Daily Search Forum Recap: October 31, 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 Google Ads is not going away…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google & Microsoft Earnings, Query Group Report, Disney Sitelink Hack, Reviews Disappearing & Ranking Volatility
This week, we covered more Google Search ranking volatility mid-week. Google Search Console launched query groups reports. Disney’s sitelinks in Google Search seemed to have been hacked. Google reminded us about…
Google: Google Ads Not Going Away With AI Mode As The Future
Robby Stein, VP of Product for Google Search, was interviewed on the Silicon Valley Girl channel by Marina Mogilko about AI Search at Google. He explained how to do SEO for AI Mode and he was crystal clear that Google Ads is not going away with the rel…
Cross Campaign Metrics In Google Ads Overview Tab
Google may have a new chart in the Google Ads overview tab named cross campaign metrics. It seems similar to the Cross-Media Reach Measurement but this is shown in the overview tab and not in that specific report.
Google Merchant Center Promotions Adds Download Option
Google seems to have added a download option to the Google Merchant Center promotions section. when creating promotions in Google Merchant Center, the download button will be on the bottom right of the screen.
Google’s Robby Stein On SEO For AI Mode & AI Overviews
Robby Stein, VP of Product for Google Search, was interviewed on the Silicon Valley Girl channel by Marina Mogilko about AI Search at Google. And one of the questions she asked was on how to show up in these Google AI responses. Robby Stein essentially…
Bing Tests Snippet Image Carousel With See More Link
Microsoft is testing a “see more” link within the Bing Search image carousel on search result snippets. Sometimes Microsoft will show an image carousel below a search result snippet, sometimes it will show product results and sometimes it won’t show a…
Disney Google Sitelinks Blackhat SEO Hack Still Live
About a week ago, if you searched for [disney account] and looked at the Disney search result listing in Google Search, you’d see a sitelink that reads, “Black hat SEO approaches…” And guess what, that sitelink is still live.
Google Merchant Center Next Adds Promotion Analytics
Google Merchant Center Next added new analytics data to the Promotions tab/section. This shows you two new analytics charts including “Your promotions at a glance” and “Performance in the last 28 days.” These are summary cards to see how well your prom…
Google Ads: Sweepstake Casinos Are Not Social Casino Games
Google updated the Google Ads Gambling and Games policy this week to define that sweepstake casinos are not social casino games. Google said this update was added on October 28, 2025. This now prohibits sweepstake casinos from using Google Ads for adve…
Reminder: Google On Case Sensitivity For URLs
Google’s John Mueller reminded us about when case sensitivity matters for Google Search and SEO when it comes to your URLs. In short, Google will probably figure it out based on two URLs having the same content on it but why leave it up to Google, so …
Bing Search Adds Country/Region Selector
Microsoft is testing a way to change the country and region you are in when doing searches on Bing. There is a new country/region selector for this, similar to how Google handles it.
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Microsoft Advertising Web User Interface Is Currently Down
Microsoft Advertising advertiser web interface is down and Microsoft’s Navah Hopkins said the “engineering team is investigating this issue with priority.” This only impacts the web interface, according to Hopkins and ad serving does not seem to be im…
Google Ad Revenue Up 13% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 16%
Both Google and Microsoft reported its earnings today; Alphabet’s Q3 2025 earnings and Microsoft’s Q1 2026 earnings. Google reported ad revenues up by XX% with $ and Microsoft reported ad revenues up by XX%.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 29, 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 Search ranking volatility is heating up again…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Around October 28th
There may have been another Google Search ranking algorithm tweak around October 28th or so. I am seeing some rumblings both within the SEO community chatter and the third-party Google tracking tools. It seems some are noticing big search ranking swin…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Around October 28th
There may have been another Google Search ranking algorithm tweak around October 28th or so. I am seeing some rumblings both within the SEO community chatter and the third-party Google tracking tools. It seems some are noticing big search ranking swin…
Google Rolls Out Early Access To Gemini For Home Voice Assistant
We all knew it was coming and now Google is roll out early access to Gemini for Home voice assistant in the U.S. You can either say “Hey Google” to your speaker or display to request specific help or answers, or talk naturally with Gemini Live by sayin…
Google Merchant Center Preferred Audience For Promotions Restrictions
Google Merchant Center now lets some merchants and advertisers define an audience for a promotion. This allows you to restrict who sees the promotion in Google Search for your Merchant Center shopping listings.