Google Image Results Tests Search Ads (Not Just Shopping Ads)
Google is testing showing normal search ads in an ad carousel at the top of the image search results on mobile. The ads take up a lot of the top real estate of the image results and can be scrolled from side to side.
Google Working On Fixing Google Discover AI Spam Problem
Google is reportedly working on a “fix” for the AI spam that routinely shows up within users’ Google Discover feed. Google issued a statement to the Press Gazette saying, “We’re actively working on a fix” for the fake AI spam stories showing up in Goog…
Google Ads Gains AI Guide Me Button In Policy Disapprovals
Google is now embedding its AI chat feature within the Google Ads advertiser console, specifically in some screens. The “Guide me” button that triggers an AI chat feature was spotted in the policy disapprovals screen.
Google Search Console Lets You Add Shipping/Return Details Without Merchant Center Account
Google now lets you add your shipping and returns information within Google Search Console, even if you do not have a Google Merchant Center account. Previously, Google let you do this only if you had a Merchant Center account, that is no longer a requ…
Value-Based Pricing For Google Local Service Ads Message Leads
Google emailed advertisers who are leveraging message leads within Google Local Service Ads telling them about the new value-based pricing. Basically, when a seacher uses the “Request multiple opinions” within local results, those leads may result now …
Bing Tests Site Favicons Anchors At Top Of Search Results
Microsoft is testing placing site favicons at the top of the Bing search results page that when clicked on, anchor you down to the specific search result on the page. This is a test, it does not always show up, but I was able to replicate this in one o…
More ways to share your shipping and returns policies with Google
We’re excited to announce that we’re now expanding the options for merchants to provide shipping
and returns information, even if they don’t have a Merchant Center account. Merchants can now
tell Google about their shipping an…
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 11, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google is not killing off schema…
Search Central Live is back in Zurich!
We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming Search Central Live Zurich on December 9th!
This is a fantastic opportunity for SEO and digital marketing professionals to connect, learn and engage with each other and the Google Search teams…
Microsoft Clarity Required For Third Party Publishers Or Else…
Microsoft is now requiring all third-party publishers to have Microsoft Clarity in order to be paid out for impressions and clicks from Microsoft Advertising.
Google Negative Review Extortion Scams Seems To Work
A month ago, we reported Google added a new form to report negative review extortion scams on your Google Business Profiles and local listings. Google also listed some tips on how to handle these extortion attempts. But I am glad to report that some l…
Google Is Not Killing Schema – Markups May Come & Go
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google is not killing off all forms of schema and structured data support for Google Search. The question came up in a Reddit thread after Google’s announcement about more structured data support and search feature…
Google AI Overviews Showing More Free Product Listings?
There are reports that Google is showing more free product listings from Google Merchant Center in the Google AI Overview responses. I am told there are two variations of this AI Overview response: one where the favicon and price appear as an overlay,…
Google Ads Summaries In Budget Optimization Settings
Google Ads is now showing summaries of your budget settings in the budget and bidding optimization setting. This will summarize what your settings are configured for, at a glance.
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 10, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Late last week, into this weekend…
Microsoft Copilot Gets AI Search With Better Links & Citations
Microsoft announced on Friday afternoon that Copilot now has its own dedicated search experience. Plus, because Microsoft knows how important publishers are to the ecosystem, it is making citations and links way more prominent and clickable.
Google Ads AI Max Underperforming Other Match Types
There have been a number of threads on LinkedIn over the past week about how poorly Google Ads AI Max is performing compared to other match types. The conversions or conversion value is greatly below other match types, in early tests, despite Google sa…
Google: SEO Advice On Using Two Different TLDs For Your Company
Google’s John Mueller responded with SEO advice on how a company can use two different TLDs for its company. The company wants to use the .co.uk for normal search and web traffic but .digital as a TLD for some of its marketing campaigns.
Google Opal Tool Creates Optimized Content In Scalable Way – Seriously?
Last week, Google announced Opal, a Google Labs project, expanded to more regions. Well, it also explained how you can use this tool to create optimized content in a scalable way – consistently and quickly, without much human intervention. Yea, does t…
Week Long Google Ads Invitation Access Bug Fixed
Google seems to have fixed a bug with inviting others to access your Google Ads account. This bug appeared about a week ago and it Google seemed to start to roll out a fix for this bug on Friday.