Google Maps brings Ask Maps deeper into business profiles
Google Maps is bringing Ask Maps deeper into business profiles, allowing users to explore review highlights and start conversations using suggested questions.
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Google Maps brings Ask Maps deeper into business profiles
Google Maps is bringing Ask Maps deeper into business profiles, allowing users to explore review highlights and start conversations using suggested questions.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google November Core Update Is Here, ChatGPT Business Hub Gives Us Clicks, Yahoo Pivot Search & Google Ads Invalid Traffic
Google has begun the rollout of the November 2026 core update. Google also had search ranking volatility on November 8th and 9th. Google released a major update to Google Search with Gemini 4 Hydrogen days after Gemini 4 Carbon came out…
Yahoo Scout To Pay Publishers Through The ILC For Using Content In AI Answers
The Internet Licensing Collective, a nonprofit, publisher-led licensing collective for Internet publishers and creators, launched the other day with Yahoo Scout as its first commercial partner. Yahoo Scout, through the ILC will pay publishers for usin…
Google AI Overviews AI-Generated Images Have Returned For Some
Google seems to be bringing back the ability for Google Search to generate images on the fly within Google Search. Google initially announced this back in July of this year and then paused the test the next month after some controversy. Now, it seems t…
Google Merchant Center Promotions Titles Now Disallows Redemption Dates
Google has updated the editorial requirements for Merchant Center titles saying you can no longer “include dates in any format” within the title of the listing in the redemption section. Previously, the document allowed some date formats, I believe.
Google Merchant Center Deal Ends Annotation No Longer Experimental
Google has dropped the “experimental” label from the Deal Ends annotation for Google Merchant Center Product Listing Ads. Google has also said this feature is no longer available in India; previously, it was.
Google Ads Updates Conversion Lift Set Up Documentation
Google Ads updated its Conversion Lift help documentation primarily to provide more detailed technical requirements and troubleshooting guidance for advertisers setting up incrementality studies. There are a lot of changes to the document but here are …
Google Shopping Section Named Highlighted On The Web
Google has added a section to the mobile version of Google Shopping (maybe desktop as well) named “Highlighted on the web.” I can see this section when I search for product in Google Shopping on mobile, but I do not see it on the desktop interface.
Google brings Gemini 4 Hydrogen to Search, makes it the default in AI Mode
Google has made Gemini 4 Hydrogen the new default model in AI Mode and is using it for harder questions in AI Overviews, promising better intent understanding, broader links, and more visual answers.
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Google AI Mode tests grouped sponsored ads at the bottom
Google is testing grouped sponsored ads at the bottom of AI Mode instead of separate boxes for each website, similar to a layout it tested and rolled out on the SERP in 2025.
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Semrush alternatives for freelancers and small teams
Semrush can feel expensive for freelancers and small teams. So we compared the best Semrush alternatives on real prices, seat costs, rank tracking limits and the SEO jobs each tool handles best.
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Google wants you to try Chrome’s floating search bar with AI Mode
Google is promoting its floating desktop search bar with built-in AI Mode directly on Chrome’s New Tab page, giving Chrome Canary users another way to access Google Search without opening a new tab.
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Google Search Console confirms AI performance report data bug
Google confirmed a logging error caused lower impressions in the Search Console Generative AI performance report from November 9 to 11, 2026, and says it affects data logging only.
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Best schema markup generators for common website tasks
We reviewed and listed the best schema markup generators for eight everyday website tasks. From product rich results, local business details and breadcrumbs to videos, recipes, events and testing, you will find every schema maker for your need.
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Google Search Console Generative AI Performance Report Data Bug Nov 9 – 11
Google has confirmed a data logging bug in the Search Console Generative AI performance report in Search between the dates of November 9 and November 11, 2026 which resulted in a decrease in impressions.
ChatGPT Ads UX Study: Findings from Real AI Search Sessions
TL;DR
We watched 161 recorded AI search sessions and logged every ad that showed up inside a ChatGPT answer. Most of the people we asked told us they hadn’t seen any.
Google Search Gets Massive Upgrade With Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Google Search has received a “massive upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen,” said Nick Fox of Google. “The biggest model upgrade to Search yet has landed,” said Robby Stein of Google. It is super fast, has better understanding, improved query fan-out and lin…
2025 – ChatGPT named 21 competitors & us 0 times 2026 – Them 0, us 65%
In 2025 ChatGPT rewarded our competitors for ranking themselves in listicles.
We bet on humans instead, this is the data on what happened.
In February 2025 I recorded this video:
New Google Help Doc Explains How To Identifying Traffic From Google Search
Google has published a new help document named Identify Google Search traffic in your web analytics or server logs. This document explains how to see if Google Search is sending you traffic in your own web analytics system or server logs by inspecting …