Still not ready for Black Friday 2025? Here is your last minute rescue plan
Heads up! Black Friday is almost here, and if you still haven’t prepared, it’s time to act fast. The clock is ticking, but you can still make meaningful updates that count. This article covers practical and straightforward last minute Black Friday tips to help you make quick, effective changes to your eCommerce store. Even with […]
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Campaign Type Selection In Google Ads Channel Performance Report
Google was spotted showing a “Campaign Type” selection option in the Google Ads Channel Performance report attributes section. This showed up for some advertisers, without Google announcing it.
Bing Tests Search Refinements Above Shopping Ads Directing To Bing Shopping
Microsoft is testing placing search refinement tabs or buttons above the shopping ads within the Bing Search results. And when you click on those refinements, you are taken into Bing Shopping Search.
Google Search Console API Update Speed Unchanged
Google’s John Mueller said that there was no change to how fast and frequently the Google Search Console API sends data. This comes after some are questioning the speed of the API and why there may be recent data slowdowns.
Google AI Mode Based On Your Google Activity When Signed In
When you go to the Google AI Mode home screen, the quick way to do that is to go to google.com/ai. You may see a small disclaimer under the search box that says “Based on your Google activity.”
Google: Ads Coming Soon To AI Mode In EU
There is a report coming out of a Google event named Google Access that has a Googler saying that ads are coming to AI Mode very soon in the EU. The thing is, ads in AI Mode, even in the US, is just a test, and is not fully live.
Google Merchant Center Clarifies Misrepresentation Policies
Google has updated its Misrepresentation policy for both Shopping ads and free listings within Google Merchant Center. Google said the “update provides additional examples of what the policy covers, more guidance on how to be compliant, and more inform…
New Google Ads Optimization Insights Recommendations
Google is testing a new optimization insights layer or recommendation interface for Google Ads. This has three columns named (1) build a foundation, (2) drive performance and (3) expand and grow.
Google Hiring Google Discover User Generated Content Engineer
Google is looking to hire a software engineer with the responsibility of improving the quality of User Generated Content (UGC) contents in Google Discover.
Google &num= and Changing SERP lengths in Moz Pro
Why did Google remove the long-standing &num= parameter, and what happens now? We explain the industry-wide impact on SERP scraping costs and detail the specific changes taking effect in Moz Pro.
Google Ads Officially Launches Grouped Ad Label For Search Ads
Google has officially launched the new grouped sponsored label in the search results. This is where Google groups multiple ads under one larger sponsored label, and then places a “hide” button at the end of the sponsored results.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 13, 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 local results without the call button…
Programming Note: Offline For Simchat Torah On Tuesday & Wednesday
This is a programming note that Tuesday and Wednesday are Simchat Torah and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 14th and October 15th.
Google Local Results Without Call Button – Web Guide Or Bug?
Over the past few days, the local SEO community is pretty upset that Google appears to be testing removing the call button from the local results. I am not sure if this is a bug or part of the design of the new Web Guide interface that more people are…
Google’s Robby Stein On AI Not Replacing Search, AI Within Search, SEO For AI
Lenny Rachitsky interviewed Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google, who we cited here numerous times over the past couple of years. The interview covers how AI is not replacing search, search is not dead, how AI Mode will be incorporated within Google S…
Google Goldmine Search Content Ranking System?
Have you heard of the Google Goldmine Scoring System? It supposedly looks at your page, your content, and Google gives it a goldminePageScore, title tag factor, body factor, anchor factor, heading factor and more.
Google Adds Help Page For Discover Feed Source
A couple of weeks ago, Google added a new help page titled Discover feed source overview. This page discusses those cards in the Google Discover feed and when Google gets the source name wrong, like for those entity Discover pages.
Google Ads Auto-Apply Recommendations Setting Updated
Google has updated its Auto-Apply Recommendations setting within the Google Ads interface. The button moved to just above the regular recommendations section.
The Definitive Guide to On-Page SEO after the Google Leak
TLDR: Based on the revelations from the Google Content Warehouse, an effective on-page SEO strategy should be built around the following core principles (which I explore in this article): Optimise for the entire ranking pipeline. Engineer for “go…
What is ‘Firefly’? Google’s Scaled Content Abuse System: QualityCopiaFireflySiteSignal
Disclaimer: This is not official. Any article (like this) dealing with the Google Content Data Warehouse leak requires a lot of logical inference when putting together the framework for SEOs, as I have done with this article. I urge you to double-check…