Google is turning local Knowledge Panels into AI Overviews
Google is testing AI Overviews inside local business panels, giving its AI a bigger role in describing what a business does.
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GA4’s Singapore bot problem is back, and some of it now looks almost human
Publishers and site owners are reporting another wave of suspicious traffic from Singapore, with Google Analytics dashboards filling up with visitors who do not behave much like visitors.
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Bing tests showing favicons in Shopping ad results
Bing is testing favicons within Shopping ad results, following a similar change recently seen on Google — a small update that could help build user trust.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Unusual Google Search Ranking Volatility, Ad Tech Monopoly Remedies, AI Contribution Publisher Payouts & More
This week we covered the first week or so of Google’s unusual ranking volatility only to see things spike up in a big way this week as well – something is up. Google’s remedies are out for its ad tech monopoly ruling. Google has an AI contribution pil…
Google May Be More Successful In Blocking Scrapers & Tracking Tools
Google may be more successful in blocking AI scrapers, search scrapers and third-party tracking tools since around September 13th or so. This coincides with the September 4th and September 12th reversals we reported, and it also aligns with the method…
Google Search Bar Results Page Testing AI Mode Button
Google is now testing adding the AI Mode button to the search bar when you are inside the search results page. Google has the AI Mode button almost everywhere else, but now we are seeing it added to the search bar, within the search results page, not j…
Google AI Mode now showing more organic products for ecommerce queries
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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Bing Also Asking To Verify You Are Human Before Showing Search Results
Microsoft Bing is also asking some searchers to verify they are human before showing them search results. Google is doing this a lot, in various forms, and now Bing was spotted doing this.
Google Ads Commerce Audience Sharing Help Document
Google has posted a new help document in the Google Ads help area named About commerce audience sharing through Google Ads. It explains that “Commerce audience sharing allows commerce partners, such as retailers or marketplaces, to share first-party da…
Google Merchant Center API Now Supports Product Reviews
Google updated the upload a product reviews data source to Merchant Center help document to now say that you can do this via the Merchant Center API. Previously, the document said, “API isn’t currently supported for product reviews data sources.” Now i…
Google Now Requires You Label Adult Products In Ecommerce Feeds
Google has updated its guidelines for sites with explicit content to now specify that ecommerce sites must “label adult products in ecommerce feeds or markup.” There is also a new section at the bottom of the help document titled, “For Google Shopping …
Google Search Drops Free Product Listings From European Economic Area
Google Search has dropped the free product listings and carousel formats from the European Economic Area (EEA). This change is part of what the European Commission forced Google to do in these regions under the Digital Markets Act.
Google Supports Local Business Queries In Aggregator & Supplier Search Units
Google has added local business query support to the aggregator and supplier units within Google Search. Google updated both the aggregator unit and supplier unit documentation to add “and local businesses” sprinkled throughout those documents.
Google tests another new loading animation for sponsored results
Google is testing another loading animation for sponsored results, this time mirroring the loading style used for AI Overview results.
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Google Free Listings now shows Visit site button in product grid
Google Free Listings is now showing a clickable ‘Visit site’ button alongside price and website name in the product grid, a change that could help boost CTR.
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Google Free Listings now shows Visit site button in product grid
Google Free Listings is now showing a clickable ‘Visit site’ button alongside price and website name in the product grid, a change that could help boost CTR.
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Wikipedia plans to test Google Preferred Sources as search traffic falls
Wikipedia wants to find out whether asking Google visitors to mark it as a Preferred Source can turn a search click into a repeat reader.
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Reddit Answers is summarizing the Reddit out of… Reddit
A large-scale audit found Reddit’s AI search favors already-visible comments and strips much of the first-person voice from the experiences it summarizes.
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Meta One turns Instagram post links into a paid feature
Meta One puts links in Instagram posts, four at a time
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Google ordered to let rivals into its ad-tech walled garden
A federal court is making Google connect AdX and DFP to Prebid and let rival publisher ad servers access AdX demand. Publishers may have to wait up to 15 months for the doors to actually open.
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