Google Search Swaps Three Dots With Question Mark For About This Site
Google seems to be testing replacing the three vertical dots next to the search results snippets with a question mark icon. Clicking on that triggers the about this site feature.
Google Local Service Ads Message Leads Now More Expensive?
Google has changed how much it charges for message leads within Google Local Service Ads. Previously, it was 50% of the corresponding phone lead but now, Google said it is “typically priced lower than the corresponding phone lead price, although that’s…
Google Post Core Update Volatility, AI Overviews Kills Clicks, Google Ad Revenue Climbs & More SEO and PPC
This week we covered the strong search ranking volatility post Google June 2025 core update and it continued through the week, with a spike on Thursday. A Pew Research study on AI Overviews shows clicks significantly drop when AI Overviews are on the…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Spiking Thursday
As we reported earlier this week, Google Search ranking volatility was more heated (and for longer) after the Google June 2025 core update completed than during the core update. Well, that volatility continues and it is not just the tools but the chatt…
Google Virtual Try-On & Customized Price Alerts Now Live
Google finally launched its virtual clothes try-on feature after launching it several times and then demoing it again at Google I/O. Google also launched price alerts to let users specify an amount that will trigger the alert.
Google Ads RSAs Adding Click & Conversion Data
Google Ads is adding more detailed data to RSAs, responsive search ads, reporting. Specifically, it now shows click and conversion data per RSA headline. This is instead of it just showing “good” or “bad” labels per headline.
Google Web Guide Uses Gemini To Organize Your Web Results
Google launched a new Search Labs experiment it is calling Web Guide. It basically organizes the web search results for you by category. Google wrote, “Web Guide is an AI-organized search results page that experiments with how we find, surface and org…
Google Shows AI Overviews For Lyrics Explanations
Google is now also showing AI Overviews for explanations of lyrics. If you do some searches asking about the meanings of some songs, Google may give you an AI Overview with its answer.
Is ChatGPT Using Google Search Results?
I am seeing numerous tests now that seem to prove that OpenAI’s ChatGPT search feature is using Google Search’s index or search results page to serve its own search results.
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 24, 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 says normal SEO works to rank in the Google AI Overviews. Google released the Google Trends API…
Google: Normal SEO Works To Get Into AI Overviews
Gary Illyes from Google said at the Google Search Live Deep Dive event yesterday that you don’t need to do GEO, LLMO or anything else to show up in Google AI Overviews, you just need to do normal SEO.
Google Announces Google Trends API
Google has released an alpha version of an API to access Google Trends data – the Google Trends API. “This new API will help Researchers, Journalists, and Developers to understand Search behaviors and patterns,” said Daniel Waisberg of Google.
Google On CSS & SEO
Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt spoke for just under 40 minutes on the topic of CSS and SEO. They covered why CSS files matter for SEO, how modern CSS frameworks impact pages, and the SEO implications of CSS class names and pseudo elements.
Google On Show Webpage SEO
Google’s John Mueller gave some advice on how to handle show web pages, for when the event or show or performance is complete. How do you handle those old show URLs. He said it is similar to dealing with products and he gave similar advice a couple tim…
Is OpenAI Crawling LLMs.txt Files? Google Says It Won’t.
Recently, Google said that no AI system is currently using the LLMS.txt file. But maybe some are starting to? OpenAI may be starting to discover and crawl LLMS.txt files on websites. While Google’s Gary Illyes said they won’t be doing that.
Google AdSense Removing Significant Skin Exposure Block Control Category
Google announced it will be removing the block control category named “Significant Skin Exposure” from the block controls. That means if you have apps or websites where you want to ensure ads don’t have a lot of skin in the ads showing, you won’t be a…
Google Ad Revenue Up 10.4% & Overall Revenue Up 14%
Google reported Q2 2025 earnings today, which showed Google’s ad revenue was up again year-over-year, with an increase of 10.4%, and overall revenue is also up 13.8%.
Pew: Searchers Less Likely To Click On Links In Google Search With AI Overviews
Pew Research Center released a report that showed Google searchers who encounter an AI Overview are less likely to click on links to other websites than users who do not see one. The study showed that 8% clicked on links to websites when an AI Overvie…
Google Search Result Snippets With See More & Other Hyperlinks
Google is testing adding more links within the search results snippets. Google is showing a “see more” link that will jump you to the section on the web page related to the piece of content you are seeking. Plus, other hyperlinks within the search resu…
Google Search Doesn’t Support Different Product Pricing By States
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google Search doesn’t have a mechanism to handle product pricing that differs by state. So if you have one price for the same product in New York and a different price for that same product in California, there isn’…