To block or not to block? Bot is the question.
Are you accidentally slamming the door on helpful AI visitors while trying to keep your website’s content safe from being scraped for training data? Many site owners block bots to protect their intellectual property, but in doing so, they might be turning away the “good” AI traffic—like search engines and assistants that drive real visitors […]
Shopping Research Assistant In ChatGPT
OpenAI announced shopping research within ChatGPT, “a new experience in ChatGPT that does the research for you to help you find the right products,” as OpenAI put it. This is clearly OpenAI’s response to Google’s AI Mode and Gemini 3 shopping experiences.
Google Hotel Center Is Reinstating Suspended Hotels
Google announced that it will be reinstating the suspended hotels in Hotel Center and removing the Suspended Hotels” tab in the “Properties” page of your Hotel Center account.
Google Expands What To Know In Web Search Products Summary Bar
Google is now showing the “What to know” section within web search, not just AI Mode, within the product summary bar on the right side. This shows up when you click on a product.
Google Ads Account Hijacks On The Rise?
Can you imagine you manage hundreds of clients in your Google Ads Manager Accounts (MCC) gets hijacked. Or your Google Account and your ad campaigns gets hijacked due to an MCC hijack? Well, this stuff happens and it can be incredibly scary and painful.
Google Local Service Ads Tests Removing More Results Button
Google is testing removing the “more” results button for Local Service Ads within the web search results. Instead, you are given the option to expand the results to 8 in total but not click through to see more LSA listings.
Google’s Gary Illyes On AI Search: The Change Is Hard To Accept
Gary Illyes from Google said that even for him “the change is hard to accept” when it comes to how search is changing and evolving with the new AI features. He said this in response to an article published on the Bing Webmaster Blog written by both Fa…
Google Web Guide Shows In All Tab For More Searchers
Back in July, Google announced Web Guide, an AI-organized search results page that experiments with how we find, surface and organize results from across the web. Well, it has been showing up more often, directly in the “All” tab, not even in the web tab.
Google Business Profile Admin Panel Not Showing Up For Some
For the past week or so, a number of local SEOs and local business owners have been unable to see the admin panel, also known as NMX, when they search for their business in Google Search. This is not impacting everyone. I see it, many see it, but for s…
Microsoft Advertising Mobile App To Be Retired
Microsoft sent emails to some advertising announcing the retirement of the Microsoft Advertising mobile app. The app will stop working as of January 2026 and will be removed from the app store this month.
Google Post Launched Scheduling & Multi-Location Publishing
Google has officially launched scheduling and multi-location publishing for Google Posts in Google Business Profiles. This was a feature Google tested last month and is now fully live.
Searchable (Searchable.com) – A First Look
Searchable is a platform for AI Engine Optimisation (AEO) and the “Agentic Web.” Founded in 2025 and launching in November 2025, it positions itself as the “operating system” for marketing teams transitioning from traditional search (Google) to Answer …
Gemini 3 hallucinates fan-out queries
TL;DR: Gemini 3 made up the fan-out queries used to answer a prompt. Today I was testing the updated API response from Gemini 3 (thanks Mike!) and found it to be as unreliable as its predecessors when it comes to hallucinations. Not only did it lie to me, but it also attempted to cover up […]
What is Searchable.com? It’s the “Cyborg” Aparatus I Predicted
Searchable.com is the AI SEO platform of the future. Its the cyborg aparatus I predicted in my 2025 AI SEO ebook.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 21, 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 Nano Banana Pro is insane and it works in AI Mode…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Mode With Gemini 3, GEO Rush, Search Console Annotations & Brand Filters, Google Ads & Reviews
Google AI Mode is now powered by the new Gemini 3 models. There may have been a Google search update this week, but what was it. Nano Banana is now in AI Mode, works in Google Ads and can make helpful content…
Google Nano Banana Pro On Google Search & Google Ads
Google released an update to Nano Banana yesterday named Nano Banana Pro and it is super impressive as an image generation tool. But it is also incorporated into Google Search via Google AI Mode and available within Google Ads to help you make ad creat…
Google Ads Prohibits Offline Gambling Ads In More Countries
Google has updated the list of countries where using Google Ads for offline gambling advertising is prohibited. Google updated the list on November 19, 2025 to match countries where offline gambling is not allowed.
Google AI Overviews Notice: Double-Check Important Information
In April, we saw a small disclaimer on the Google AI Overviews within Google Search to “Check important info.” Well, Google is testing a much larger disclaimer, at the bottom of the AI Overview that says, “Double-check important information” and “It’s …
Google LSAs Get Competitive Quotes & Request Multiple Opinions
As you know, Google has been testing a way to click a button to message multiple businesses through the Local Service Ads. Google now calls that message fan out. That being said, Google seems to be testing variations of that button.