Category: SEO

Mass-produced content, manufactured links and deceptive pages can leave a business with a much larger cleanup job than its SEO budget allowed for. Here is what to recognise, what the consequences actually mean, and what to do instead.

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Mass-produced content, manufactured links and deceptive pages can leave a business with a much larger cleanup job than its SEO budget allowed for. Here is what to recognise, what the consequences actually mean, and what to do instead.

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Google is testing a new ‘Dive deeper’ feature in Discover that surfaces related stories, community reactions, and original reporting, starting with video content.

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Google AI Mode appears to be showing more organic products for ecommerce queries, part of a broader pattern of AI Mode product carousel changes we’ve been tracking.

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Google is now showing an AI Mode button directly within the search bar above results, a placement not previously seen and possibly a new test.

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Bing is testing a new ‘One Last Step’ human verification screen before displaying search results, part of a broader trend of search engines adding anti-bot measures.

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Google is testing a “What people are saying” section within AI Mode. Previously, this feature appeared only in the main “All” tab of search results, but we’ve now been able to replicate it within AI Mode as well. In AI Mode, it shows results pulled from online discussion forums. Here is a screenshot of how […]

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Google is testing a “What people are saying” section within AI Mode. Previously, this feature appeared only in the main “All” tab of search results, but we’ve now been able to replicate it within AI Mode as well. In AI Mode, it shows results pulled from online discussion forums. Here is a screenshot of how […]

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Google is testing a “What people are saying” section within AI Mode. Previously, this feature appeared only in the main “All” tab of search results, but we’ve now been able to replicate it within AI Mode as well. In AI Mode, it shows results pulled from online discussion forums. Here is a screenshot of how […]

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Google is testing a “What people are saying” section within AI Mode. Previously, this feature appeared only in the main “All” tab of search results, but we’ve now been able to replicate it within AI Mode as well. In AI Mode, it shows results pulled from online discussion forums. Here is a screenshot of how […]

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Google is testing a more prominent ‘More >’ blue label in free listings, alongside a change where clicking the product carousel now redirects to a retailer’s site instead of opening the free listing panel.

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Bing is testing sidebar category navigation for ecommerce queries on desktop, following a similar approach Google introduced back in 2022.

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