Category: Google

As you know, Google has new features in many European regions to promote vertical search services (VSS) by way of the Digital Markets Act. Many of those changes have been live for a while, but now the Ecosystem carousel seems to be live.

Google is testing a blue background color on the “More” link within the product results in Google Search. The link is normally just a basic “more” link with no prominence or color that calls it out but in this test, Google is using a blue highlight col…

Google continues to test new query expansion methods in AI Mode, beyond standard follow-up questions. Now Google is testing questions with multi-selection tools, a query refinement option and those recent paginated responses.

Google is doing a small test where it is paying publishers for using their content within the Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini and other AI search features. This is called the AI contribution pilot, something we actually spotted back in April 2026,…

Did you know that Google AI Overviews can also quiz you on various knowledge topics? Google announced this with AI Mode a few weeks ago, but it is also available in Google Search.

If you conduct a blank search on Google Search, you will get an AI Overview that says “…nuts? 𥔠It seems like one of those easter eggs dropped by Google within its search results.

Google is now answering nearly 100% of all people also asked questions with AI Overviews. 14 months ago, it was only at about 12% but now we are seeing thar nearly all People also ask sections are answered by AI Overviews.

Google has posted a new help document explaining the regional differences in the Google Search experience. This document includes information about search experiences available in certain countries, such as aggregator units, supplier units, and carousels.

Google has rolled out its Digital Markets Act changes in Europe and called it the “largest reduction in quality” in the life of Google Search. “The changes mark the largest reduction in quality of service ‘at the world’s most popular internet search en…

Google is testing a new form of responses in AI Mode that offers paginated follow-up questions and responses, with a skip button to skip them.

Google is testing a thinner design for the citations/link panel on the right side of the AI Overview. The citations panel is noticeably thinner and may be less noticeable to searchers, maybe leading to fewer clicks?

Google’s new DMA booking search widgets now carry a disclaimer to explain that the prices listed in that block are customized “based on factors such as your device type.” It is unclear what other factors are being used outside of “device type,” but yo…

Google will now give you an interactive widget within AI Overviews for when you are looking for a simple character counter website. Websites that offer character counting service features are in trouble.

Google may have a bug with its job search feature because it is barely showing any new jobs within its search results. This has been happening for the past week and it is unclear why.

As you know, Google rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash for subscribers to AI Mode and some have started to play with it. And the early feedback is that AI Mode running Gemini 3.8 Flash is not link or citation friendly. Meaning, AI Mode with Google’s latest AI…