Google Docs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Yoast SEO breaks free of the CMS paradigm and now provides readability and keyword feedback within [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Order Of Disavow Link File Does Not Matter Google's John Mueller said the order of the URLs or sites you list in your disavow link file does [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Be Careful With Google When Publishing AI Content A recent study from Ahrefs said that AI-generated content does not hurt your Google rankings. And [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains Why Link Disavow Files Aren’t Processed Right Away via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller clarified that submitting a link disavow file does not trigger immediate [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Generating Fewer Clicks? Why? The folks at PPC Hero noted that Google Ads CPCs increasing and there is a decline in ad click [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Previsible acquires Internet Marketing Ninjas in SEO agency shakeup The acquisition brings together two long-standing players in traditional SEO in the emerging era of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API to sunset ad sharing this October Google is phasing out ad sharing in favor of asset-based formats, requiring advertisers to create [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Defends Hidden Search Terms As Solely Privacy Driven Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, defended why so many search terms are hidden within the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 8 2025

Human-Centered SEO: How To Succeed While Others Struggle With AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster Machines cannot replace skilled marketers who understand the role of human behavior signals that [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Mode Shows Different Sources For The Same Query It seems that the links/citations you see in Google AI Mode can be very different when you search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode available in India without sign-in Just two weeks ago, Google launched AI Mode within Search Labs - now Google made it available to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor Version 2.10 Is Out With 20 New Features Google has released the new version of Google Ads Editor, version 2.10. This version has over 20 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How To Use New Social Sharing Buttons To Increase Your AI Visibility via @sejournal, @martinibuster AI share buttons that are easy to configure may help increase a site's exposure in ChatGPT and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Editor 2.10 drops Google Ads Editor 2.10 brings new AI features, improved targeting options, and streamlined creative [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Rolls Out AI Mode In India Without Labs A couple of weeks ago, Google rolled out AI Mode via Search Labs in India and now Google is fully [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Update Its Political Content Policy Google will be updating its political content policy this month, if not already. Specifically, the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Follow Up Questions With Suggestions Google AI Mode also has search suggestions in the follow-up section. After you ask Google AI Mode a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 7 2025

Master GA4: Google Analytics 4 tips & tutorials Learn how to use GA4 for better tracking, insights, and reporting. Track organic traffic, custom [...] - Search Engine Land
How to win with your local marketing strategy (with AI, SEO, and Community) Master local marketing with proven SEO, social, and offline tactics to boost visibility, build [...] - Search Engine Land
Cloudflare: We Will Get Google To Provide A Way To Block AI Overviews A week or so ago, Cloudflare announced it would block AI bots by default and offer a new pay per [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google upgrades Keyword Planner with localized forecasting Google's Keyword Planner now offers city, region, and device-level forecast breakdowns—giving [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Keyword Planner Update Gives Breakdown By By City, Region & Device/Platform Google has pushed out an update to its keyword planner tool that gives you new forecast views to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Target Of Legal Complaints In The UK And EU via @sejournal, @martinibuster Independent publishers want the option to opt out of Google's AI Overviews without being excluded [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Reverification After Suspensions Increasing? A number of local SEOs are stating that Google is now requiring businesses that had their Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 7, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Crawlability 101: Fix SEO to get seen by search engines Crawlability refers to how easily search engines access your site. Learn what it is, why it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads With Nearby Hotel Placement Units Google seems to be testing a new ad unit for hotel or nearby listings that have big blue buttons to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Says AI Mode Rolling Out To Workspace Accounts Google's Nick Fox said that AI Mode has begun rolling out to Workspace accounts in the US. Nick [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Low, Typical, High Price Labels In Search Result Snippets Google is testing labeling search result snippets with "low price," "typical [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to expand your reach with reverse location targeting in Google Ads Not all searches come from locals. Here’s how to reach out-of-area users already looking for [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 4 2025

Google Merchant Center Gains Automatic Shipping Updates Google Merchant Center is rolling out automatic shipping updates under the automatic improvements [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO Rockstar “Proves” You Don’t Need Meta Descriptions via @sejournal, @martinibuster Tests show that removing meta descriptions may improve search engine traffic, although some say SEO [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Search Tests Zoomable & Sticky Related Searches Microsoft is testing zoomable and sticky related searches in the Bing Search results page. So one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 4, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google AdSense Fill Empty In-Page Ads Google AdSense announced a new feature to "Fill empty in-page ads" by showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews The EU is concerned that Google’s AI Overviews misuse publisher content without consent, [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Local Place Listings In Green Microsoft is testing showing the local/places listings in green within the Bing search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 3 2025

Shifts in data privacy are forcing a return to marketing fundamentals Search marketing built on deep user data is no longer sustainable. Here’s how to evolve [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 3, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads investigating reports of issues The issue may result in slowness, errors and other problems within the Google Ads and Search Ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Similarweb: No Clicks From Google Grew From 56% to 69% Since AI Overviews Similarweb released a report shows that since the launch of Google AI Overviews in May 2024, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to stay grounded (and inspired) as AI changes search and SEO Traffic's down. Clients are nervous. But SEO isn’t over – it’s just evolving. [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Laying Off 9,000 Employees - 4% Of Workforce Microsoft will be laying off about 4% of its workforce, which is about 9,000 employees. It is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Over 12% Of People Also Ask Results Are Google AI Overviews Last November, Google began to power some of the peopel also ask results with AI Overviews. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads AI Max Search Match Type Google has added AI Max to the search match types in the Google Ads interface. If you click on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Top Stop Serving Message Assets With Unverified Phone Numbers Google is notifying some advertisers that their ads with message assets will stop serving on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 2 2025

11 of the best free tools every SEO should know about Use these zero-cost SEO tools to tackle AI-driven SERPs, Core Web Vitals, content gaps, and more [...] - Search Engine Land
The latest AI news we announced in June Here are Google’s latest AI updates from June 2025 - Inside Search
Google June 2025 Core Update Volatility Just Began - Do You See It? Google announced the release of the June 2025 core update on June 30th at around 10:37 am ET. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Links & Core Updates Google's John Mueller said that he doesn't think links play a role with how core updates work. He [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Confirmed: Google Ads Errors & High Latency Issues Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads, where there are unexpected errors, high latency and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
LLM Visibility Tools: Do SEOs Agree On How To Use Them? via @sejournal, @martinibuster LLM tools appear to be gaining maturity, though there are differing views on what should be [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 2, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads adds Zoho CRM integration for customer match and offline conversions Google Ads now supports direct integration with Zoho CRM, enabling streamlined access to [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 1 2025

Google June 2025 Core Update Is Rolling Out - What We're Seeing So Far Google officially announced the rollout of the June 2025 core update yesterday at around 10:37 am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Cloudflare To Block AI Crawlers By Default & Pay Per Crawl Model Cloudflare, a company that powers about 20% of all web pages on the web, has announced it is now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Banned terms on Amazon: What keywords can trigger listing flags Certain words in your Amazon listings can trigger compliance warnings. Understand how to stay [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller: Core Updates Build On Long-Term Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google says core updates rely on long-term patterns, not recent link spam. Should you disavow? [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Trust Ranking Patent Shows How User Behavior Is A Signal via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's trust ranking patent suggests that user behavior can influence how search results are [...] - Search Engine Journal
New Google Search Console Insights Report Google has relaunched its Search Console Insights as a standalone tab and report within the main [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Promotes AI Mode With Animated Google Doodle Google is promoting AI Mode with an animated Google Doodle on its home page, in some countries. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable