Google Business Profiles Verification With Government ID
Google is testing a new way to verify your Google Business Profiles, the method is by uploading a photo of your government ID. This is in addition ot the phone/text, email, live video call or snail mail verification methods.
Google Hotel Ads Legacy Length Of Booking Bid Adjustment Doc
The Google Ads team posted a new help document that talks about the length of booking bid adjustment in legacy Hotel campaigns versus Search campaigns for travel. Hotel campaigns multiply your base bid by the traveler’s itinerary length of stay (LoS) b…
Google Search Internal Issues With Square Brackets [] Punctuations In URLs
Google Search had some issues handling square brackets punctuation marks (i.e. [ ]) within URLs. John Mueller from Google responded to former Googler, Vanessa Fox, saying that he is “seeing some of the issues internally that came up with these kinds o…
Bing Tests Not Showing Sitelinks
Microsoft seems to be testing not showing sitelinks under the main Bing search result snippets. I am honestly not sure if this is new but I was able to replicate Bing showing sitelinks for the first search result snippet in one browser and for the same…
Google Business Profiles Review Appeals Are Delayed Again
Google Business Profiles review appeals are delayed again. Dan Boguslavsky from the Google team posted about the delay last Friday saying, “Due to high volume of review related appeals, processing times are currently extended.”
Google Search Tests Removing Horizontal Rule Line Under Tabs
Google is testing removing the HR, thematic line break or horizontal rule line, that is found under the search tabs under the search box in the search results page.
Google tests removing the line below the header in search results
Google appears to be testing the removal of the thin line below the header in search results, though it’s unclear whether it’s an intentional test or a display bug.
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Google tests AI Mode side panel in Search results
Google is showing an AI Mode side panel next to Search results, which displayed a ‘signed out’ message in Incognito and may list chat history for signed-in users.
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Semrush says Google is feeding rank trackers bad results, but impact is limited
Google is serving swapped results to scrapers. Semrush, AccuRanker and Nozzle explain what it does to ranking data.
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Google Gemini now lets you turn off Google Search, and publishers could pay the price
A new option lets users choose, prompt by prompt, whether Gemini searches the web.
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ChatGPT tests large product carousel with Shop now buttons
ChatGPT is testing a larger product carousel with black ‘Shop now’ buttons, plus longer ‘Shop now’ buttons on regular product results, for ecommerce queries.
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Bing tests blue hover highlight for sitelinks
Bing is testing a hover effect that highlights each sitelink in a blue box, the latest in a run of sitelink design experiments.
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Google AI Mode adds Source preferences button to the citation panel
Google AI Mode now has a ‘Source preferences’ button in its citation panel, letting users view, add, and remove preferred sources without leaving AI Mode.
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Is It New? AI Scan Tool
Here is something new for you – the Is it new? AI scan tool. It is a feature I thought would be neat to build, where instead of you reaching out to me to see if this or that is a new Google, Bing, etc search feature, you can upload a screenshot, add so…
Is It New? AI Scan Tool
Here is something new for you – the Is it new? AI scan tool. It is a feature I thought would be neat to build, where instead of you reaching out to me to see if this or that is a new Google, Bing, etc search feature, you can upload a screenshot, add so…
Google Moves Google Posts Higher Up On Local Panel
Google seems to have moved the Google Posts section of a local knowledge panel higher up on the page. In 2018, Google moved the Google Posts section to the bottom of the local panel. Now it seems Google is moving it back up.
Google Moves Google Posts Higher Up On Local Panel
Google seems to have moved the Google Posts section of a local knowledge panel higher up on the page. In 2018, Google moved the Google Posts section to the bottom of the local panel. Now it seems Google is moving it back up.
Google Ads Now In AI Mode With Personal Intelligence
Google confirmed it will now show ads in AI Mode results with Personal Intelligence enabled. Back in March, Google said AI Mode with Personal Intelligence turned on would be ad-free, but that is now changing.
Google Ads Now In AI Mode With Personal Intelligence
Google confirmed it will now show ads in AI Mode results with Personal Intelligence enabled. Back in March, Google said AI Mode with Personal Intelligence turned on would be ad-free, but that is now changing.
Google AI Mode Citations With Preferred Source Preferences
Google is testing letting users view and modify their preferred sources list directly from within the AI Mode citations sidebar. There is a new button named “Source preferences” and when you click on it, it opens up your preferred sources list where y…