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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2025

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

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 Search Console launched an…

Screaming Frog & Good Travel Management Take Flight With UK Search Awards Win – Screaming Frog

Source: Screaming Frog

By: Mark Porter

12/05/25

The Screaming Frog agency team are pleased to announce victory in the UK Search Awards with our client Good Travel Management for ‘Best Low Budget Campaign (SEO)’. This award marks a five-year…

Top Black Friday Organic Search Traffic Winners & Trends in 2025

Source: SEO Blog by Aleyda

By: Aleyda Solis

12/05/25

Who are the top Black Friday Organic Search Traffic Winners in 2025? Here’s an analysis from the top sites attracting traffic in US, UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy.

Video: Google Search Volatility, AI Mode Taking Over Search, Search Console AI Configurator & 22 Year Anniversary

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

This week, we, of course, covered the ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. Google is now blending AI Mode directly into AI Overviews. Google’s home page search bar added a new upload feature…

Google API Doc Implies Service Areas Not A Local Ranking Factor

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

Over the years, we have written that service areas are not used as a local ranking factor by Google Search. Well, the API leak document also implies this to be true.

Google Search Console Performance Report Testing AI Powered Configuration

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

Google is testing a new AI-powered configuration tool, as it calls it, to help you build instant reports based on your natural language questions. So basically Ads and Analytics Advisor but for…

Google Search Console Average Impression Jump After Num 100 Change

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

If you look at some of the profiles/sites in your Google Search Console performance reports, you may notice a significant increase in the average position being reported. This happened when Google removed…

SEO Daily News Recaps for Thursday, December 4, 2025

12/05/25

SEO Daily News Recap for Thursday, December 4, 2025 Organic SEO & Search News New TikTok Insights Add-on: Early Social Trend Detection for Smart Sellers – If you’re a TikTok Shop seller,…

Google Merchant Center Beta Regional Member Pricing

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

Google Merchant Center is now beta testing regional member pricing, where you can offer different member prices based on the shopper’s regions. This will essentially override the member price in the regional…

Google Ads Learn More Extension At Top Right

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

12/05/25

Google Ads may be testing placing an ad extension button at the top right of the sponsored result on the desktop interface. This button, in this example, shows the text “Learn more.”

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Latest Headlines & Articles
  • Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2025
  • Screaming Frog & Good Travel Management Take Flight With UK Search Awards Win – Screaming Frog
  • Top Black Friday Organic Search Traffic Winners & Trends in 2025
  • Video: Google Search Volatility, AI Mode Taking Over Search, Search Console AI Configurator & 22 Year Anniversary
  • Google API Doc Implies Service Areas Not A Local Ranking Factor
  • Google Search Console Performance Report Testing AI Powered Configuration
  • Google Search Console Average Impression Jump After Num 100 Change
  • SEO Daily News Recaps for Thursday, December 4, 2025
  • Google Merchant Center Beta Regional Member Pricing
  • Google Ads Learn More Extension At Top Right

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