The search giant is inserting ads into its AI answers, as users ask more commercial questions
Intercom’s decisive bet on AI
Source: Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged
Co-founder Des Traynor takes us behind the scenes
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 21, 2025
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
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 I/O was yesterday and…
The AI Bots That ~140 Million Websites Block the Most
We looked at ~140 million websites and our data shows that block rates for AI bots have increased significantly over the past year.
Google AI Mode Live In US; Tests Deep Search, Live Search, Personalization, Custom Charts, Shopping & Agentic Features
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google had a lot of news out of Google I/O, as you would expect. The big item, which we predicted, was that AI Mode is now available to all US searchers without…
Google AI Overviews Expand To More Showing 10% Query Growth
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Surprise, surprise, as I called it, Google is expanding AI Overviews into more regions. I mean, we saw this being leaked a couple of weeks ago, so it is not shocking news….
Google I/O 2025 Search Ranking Volatility
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search seems to be super volatile today and yesterday, so I will call this the Google I/O 2025 Google unconfirmed update. I am seeing a spike in chatter within the SEO…
Google AI Overviews With Hidden Links
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google seems to be testing hiding the citations, link icons, for the AI Overviews default view. So when the AI Overview first loads in the Google Search results, the link icon is…
SEO Daily News Recaps for Tuesday, May 20, 2025
SEO Daily News Recap for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Organic SEO & Search News Google Search Testing Link Icon Box With Anchor Feature – Google is testing a new link feature in…
