Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Mode Visual Update, Ads Reporting Updates, ChatGPT Instant Checkout and More
This week we covered the Google AI Mode news that it is more visual for many queries, including shopping queries. Google AI Mode agentic capabilities can now be opted into. Google AI Overviews…
Why Google Search Console LCP Is Not Wrong, According To Google
Barry Pollard from Google did a long explanation on Bluesky on why Google Search Console says an LCP is bad but the individual URLs are fine. I don’t want to mess it up, so I will copy what Barry wrote.
Google Reviews Labeled Incentivized
Did you know Google can label some of the reviews in the product reviews section as “incentivized”? I am not sure I’ve seen this before, have you?
Google Tests Light Gray Title Links On Hover
Google is testing another variation to the title links in the Google Search results – a light gray effect. So when you hover your mouse cursor over the snippet, the title link turns grayed and washed out.
Google Merchant Center Next New Compact Menu Bar
Google has rolled out the new, more compact, menu bar for Google Merchant Center Next. This was part of a slew of user interface updates that Google has been slowly rolling out for Merchant Center Next over the past several months.
Microsoft Tests Large Images In Bing Search Copilot Ads
Microsoft is testing using really large images in the Bing Search Copilot ads. I don’t believe I’ve seen such large ads in this ad unit before, so it seems new to me.
The Myth of LSI Keywords – It’s Query Fan Out, All The Way Down.
Q: How many SEO experts does it take to change a light bulb? A: light bulb, bulb, lamp, lighting, fixture, replace lightbulb, best light bulb… A Researcher’s Note: The Serendipitous Path to an Answer Let me go through how the central thesis…
The Definitive Guide to Linkbuilding after the Google Content Warehouse Leak
A unified strategy for link acquisition and management.
Read the full article here The Definitive Guide to Linkbuilding after the Google Content Warehouse Leak © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anderson
The Definitive Guide to Linkbuilding after the Google Content Warehouse Leak
A unified strategy for link acquisition and management.
Read the full article here The Definitive Guide to Linkbuilding after the Google Content Warehouse Leak © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anderson
Google’s Product Reviews Updates: Signals in the Google Content Warehouse API Leak
Take note. Within the Google’s Content Warehouse API, the documentation explicitly defines a suite of attributes directly related to the evaluation of product reviews.
Read the full article here Google’s Product Reviews Updates: Signals in the G…
How Ads on your site Kill Your Google Rankings – Evidence From Google Leak
There’s a reason why Google says, “Don’t let ads harm your mobile page ranking“. For more than two decades, we in the SEO profession have navigated the complex relationship between Google’s public mission and its commercia…
Programming Note: Offline Thursday For Yom Kippur 5786
This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Wednesday night (October 1st) through Thursday night (October 2nd) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur…
Programming Note: Offline Thursday For Yom Kippur 5786
This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Wednesday night (October 1st) through Thursday night (October 2nd) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur…
October 2025 Google Webmaster Report
Google’s spam update completed after almost a month rollout, it was pretty wild and got even more wild after the rollout completed. Google AI Mode rolled out to more languages, is more visual, is testing agentic experiences and much more. Google droppe…
New Google Ads Message Assets Requirements
Google announced new message assets requirements for Google Ads. These new requirements aim “to ensure a good user experience” and go into effect on October 30, 2025.
Google AI Overviews With Sticky Citations As You Scroll
Google is testing having the citations stick to the top (of the AI Overview section only) as you scroll down past the AI Overview. This keeps those citations more in view, as you scroll over the AI Overview.
Google AI Mode With More Visual Responses
Google announced that AI Mode had been updated to handle and respond more visually. So AI Mode responses both understand your queries in a more visual way and respond with more visual responses. Google said the responses aim at sparking inspiration, a…
Google Ads PMax Segmentation In Asset Reporting & Channel Reporting Features
Google Ads has announced several new features, including segmentation in asset reporting and enhancements to channel performance reporting. Google told me that this continues to provide advertisers with the visibility they are seeking.
Google’s Elizabeth Reid id Interviewed On AI, Search, Blue Links, SEO & More
Here is a new interview published yesterday by The Economic Times Podcasts with Elizabeth Reid, VP of Google Search. She spoke about Google’s progression of AI in Search, content quality, SEO, blue links, traffic, the ecosystem, agentic features and mo…
Google Search Rolls Out Emoji Answer Box
In June, Google began testing showing a new answer box for emoji related queries. So when you search for a specific type of emoji, Google will give you the emoji options that you can copy directly from the search results page instead of going to a thir…