Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 & Nano Banana Pro In AI Mode To More
Google’s Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro is now available in AI Mode in 120 countries and territories in English. This expands it from Gemini 3 in AI Mode’s initial launch just a couple of weeks ago.
Google Rolls Out Gemini 3 & Nano Banana Pro In AI Mode To More
Google’s Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro is now available in AI Mode in 120 countries and territories in English. This expands it from Gemini 3 in AI Mode’s initial launch just a couple of weeks ago.
Google: 100MB Video Won’t Have A Noticeable Effect On Your SEO
Google’s John Mueller said having a 100MB video file on your home page won’t have a noticeable SEO effect. This was his response on a Reddit thread to the concern of having such a weighted-down file on your home page.
Google: 100MB Video Won’t Have A Noticeable Effect On Your SEO
Google’s John Mueller said having a 100MB video file on your home page won’t have a noticeable SEO effect. This was his response on a Reddit thread to the concern of having such a weighted-down file on your home page.
Google Officially Tests Blending AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Back in October, we saw Google testing having the “Show more” button in the AI Overviews within Google Search jump you to AI Mode with follow-up questions. Well, Google’s Robby Stein announced on X yesterday that this is being tested (after it was test…
Google Officially Tests Blending AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Back in October, we saw Google testing having the “Show more” button in the AI Overviews within Google Search jump you to AI Mode with follow-up questions. Well, Google’s Robby Stein announced on X yesterday that this is being tested (after it was test…
Google Ads No Longer Allows Online Horse Racing Betting
Google Ads updated its gambling policy to disallow all promotion of online gambling-promoting content for horse racing targeting the United States. Google said this goes into effect as of December 1, 2025.
Google Seasonal Holidays 2025 Doodle Live
Google just posted its annual Seasonal Holidays Doodle, Google logo, for the 2025 holiday season. We have Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa coming up really soon now and since it is December 1, Google posted the Doodle.
Google Investing In Big Gemini App User Experience 2.0 Update
Google is reportedly working on a new Gemini App user experience, which it is calling 2.0. The company is putting “huge investment” into this update of the Gemini user experience but we are not sure when this new look and experience will be released.
Google Discover Tests Top Searches Widget Leading To AI Mode
Google is testing a new widget at the top of the Google Discover feed. It is called “Top Searches,” and it will randomly show some of the top searches across Google Search. And guess what, when you click on them, it takes you into AI Mode, not Google S…
Google AI Mode Tests Hover Style Inline Links
Google is testing using inline, hover-style links for citations in the AI Mode results. When you hover your mouse cursor over the link card, it will hover the link card sources over the answer.
Google Ads To Resurrect Website Optimizer?
Google Ads published new documentation on a tool called “Website Optimizer.” Now, some of you OGs may remember Website Optimizer from 2008 or so. Well, it was renamed to Google Optimize and then sunset on September 30, 2023. Google Ads may be bringing …
Google Search Console Annotations Now Allows Current/Future Dates
As you know, Google finally launched custom annotations within the Google Search Console performance reports. Well, one issue we noticed is that it does not allow for adding annotations for data it does not have yet, like for today. Today, Google rolle…
Google Search Console Page Indexing Delayed Two Weeks
Google Search Console’s page indexing report is delayed again, stuck at two weeks ago, November 17, 2025. This is a much longer than normal delay for this page indexing report, but it is just a reporting issue and it does not mean your site has any is…
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 28, 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.
We had a lot, I mean, a lot of Google search ranking volatility this week – a Thanksgiving Google update…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ads Account Hijacks, Thanksgiving Google Volatility & Web Guide For All
We are seeing volatility in the Google search results this week, Thanksgiving week. Google Ads accounts are being hijacked and it is super concerning. Gemini 3 now powers Google AI Mode for more complex queries…
OpenAI Scales Up Crawling & Bots For The Holidays
OpenAI is reportedly scaling up its crawling infrastructure for the holiday shopping season. The folks at Vercel noticed OpenAI adding a lot of new IP ranges for its bots and crawlers.
Google’s Sundar Pichai Monitors X On Launch Days For Feedback
The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, said he spends time on X on launch days to monitor how real people are using, interacting, and experiencing new Google product releases. He said he is “pretty active on launch day trying to understand what’s working.”
Gemini 3 Now Powering Google AI Mode For Some Queries, Automatically
I know Google said on November 18th that Gemini 3 was “shipping in Search on day one.” But no, it shipped on November 26th instead. Nick Fox, SVP at Google, said on X, “We’ve just shipped intelligent automatic model routing to Gemini 3 Pro for your to…
Google AI Overviews Showcases Events With New Results
Google has updated how it shows events within AI Overviews. It can now show the direct display of events, instead of an event summary. It is also a bit buggy, but here is how it looks.