Google tells site owners how many users selected them as Preferred Sources
Google is emailing site owners with the number of users who have selected their site as a Preferred Source, giving publishers new insight into how often users choose their content.
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Google Drops Review Snippets For Healthcare Web Pages
Google seems to no longer be showing review rich reviews in Google Search when review schema or structured data is added to healthcare web pages.
Google AI Overviews Add To Calendar Feature
Google is testing allowing AI Overviews to add items to your calendar with an add to calendar link on event dates. I can’t replicate this and the truth is, every time i refresh the queries I am testing on, I get a slightly different AI Overview, so wh…
Google Ads Updated Billing Menu With More Links
Google Ads is testing a new billing menu bar or tab that adds more options and links to the billing section. It looks like Google added double the amount of links in the menu.
Google Merchant Center New UCP Integration Hub
Google Merchant Center is rolling out the UCP integration hub in the United States. The UCP integration hub allows you to onboard to UCP program from your Merchant Center account.
Google Local Panel Gains WhatsApp Button
Google is now showing WhatsApp buttons, in place of chat or in addition to the other action buttons, in the local panel results within Google Search. Next to the call, directions. website, share buttons can be a WhatsApp button to let searchers chat w…
Google app for desktop gets hands-free voice search
Google app for desktop now supports hands-free voice search with real-time transcription, along with lower memory usage and faster startup.
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Google tests new loading animation for related products and services section
Google ‘Find related products and services’ section is now loading with an AI Overview-style ‘thinking’ animation, though clicking it still leads to regular search results.
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This Is My 50,000 Published Story On Search
50,000 is a big number, so I figured I’d document it here by letting you all know that this “story” is my 50,000th published story for the search industry. Yes, I’ve written 50,000 stories on search and on the search industry over the past almost 23 y…
Google AI Mode adds website panels for brand searches
Google is testing a new brand search panel in AI Mode showing title, description, favicon, and sitelinks before the AI-generated answer, which could boost CTR for branded searches.
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Microsoft locks Copilot behind sign-in in Edge
Microsoft Edge now makes its Copilot sign-in requirement explicit, asking users with unsigned profiles to sign in before they can access Copilot.
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Google review management tools I’d choose before buying a reputation suite
6 options for asking customers, answering reviews and managing several locations, with the free route and the costs that change the decision.
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Google Search Crawl Rate Doc Adds Retry-After HTTP & More
Google has just pushed some updates to the reduce the Google crawl rate documentation. Most of the changes are just organizational to the content on the page but under the “Urgently reduce crawler traffic (for emergencies)” section, Google added new in…
Google Search Crawl Rate Doc Adds Retry-After HTTP & More
Google has just pushed some updates to the reduce the Google crawl rate documentation. Most of the changes are just organizational to the content on the page but under the “Urgently reduce crawler traffic (for emergencies)” section, Google added new in…
Nano Banana 2.1 In Google AI Mode In Search
Google released Nano Banana 2.1 today, and it is already working within AI Mode in Google Search. Nano Banana 2.1 is Google’s latest image generation and editing model.
Google Search Profiles Expand To India & Canada With Brazil Coming Soon
Google is expanding the Search profiles feature to more countries. Starting today, those in India and Canada are now eligible for a Search profile in Google Search. And soon, Google will also support users in Brazil.
Google Email Shares Number Of Preferred Source Subscribers
Google Search Console is sending out emails informing site owners how many people are subscribing or following them as a preferred source on Google. It says “people are choosing domain as a preferred source” and then lists the number of “Preferred sour…
Bing tests blue hover effect on People also search keywords
Bing is testing a blue hover effect on its ‘People also search’ keywords, making them visually read as clickable hyperlinks.
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Google Search Console finally lets you group countries in one report
The new country selector lets publishers and marketers check combined Search performance across the markets they care about.
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Google Search Console finally lets you group countries in one report
The new country selector lets publishers and marketers check combined Search performance across the markets they care about.
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