Google Ads Text Guidelines Now Rolling Out?
Five weeks ago, Google announced a new feature named “Text’¬’ guidelines’¬’” at the Think Retail event. Google said these would roll out “over time this Fall.” Well, some are now seeing the new feature.
Google AI Mode Tests Text Selection For Follow Up Questions
Google is testing the ability to highlight portions of the response, to do a follow-up question on what you highlighted. It is similar to past tests on the AI Overview, but this is within AI Mode.
Google Tests Clickable Paperclip Icon In Search Snippets
Google is testing the paperclip style icon in the search results, by the search result snippets and description. Clicking anywhere on the paperclip or the snippet will take you to the webpage.
Google Search Adds Price Tracking Graph For Each Retailer
Google has added price tracking data charts for each retailer within Google Search. On the right side, after you click on a product, Google may show a price chart with pricing over time. Google may also let you click on the available merchants and reta…
Google Local Search Ads In Google Maps Now Supports Sitelinks
Google now supports Sitelinks for local search ads in the Google Maps interface. They show in the form of a carousel, under a sponsored ad listing in the Google Maps interface.
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Missing Day Of Data
The crawl stats report in Google Search Console is missing a day of data again. The data gap is for October 14, 2025. If you look at the chart, you will see a hole in the data, where it is missing a full day of data.
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up From October 15th To 17th
There may have been another unconfirmed Google search ranking update that occurred between October 15th and October 18th. The bulk of the volatility seemed to be around Thursday, the 16th.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 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’s head of search, Liz Reid, was interviewed about Google Search, AI, ad clicks, publishers…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Deceptive Hide Ads Interface, Google Goldmine, Bing data-nosnippet & More
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This week we covered the new Google Ads label, which Google says improves navigation but in my opinion…
Watch Google’s Liz Reid Interviewed By WSJ On AI Search, Ad Clicks, Publishers
Liz Reid VP, head of Search at Google, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal’s Bold Names podcast. They spoke about AI, AI Search, how ads are impacted by AI results and other Google features, and AI-generated content’s impact on the web and searc…
Google Business Profiles Quick Google Posts Across Multiple Profiles
Now if you manage multiple Google Business Profiles, when you add a Google Post, Google will let you quickly add that same Google Post to other Google Business Profiles that you manage.
Google Sending Push Notifications That Go To AI Mode Searches
Google is now sending push notifications to some users that direct that user to a search within AI Mode. Yes, Google is pushing users to do queries in AI Mode using push notification services from the Google app.
Google Ads Updates Medicines Policy Regarding Prescription Drug Terms
Google Ads will be updating the Google Ads Healthcare and Medicines policy to reflect the changes it will require to the approach to advertiser use of prescription drug terms.
Google Merchant Center Now Supports Physical Goods Subscriptions
Google has updated its Google Merchant Center policies to now allow for the sale of physical goods subscriptions. Google said this “will be available to all eligible Shopping ad merchants in the United States.”
The psychology of scannable content and bullet points
Your content has 15 seconds. That’s it. In those precious moments, your reader’s brain makes a critical decision: scan or abandon. The statistics are sobering. Users read only 20-28% of webpage content, spending an average of 15 seconds on a page before deciding whether to stay or leave. Yet many content creators still write as if […]
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The Definitive Guide to SEO Audits post-Google Leak
Explore the first evidence-based SEO audit framework post-Google leak. This definitive guide maps E-E-A-T to leaked Google attributes, creating an actionable strategy aligned with Google’s core engineering principles.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 16, 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.
Bing now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute…
Bing Gains Support For data-nosnippet HTML Attribute
Microsoft has added support for the data-nosnippet HTML Attribute for Bing Search. This was previously not supported but yesterday, Microsoft announced it is “introducing the data-nosnippet HTML attribute.”
AI-Generated Google People Also Ask Almost Doubles In 3 Months
New data from AlsoAsked put AI-generated people also ask in Google Search at 38%. These are people also ask responses labeled as AI generated and that number jumped from 17.8% just a few months ago.
Nano Banana Comes To Google Search Via Google Lens
Google added Nano Banana Gemini image features to Google Search through Google Lens. There is a new option named Create mode that unlocks the Nano Banana feature.