Google Supports Fewer Structured Data, Not More Like Promised
The other day, I complained that Google told us we’d have more core updates, more often. Well, Google also said they would support more structured data, and Google did the complete opposite of that.
Microsoft Removed Over One Billion Ads & 475,000 Advertiser Accounts
Microsoft released its Microsoft Advertising trust and safety report, which revealed it removed or restricted over one billion ads. The company also suspended over 475,000 advertiser accounts over the year.
Google Tests AI Mode In Chrome Search Bar (Desktop & Android)
Google is testing showing the ability to search in AI Mode within the Chrome search bar on desktop and Android devices. This is obviously being tested both in the US and in India, where AI Mode is available.
PSA: Fan Out Queries Are Not In Google Search Console
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing buzz that some think that Google Search Console will show the “query fan-out” queries in Google Search Console. It does not, Google Search Console at best will show you the query used by the searcher, no…
New Google Ads Broad Match Experiments Testing
Google is reportedly rolling out a new way to conduct broad match keywords experiments and A/B testing. Google wrote this “new approach is aimed at delivering faster results and reducing some of the common experimentation errors, by diverting traffic a…
Google Ads API Outages and Slowness; Microsoft Ads Warns About Google Imports
Google Ads is experiencing some technical difficulties, although their ad status dashboard indicates that all is currently fine. The issue is somewhat significant in that even Microsoft Advertising is warning that you should manually update your Micro…
Heated Google Search Ranking Volatility On Saturday June 28th
On Saturday, June 28th, it appears that another significant Google Search ranking update occurred, although Google has not confirmed it. There has been significant search ranking volatility and chatter within the SEO industry over the past 24 hours or so.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 27, 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’s head of search, Liz Reid…
Google AI Overviews Tests Showing Site Names
Google is testing adding the site name next to the link icons in the AI Overviews within Google Search. This makes it much more likely for searchers to click on the links and click over to the source of the information.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Where The Google Core Updates, Web Is Thriving & AI Index Freshness
Another week and more Google search ranking volatility hits, this time on June 25 and June 26. Google promised more core updates, more often, but that did not happen. Google’s Nick Fox says he questions the AI Overview click studies and says the we…
Head Of Google Search, Liz Reid, On Ads & SEO With AI Search
Liz Reid, the head of Google Search, spoke with Reed Albergotti of Semafor, on Google’s push towards AI Search. The interview was conducted weeks ago at Google I/O but was just published this week. It is worth a read but I wanted to highlight the SEO c…
Google Offerwall Out Of Beta
After over a year of being in beta, Google has announced the launch of Offerwall. “Offerwall messages allow your site visitors to choose alternative ways to support your site and gain access to your content, such as viewing a rewarded ad or paying a fe…
Google Top Stories Preferred Sources Labs Feature Can Be Big For Publishers
Google Search is testing yet another way to indicate to Google that you prefer specific sources, news sources, and publications, so that Google can show you fresh content from those sources. It is a Search Labs feature called “Preferred Sources” and is…
Google Ads Ad Preview Tool Update
Google seems to be rolling out an update to its Ad Preview tool within Google Ads. The ad preview tool also shows a preview of a Google search result page for a specific term. This helps you view which ads and assets are appearing for your keyword, Go…
Google & Bing Testing Bolding Snippets On Hover
Both Google and Microsoft Bing are testing hover effects that will bold elements of the search results. Google is testing bolding the description of the snippet and Bing is testing bolding the title of the snippet.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 26, 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 has not delivered on performing more core updates…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Rumbles On June 25 & 26
Over the past two days it has felt like there was some sort of ranking adjustment made in the Google Search organic results. Yea, I know, organic search doesn’t send clicks anymore, but they are still ranked and it seems like there was some sort of lar…
Google SMS Review & Blackmail Scams
A couple of years ago, we covered a report by the NY Times on the ongoing issues with review scams and blackmail. Well, the issue is not gone, despite Google responding to that report. From what I am told, it is still relatively common and our own Bi…
Google’s More Core Updates, More Often Seem To Not Be Happening
Over 6 months ago, a Google search representative said we should all expect more core updates, more often. And in the past six months, we have had only one confirmed Google update, the March 2025 core update.
Google Discover Shopping Price Tracking Widget
Google is now showing price tracking widgets at the top of the feed. We’ve seen products with price tracking markup notifications within the feed but these widget styles may be new.