Daily Search Forum Recap: May 5, 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 is testing replacing the local pack in the search results with AI Overviews…
Google Tests Replacing Map Local Pack With AI Overviews
Google may be testing replacing local pack at the top of the Google Search results for “near me” related queries with an AI Overview. So instead of showing a map and the three or so local listings, Google is showing an AI Overview with some local info…
Google Shopping Ads Tests Label For Lowest In 30 Days
Google is testing a new label or green text on its shopping ads to tell you when the price of that item is low. The label says “Lowest in 30 days,” which says the price is the lowest it has been in the past month.
Google’s AI Crawler For Gemini, Google-Extended, Does Render JavaScript
Google’s AI crawler, Google-Extended, the crawler it uses for Gemini and other related AI services, does render itself and can render JavaScript, just like Googlebot, Google’s main web search crawler.
Google Ads PMax Search Themes Tests 50 Limit (Up From 25)
Google Ads search themes for Performance Max campaign has a limit of 25 search themes per asset group. Well, according to Thomas Eccel, Google is testing doubling that limit to 50 search themes per asset group.
Google Tag Gateway For Advertisers & More
Google announced a number of new tag, analytics and data strategies on Friday including a new Google tag gateway for advertisers. Google tag gateway for advertisers allows you to run your Google tags, be it client-side or server-side through your own …
Google AdSense To Not Allow You To Block Video Games Ads
Google AdSense will remove the ability to block the video games category of ads. So if you previously told AdSense not to show ads related to video games on your site or in your apps, that block will soon not be respected.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 2, 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 AI Mode is now out in the wild, drops waitlist…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Volatility, Wild AI Mode, Google Ads Commercial Queries & Channel Reporting & ChatGPT Shopping Search
This week we covered the ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. I posted the big Google webmaster report for May. Google admitted in a deposition that it used its search data for Gemini AI. Google Search Console leaked that it was showing desktop da…
Google Testing AI Mode In Wild; Adds Product/Place Cards, History Tab & More
Google is expanding AI Mode both in terms of features and access. Google is testing AI Mode in the wild with a limited number of searchers. Google also opened up its waitlist to all 18+ U.S. users. Google added product and place cards to the AI Mode re…
Google Merchant Center New Search For Products Feature
Google added a new way to search for your products in the Google Merchant Center console. There is a new search button named “Search for Products” that you can click on and will let you pick from a pre-defined set of searches or you can type your own s…
What’s Changing With Google Ads: Interview Ginny Marvin
Navah Hopkins sat down with the Google Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin, and spoke about the topic of what is changing with Google Ads. The interview is about an hour and is well worth watching or listening to.
Google Ads To Display Payment Profile Name Of Advertiser In My Ad Center
Google Ads is updating its Ads Transparency policy to specify that it will display the payment profile name as the payer name for verified advertisers, if that name differs from their verified advertiser name, starting this month.
Bing Tests Half Underline For Search Bar
Microsoft is not only testing removing the name “Microsoft Bing” from its search bar and logo, Microsoft is also testing shortening the underline under the search tab to about half the length.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 1, 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 AdSense ads are coming to third-party AI Chatbots. Apple Intelligence will soon make a deal to sho…
May 2025 Google Webmaster Report
Here is our monthly Google Webmaster Report – the May 2025 edition – where I summarize the past 30 days or so of the big organic Google related news in one place. Google did not have any official Google ranking updates but we sure did see several days …
Google AdSense To Show Ads In AI Chatbots
Google AdSense has been testing serving and displaying ads within AI Chatbots. Bloomberg reported Google has already begun testing this within AI search apps iAsk and Liner and plans to allow other AI Chatbot providers to include AdSense ads in their c…
Apple Intelligence To Add Google Gemini & Other AI
Google has confirmed that Apple will be adding its Gemini AI service to Apple Intelligence by the end of 2025, reports are saying. We knew this would happen but we should also expect Apple to add not just Gemini but other AI services to Apple Intellig…
Official Google Ads Channel Reporting For Performance Max & More
In early March, it was leaked that Google Ads will be rolling out channel reporting for Performance Max campaigns. Well, now it is official, Google said they are introducing “‘new’¬’ channel-level’¬’ reporting’¬’ in’¬’ Performance’¬’ Max” plus, “…
Google Testing Shopping Ads With Favicons
Google is testing showing favicons logos in its shopping ads, in the carousel of sponsored product results. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed this with me on X last night.