Google Search Live Gets Conversational Language Upgrade With Gemini
On Friday, Google announced a number of updates around translation, language, audio, voice interactions and thus Search Live. Google said it released a more “fluid and expressive conversations when you go Live with Search.”
Google: Pre-Announcing Google Core Updates Isn’t Possible
Google’s John Mueller said that it is impossible for Google to pre-announce quality improvements to Google Search, including core updates. He said, “having quality changes ready for a specific date/time is never a given, and pre-announcing for a fixed …
Bing Tests See More Search Results Button
Microsoft is testing a “see more” button in the Bing Search results, which, when you click on it, loads more search results in the middle section.
Google Tests Property Listings In Search Results
Google is testing showing full detailed property sale listings within the Google Search results. This is getting a lot of interest from those in the real estate business.
Google Removing Q&A Feature In Google Maps For AI-Powered Ask Button
Google confirmed it is essentially removing the Q&A feature within Google Maps, and instead, searchers can use the new AI-powered Ask button on a Google Business Profile to get the answers they are looking for.
Grounding Snippet Extraction Tool
You can rank #1 and still be invisible to AI search. That’s the uncomfortable truth of the AI Mode era. Google’s AI doesn’t just look at your page, it extracts specific sentences, evaluates them against the query, and decides whether your content deserves to ground its answer. The rest of your carefully crafted copy? Find […]
Grounding Snippet Extraction Tool
You can rank #1 and still be invisible to AI search. That’s the uncomfortable truth of the AI Mode era. Google’s AI doesn’t just look at your page, it extracts specific sentences, evaluates them against the query, and decides whether your content deserves to ground its answer. The rest of your carefully crafted copy? Find […]
Google December 2025 Core Update Intense Impact Early
Google announced the Google December 2025 core update on Thursday afternoon, December 11th, and it already has a significant impact on Google Search results. The most noticeable day of the impact was Saturday, December 13th, but there are plenty of si…
How Long Are Web Pages?
A Token Count Analysis of 45,000 Real-World URLs We recently analyzed 44,684 web pages and measured their content length using Gemini’s token counter. The results reveal fascinating insights about the true scale of web content—and why it matters for AI applications. Metric Value Total Pages Analyzed 44,684 Page Content Tokens 464,854,727 Total Tokens (all) 541,062,817 The median […]
Google AI Search Update: Completely New Grounding Format
Gemini’s grounding context has a completely new format which I don’t fully understand yet. It seems custom to different prompt types and breaks outside the old index 1, index 2…etc model. Sharing the discovery for now hoping to hear more from the community and add to it later. Prompt: Dan Petrovic latest articles BEFORE NOW […]
How user prompts shape your content visibility in AI search.
A single article. Seven different queries. Radically different passages surfaced. This isn’t a bug. It’s the ranker doing exactly what it’s supposed to do—and it reveals something important about how content actually gets discovered in AI search. The Data We ran seven query variations against one health article about teas for ulcerative colitis. The article […]
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google December 2025 Core Update, Discover Alignment To Rankings, Search Console Features, AI Mode Updates & More
In this week’s recap, we covered that the Google December 2025 core update was unleashed. Google also said more core updates are definitely on their way and one should be coming soon Google also updated its…
Google Gemini Local Results In Visual Formats
Google announced that Gemini can now respond to your local questions with local results in a “rich, visual format.” Google will visually lay out the local results to include photos, ratings, and real-world info from Google Maps data.
Google On AI Max Inferred Intent vs Raw Text
Brad Geddes dug into how he felt “AI Max can trump your existing exact and phrase match keywords and then claim credit for the conversions and revenue.” And then Google’s Ad Liaison, Ginny Marvin responded to those specific examples on why this happene…
Google Maps Share Button Drops X For Reddit & Facebook
Google Maps is updating its share buttons by removing the options to share on X and adding the options to share on Reddit and Facebook.
Google News AI-Powered Article Overviews Go Live For Some Publishers
On Wednesday, Google announced a number of new AI features, which we covered (links below) but one other feature Google spoke about was “AI-powered article overviews.” This is an experiment Google News is trying with a handful of publishers.
Google Notification For Reviews & Rating Restrictions Removals
Google is now sending email notifications for when Google Business Profiles has removed the restrictions on your reviews and ratings. The email says, “Restrictions on your reviews and ratings have been removed” and it comes from the Google Business Pro…
Level Up Your SEO Strategy with a Product Mindset — Whiteboard Friday
Frustrated by technical SEO tickets that never get fixed? In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Gus Pelogia explains how adopting a “product mindset” can bridge the gap between SEOs and developers. Learn how to leverage sprint planning and discovery me…
Google December 2025 Core Update Is Rolling Out – You Surprised?
Google officially announced the rollout of the December 2025 core update on Thursday at around 12:25 pm ET. This core update is expected to take about 3 weeks to roll out. Google said this “is a regular update designed to better surface relevant, satis…
Google AI Mode Links Updated & Adds Contextual Introductions
Google announced it has updated the links in AI Mode to encourage searchers to click more. Google also introduced contextual introductions to embedded links in AI Mode responses.