Daily Search Forum Recap: July 7, 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.

Cloudflare’s CEO is confident Google will give them a way to block AI Overviews without it impacting normal search. Google AI Mode is supposedly rolling out to Workspace accounts in the US. Google Keyword Planner tool now gives you more ways to segment the data. Google is testing low…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Testing Low Price, Typical Price, High Price Labels In Search Result Snippets

Google is testing labeling search result snippets with "low price," "typical price" and I assume "high price" directly in the search results. We’ve seen these for product grid results before, but I am not sure if we’ve seen them for normal search result snippets.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Mode Rolling Out To Workspace Accounts

Google’s Nick Fox said that AI Mode has begun rolling out to Workspace accounts in the US. Nick Fox said this started on July 2nd but he clarified later that it did not fully roll out to all accounts yet, but rather it is rolling out.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Seems More Biased Towards Big Brands Than ChatGPT and Perplexity

I looked at the top 50 websites mentioned in Ahrefs Brand Radar for Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. This is across ~76.7M AI Overviews, 957k

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Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Cloudflare CEO: We Will Get Google To Provide A Way To Block AI Overviews

A week or so ago, Cloudflare announced it would block AI bots by default and offer a new pay per crawl initiative to compensate you all for your content that AI just consumes for free. But as most SEOs know, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews can’t be blocked without really blocking your site from Google Search.

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Search Engine Roundtable

AI-Generated Content Does Not Hurt Your Google Rankings (600,000 Pages Analyzed)

Does Google punish AI-generated content? We analyzed 600,000 pages to find out.

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Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Edits Gets More Features to Help Manage Your Video Projects

Some more new features for Meta’s video editing app.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Keyword Planner Update Lets You Segment By City, Region & Device/Platform

Google has pushed out an update to its keyword planner tool that gives you new forecast views to get predictions on your keywords by regions and device/platform. The update also mentions that grouped ideas are now in your keyword ideas section.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Starting a Local SEO Agency? Read this First (7 Tips)

If you’re building a local SEO agency, you’ve probably heard every “growth hack” under the sun. Contracts. Cold calls. Overpromising. Churn and burn.

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Sterling Sky Inc

Google Business Profiles Reverification After Suspensions Increases

A number of local SEOs are stating that Google is now requiring businesses that had their Google Business Profiles suspended to reverify at a higher rate than normal. Meaning, the business needs to go through the verification process again to be activated within Google Business Profiles.

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Search Engine Roundtable

YouTube Tests ‘Ask Studio’ Analytics Review Bot

The AI bot will provide data on channel performance, and where you can improve.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

The Role of Digital PR in Being Recommended by AI-Powered Search

If you want your business to be recommended by LLMs, and appear in AI Overviews, then you need to double down on digital PR. Or start investing in it if you’re not already. And no, I’m not just saying this because I’m the founder of a digital PR agency. Keep reading and you’ll see all the examples you need to understand why digital PR, or the brand signals that it drives, is a fundamental part of being visible in this new era of search. .takeaways-card { background-color: #f8fafc; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08); max-width: 100%;

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Digitaloft

Mastering ChatGPT: Advanced techniques for workplace communication and productivity | Hiten Shah

A veteran product leader’s playbook for maximizing ChatGPT: load projects with context, create frameworks, and build AI versions of yourself and your colleagues

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Meta Launches Enhanced Marketing Messages in DMs

The updates feature will provide more ways to customize your DM outreach.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Bluesky Gives Users More Control Over their Notifications

More ways to customize your Bluesky experience.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Meta Supports EU Push for New App Access Restrictions for Teens

Several EU member states are calling for an increase in age for social media access.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

YouTube Enables Creators to Share More Data with Brands to Secure Partnership Opportunities

YouTube’s looking to maintain its lead as the best platform for creators to earn money.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Meta’s Gifting Meta Verified to Selected Creators

Meta’s looking to boost interest in its paid verification offering.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Hotel Ads With Nearby Placement Units

Google seems to be testing a new ad unit for hotel or nearby listings that have big blue buttons to book at the site being listed. I am honestly not sure if this is new but I am told it is.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Organic Growth Strategist ~ Omniscient Digital ~ $80-90k ~ Remote (US)

Omniscient Digital is an organic growth agency that partners with ambitious B2B SaaS companies like SAP, Adobe, Loom, and Hotjar to turn SEO and content into growth engines. Omniscient Digital is an organic growth agency that partners with ambitious B2B SaaS companies like SAP, Adobe, Loom, and Hotjar to turn SEO and content into growth […]

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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

SEO Director (AEO, GEO, LLM) ~ Argano ~ $136-160k ~ Remote (US)

About the Role We are seeking a strategic, data-driven Director of Marketing Analytics, Performance, and SEO to lead the development of SEO, AEO, GEO and LLM-driven search optimization strategy, marketing dashboards, performance models, and measurement frameworks that connect all marketing activity to business outcomes. This highly visible individual contributor role will serve as the architect […]

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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

SEO Content Specialist ~ Paytronix ~ $65-70k ~ Remote (US)

Thank you for your interest in Paytronix! Please note that all correspondence with Paytronix employees will come from either an @paytronix.com or @theaccessgroup.com domain. Paytronix is a cloud-based digital guest engagement platform for the hospitality industry. Our innovative, unified platform provides loyalty programs, online ordering, gift cards, branded mobile applications, and strategic insights to more than 1,800 leading restaurant […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

Sr. SEO & Ecommerce Manager ~ First American ~ $109.6-146.1k ~ Remote (US)

Who We Are Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of First American’s family of companies, First American Home Warranty offers a wide range of home warranty products and services to home sellers, buyers and agents. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com