Bing tests menu links in search snippets
Bing is testing a menu-style links design within sponsored results, different from its recent bubble-box sitelinks, though it could not be replicated on a second visit.
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Bing tests new sitelink design in organic search results
Bing appears to be testing a new sitelink design for organic search results that looks similar to Google’s layout.
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Google Ads rolls out an AI translation tool for campaigns
Google Ads has started rolling out an AI translation tool that can translate ad text, keywords, image text, and landing pages directly inside the interface.
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Unconfirmed Google Search Ranking Update: Volatility & Chatter Spike
I know I just reported on an unconfirmed Google Search ranking update from this past Saturday, October 24th. But I am now seeing a larger spike in volatility, along with an increase in SEO community chatter around another unconfirmed update over the pa…
Google Downplays The Importance Of Fresh Index Reporting
Google’s John Mueller kind of downplayed the importance of the freshness of the Google Search Console page indexing report. He said on Reddit, in response to my coverage of the report’s recent slowness, that “it can feel like it’s important to focus on…
Advertisers Can’t Figure Out If An Ad Is A Google Local Service Ad Or Not
Google advertisers are struggling to agree on whether a specific local ad unit in Google Search is a Local Service Ad or another type of local Google ad.
Google Ads Tests Dotted Underlined Links In Sponsored Results
Google is testing placing dotted underlined links in the sponsored results ad descriptions. When you click on them, you go to the ad destination’s URL, like you would if you clicked on the title of the ad.
Google Ads To Update Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) Policy
Google Ads said it will update its Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) ads policy this coming January. Google said this is being done as part of a “redesign of the policy, and to improve protections, clarity and transparency.”
Google sponsored ads get a new Visit site label
Google is testing a “Visit site” label on sponsored ads, featuring blue text on a white background with a border. Clicking the label takes users to the same website as the ad title.
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Google Knowledge Panel now shows an AI-generated label
Google is now showing an AI-generated label at the top of Knowledge Panel content, which was missing when AI-written content first appeared in Knowledge Panels.
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Yoast AI Generate for image alt text: from flagged to fixed
Yoast already shows you which product images are missing alt text. Now you can fix them. Yoast AI Generate for image alt text is new in Yoast WooCommerce SEO 17.0, out today alongside Yoast SEO and Yoast SEO Premium 28.8. You generate alt text from your product data and the photo itself, then review and […]
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Super Topicality: Creating an Algorithmic Gravity Well for Authority
Build an algorithmic gravity well for AI search using Super Topicality, Weaponised Transparency, and Consensus Optimization—the Agentic SEO Triad.
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Google Warns Tools On User-Generated Spam Guidance & More
Google has updated its Prevent user-generated spam on your site and platform help document to specify “tools that let users publish shared pages, generated content, or web apps.” The update explicitly includes platforms and tools that let users create…
AI SEO: 3 Laws of AI Search Motion
Discover Hobo’s 3 Laws of AI Search Motion: the mathematical proof that RAG retrieval governs AI citations, why GEO fails, and a free Agentica audit prompt.
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Google adds Highlighted on the web section to Shopping
Google is testing a new “Highlighted on the web” section in its Shopping tab, featuring product carousels with feature summaries and, in some cases, product labels.
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Google AI Mode Shopping ads carousel now appears on mobile
Google AI Mode’s inline Shopping ads carousel, previously spotted on desktop, is now appearing on mobile, placing product ads directly within AI-generated responses.
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AccuRanker says bad Google data can make your rankings look worse
Its latest figures separate suspect search results from the data that reached customer reports.
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Over 80% Of Google Searches Have AI Overviews & Growing
AI Overviews now show up for over 80% of Google Searches, that is up from 50% in June of last year and about 15% from the year before that. This is from recent data from Semrush, SE Ranking, and seoClarity.
Google Ads AI-Generated Review Summaries Help Doc
Google has published a new help document named About Review summaries that explains that “review summaries on Search are AI-powered summaries of online reviews that appear directly as part of your Search ads.” We have seen AI-generated summaries for sp…
ChatGPT Ads With Learn More Arrow Link; Some Served Through Amazon DSP
OpenAI seems to be rolling out a new ad format for some ChatGPT Ad units that have a Learn more link, that is dotted and underlined, and also with an arrow going upwards. And in some cases, ChatGPT Ads seem to be served with Amazon DSP.