Google Search AI Overviews For Movie Reviews
Google is now showing AI Overviews within the movie review summaries in Google Search. Under the review summaries is a disclaimer that reads, “Al overviews are experimental.”
Google Shopping AI Vision Match, Try Out New Looks & Try On Expands
Google announced a number of updates to Google Shopping and Search with AI enhancements and expansions. Specifically rolling out vision match, a new try out new looks feature and expanding the try on feature to more clothing.
Search Central Live is going to Madrid
We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is going to Madrid for the first time on April 9!
The event will have a mix of presenters from the Google Search, News, and Partnerships teams and the content
will be del…
Google EEAT Tool (Beta)
The Google EAAT Tool (Beta) by Hobo is a practical solution for generating policy documents that align with Google Quality Rater guidelines. You enter your data into a Google Sheet, and the tool uses that information along with a preset template to cre…
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 4, 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 posted new data that says they answer over 5 trillion queries per year…
Google Answers Over 5 Trillion Searches Per Year
Google has posted some fresh data, saying they answer over 5 trillion searches per year. The last time we saw this data was in 2016, when Google was at 2 trillion searches per year and then 1.2 trillion in 2012.
Report: 1/3rd Don’t Use Google Search All That Much
A new report released by Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro with the help of Datos’ panel measure web browser activity showed that about 1/3rd of active web users don’t use Google all that much, by that much it means they only do 1-20X searches per month.
Google Merchant Center Next Updates Product Analytics
Google has made a number of updates to the product analytics section within Google Merchant Center Next. Organic conversions have been renamed to Purchases. Plus, Google lets you specify it’s traffic to PDPsm instead of products, and labels.
Google Business Profiles Create QR Codes For Reviews
Google added QR codes that you can give your customers to quickly leave you a review for your business on Google Search and Google Maps. This can be accessed in your Google Business Profiles under the reviews section.
Google: 10% Of Younger Google Searches Start With Circle To Search
Did you know that 10% of all searches on Google from a younger audience start with Google’s new circle to search feature? That is what Roma Datta Chobey, the Managing Director at Google India, said last week.
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 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 Ads stopped running for many advertisers over the weekend…
March 2025 Google Webmaster Report
It is time for the monthly Google Webmaster Report. We are now in March as we continue to wait for the first Google core update of 2025. We did have a number of big unconfirmed Google updates, as documented below.
Google Ads Mystery Shopping Rating – What?
Have any of you heard of the Google Ads mystery shopping rating? Well, it may be used by Google for the overall store rating, which is calculated from customer reviews and a “Mystery Shopping Rating,” according to a Google Ads rep.
Google Ads Triple Serving Ads On Same Search Results Page
Last December, Google confirmed they are testing double serving ads on the search results. Double serving ads is showing the same ad from the same advertiser more than once on the search results page. It was something against the Google Ads policy. We…
Google Tests AI Overviews In Germany, Switzerland, Italy & More
While we’ve seen AI Overviews in the United States for a while now, and while Google has expanded them to 100+ countries – they are still not officially launched in many European countries like Germany, Switzerland, Italy and others. Well, now we are …
Google Vehicle Ads Now Allow RVs & Campers
Google now accepts RVs (recreational vehicles) and campers in Google Vehicle Ads. Google posted this on Friday afternoon and wrote, “Vehicle ads will be expanding to include recreational vehicles (RVs) and campers.”
Google Merchant Center Shipping Rates Bug Ongoing
Retailers have been complaining for the past several days that there is a bug in Google Merchant Center when trying to add the shipping rates and costs. Step four of that process just bugs out and it is preventing some merchants from completing their …
First Search Central Live in South Africa
On April 2, 2025 we’ll be in Johannesburg, South Africa for the very first Search Central Live event in Africa!
We’re excited to welcome you at Search Central Live South Africa and talk about all things Google Search!
Many Google Ads Accounts Not Serving Or Delivering Ads Since March 1
Since March 1st, there are many Google Ads accounts that are not serving ads. The Google Ads forum is filled with complaints about this and as far as I can tell, I cannot find a single response from an official Google Ads representative (as of yet).
October 2023 Google Spam Update – The Terminator Algorithm
Preface: After a reread of this, I realised 10 years ago I would have been gone within any sign of anything like this happening to a site I was working on. I’m not used to looking at this kind of destruction. On most sites with ranking problems, the is…