Google Search Console Has A New Logo
Google has uploaded a new logo for Google Search Console. The logo looks like a variation of an analytics logo with a magnifying glass, with blue, green, yellow and a smidge of red in the logo.
Microsoft’s Jordi Ribas Compares Copilot To Google AI Mode
Jordi Ribas, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Search and AI, posted a comparison of Microsoft’s Copilot to Google’s AI Mode on LinkedIn. He said, “They’re both excellent AI search products but we’re taking a different approach for some query seg…
Google Maps Business Profile Ask Button More Prominent
Google is testing moving the “Ask” button to one of the main buttons on some Google local listings. I cannot replicate this but the Ask button in this example below comes right after the directions and start buttons, and before the call button.
Google Ads Negative Keyword Lists For Performance Max Campaigns – Maybe?
Google Ads is letting some advertisers add negative keyword lists to their Performance Max campaigns. This is despite Google’s very own help documentation specifically saying, “Negative keyword lists aren’t available to use in your Performance Max cam…
Google AI Mode Button Now On Home Page Search Box
After months of testing, it seems Google is rolling out a button for AI Mode directly in the search box on Google’s home page – on Google.com. This seems like a big deal to me, and goes along with AI Mode being the first tab in the main search results.
Google Ads Optimization Score Column Tips
Google Ads is adding a tips icon in the Optimization Score column within the Google Ads reporting. Clicking on the icon will bring up tips and recommendations that Google thinks will help improve your campaign optimization scores.
Google Ads Now Disallows Daily Fantasy Sports In California
Google posted a new policy on Friday, July 18, 2025, that immediately prohibits advertising of Daily Fantasy Sports on Google Ads within California. This is based on a new law by the California attorney general that says daily fantasy is illegal in the…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Very Heated Days After Core Update Completed
Google told us the June 2025 core update completed early on Thursday, July 17th, but now, four days later, we are still seeing incredibly heated volatility, even through today. The tools and community are still experiencing significant ranking movement…
Art Portfolio – SCI-FI
I loved drawing Predator, The Terminator, The Thing and Aliens, and drew many pictures of them. In 1989, Dark Horse comics brought out a comic, Aliens V Predator, which I made into an animation. Drawings: The animation was used by the local video games…
Fine Art Portfolio – Portraits
I used to like drawing portraits:
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June Core Update Done, Local Ranking Update, AI Mode Updates & AI Calling Businesses
Google’s June 2025 core update finished on Thursday after running for 16 days. It was a volatile Google update for a while with some recoveries. Google AI Mode gets Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Search but you need to pay…
New Google Business Profile Check Edit Status
Google launched a new feature for Google Business Profiles that lets you check the status of your edits. So if you made a change and you want to see what the status of that change is for your Google local listing, now you can.
Google: Login Service Pages Are Hard To Rank In Search
Google’s John Mueller said it is hard for service oriented login web pages to rank in the search results. Like, if you have a landing page where people can login to their account and check on analytics, billing, etc, those types of login pages can be …
Google AI Overviews For Movie Queries
Google is supposedly showing AI Overviews for movie-related queries. Apparently, this is new, although I don’t have firsthand knowledge since I don’t typically search for movies. However, I’ve been told it’s new by a number of sources.
Google Ads Rolling Out Smart Bidding Exploration To Some Advertisers
Google Ads is rolling out its new Smart Bidding Exploration bidding update to some advertisers. At Google Marketing Live, Google called this its “biggest update to bidding in over a decade.”
Bing Tests Sitelinks With Light Gray Underlines
Microsoft is testing showing sitelinks with light gray underlines in the Bing search results. Normally, the Bing sitelinks don’t have any underline at all – but here Bing is testing this.
The Great Decoupling of Clicks and Impressions — Whiteboard Friday
Is your Google Search Console showing a trend of plummeting clicks and soaring impressions? Welcome to “The Great Decoupling,” a seismic shift in how people are using the web driven by AI Overviews. In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Tom explains ho…
Google Analytics Real Time Reporting Broken Again
Google Analytics real-time reporting screens seem broken again. I am seeing a ton of complaints about GA4 real-time reporting not showing full data.
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 17, 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 announced the June 2025 core update finished after just over 16 days…
Google AI Mode Gets Gemini 2.5 Pro & Deep Search For A Fee
Google is charging searchers to access the latest and best of its AI Mode and Deep Search. Google released Gemini 2.5 Pro for AI Mode and Deep Search for Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.