OpenAI and Microsoft saw the publisher traffic problem coming, court filing says
Newly unredacted material cites internal messages, executive testimony and Microsoft data showing steep click-through declines for news sites in Copilot compared with traditional Bing.
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Google’s bot crackdown is messing with your SEO reports
Sistrix confirms slower data collection, while Nozzle reports a sharp reduction in the Google results it can retrieve.
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Google Ads lets brands use retailer audiences, but traffic stays on the retailer’s site
Participating retailers and marketplaces can share first-party audience segments with brands for eligible Google Ads campaigns, while the retailer controls the approved destination and conversion setup.
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Google Merchant Center puts product reviews on the API menu
Google’s updated Merchant Center documentation now explicitly supports uploading and managing product reviews through the Merchant API, although merchants still need approval before they can use it.
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Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
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Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
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Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
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Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
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Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
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Google Trends for product research: I almost mistook a spike for real demand
Google Trends flagged Amazon Pokémon TCG as a breakout. I checked four timeframes, switched to Shopping data, then came back eight days later to see whether the signal survived
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Google Trends for product research: I almost mistook a spike for real demand
Google Trends flagged Amazon Pokémon TCG as a breakout. I checked four timeframes, switched to Shopping data, then came back eight days later to see whether the signal survived
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Google Trends for product research: I almost mistook a spike for real demand
Google Trends flagged Amazon Pokémon TCG as a breakout. I checked four timeframes, switched to Shopping data, then came back eight days later to see whether the signal survived
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Google Trends for product research: I almost mistook a spike for real demand
Google Trends flagged Amazon Pokémon TCG as a breakout. I checked four timeframes, switched to Shopping data, then came back eight days later to see whether the signal survived
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Google Trends for product research: I almost mistook a spike for real demand
Google Trends flagged Amazon Pokémon TCG as a breakout. I checked four timeframes, switched to Shopping data, then came back eight days later to see whether the signal survived
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Google is turning local Knowledge Panels into AI Overviews
Google is testing AI Overviews inside local business panels, giving its AI a bigger role in describing what a business does.
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GA4’s Singapore bot problem is back, and some of it now looks almost human
Publishers and site owners are reporting another wave of suspicious traffic from Singapore, with Google Analytics dashboards filling up with visitors who do not behave much like visitors.
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Bing tests showing favicons in Shopping ad results
Bing is testing favicons within Shopping ad results, following a similar change recently seen on Google — a small update that could help build user trust.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Unusual Google Search Ranking Volatility, Ad Tech Monopoly Remedies, AI Contribution Publisher Payouts & More
This week we covered the first week or so of Google’s unusual ranking volatility only to see things spike up in a big way this week as well – something is up. Google’s remedies are out for its ad tech monopoly ruling. Google has an AI contribution pil…
Google May Be More Successful In Blocking Scrapers & Tracking Tools
Google may be more successful in blocking AI scrapers, search scrapers and third-party tracking tools since around September 13th or so. This coincides with the September 4th and September 12th reversals we reported, and it also aligns with the method…
Google Search Bar Results Page Testing AI Mode Button
Google is now testing adding the AI Mode button to the search bar when you are inside the search results page. Google has the AI Mode button almost everywhere else, but now we are seeing it added to the search bar, within the search results page, not j…