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SEO Daily News Recaps for Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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SEO Daily News Recap for Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Organic SEO & Search News

Blind Boxes Boom Ahead of Black Friday as Pop Mart Revenue Soars – Pop Mart’s Labubus have fired blind boxes to prominence ahead of Black Friday. Here’s how TikTok unboxings and gaming are driving one of 2025’s top retail trends.

Google expands image search ads with mobile carousel format – Google is expanding ad placements into mobile image search, giving brands a new, visually engaging way to capture user attention.

Tim Berners-Lee warns AI may collapse the ad-funded web – Sir Tim Berners-Lee helped build the modern web. Now he’s worried AI could help destroy its business model.

Paid Search & Platform Innovations

Google Ads Editor 2.11 gets campaign-level negatives and smarter automation – The latest Editor update introduces campaign-level negatives, search term reporting for Performance Max, and smarter automation tools for large-scale ad management.

Google tightens rules on fraud-linked phone numbers in ads – Advertisers should review and verify all phone numbers in their ads, as Google will soon disallow any linked to fraud or past policy violations.

Google Is Not Killing Schema – Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google is not killing off all forms of schema and structured data support for Google Search.

General Digital Marketing

Microsoft makes Clarity mandatory for publishers – Microsoft now requires third-party publishers to use Clarity, ensuring transparent, brand-safe ad placements and filtering noncompliant traffic.

LinkedIn Launches Integrations to Help Boost LinkedIn Events – LinkedIn saw a 24% increase in events shared to the app last quarter.

Threads Adds Podcast Promotion Tools – Now you can link your podcast to your Threads profile.

Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.

Organic SEO & Search News


SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates


Daily Search Forum Recap: November 11, 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 is not killing off schema…

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable


With negative review extortion scams on the rise, use Google’s report form

Last month, Google launched a form to report negative review extortion scams and it seems to work.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Google AI Overviews Showing More Free Product Listings

There are reports that Google is showing more free product listings from Google Merchant Center in the Google AI Overview responses. I am told there are two variations of this AI Overview response: one where the favicon and price appear as an overlay, and another where the free listings look more like a map pack.

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable


Google Is Not Killing Schema

Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google is not killing off all forms of schema and structured data support for Google Search. The question came up in a Reddit thread after Google’s announcement about more structured data support and search features going away.

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable


SEO Tools and Data Analysis


Blind Boxes Boom Ahead of Black Friday as Pop Mart Revenue Soars

Pop Mart’s Labubus have fired blind boxes to prominence ahead of Black Friday. Here’s how TikTok unboxings and gaming are driving one of 2025’s top retail trends.

Source:
Unknown Source


AI Overviews Change Every 2 Days (But Never Change Their Mind)

AI Overviews change frequently, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. Here’s what we found from studying 43,000 AI Overview keywords.

Source:
Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs


Local SEO


Local SEO


11/11/2025


Google Negative Review Extortion Scams Works

A month ago, we reported Google added a new form to report negative review extortion scams on your Google Business Profiles and local listings. Google also listed some tips on how to handle these extortion attempts. But I am glad to report that some local SEOs are saying this form is working and those extortion reviews are being removed by Google.

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable


Local SEO


11/11/2025


7 local SEO wins you get from keyword-rich Google reviews

Discover how keyword-rich Google reviews can boost your local visibility, engagement, and conversions – plus templates to help you.

Source:
Search Engine Land


AI and Machine Learning in SEO


SEO vs. AI search: 101 questions that keep me up at night

Here’s why treating ChatGPT like Google will guarantee your failure in the age of RAG, reranking, and probabilistic systems.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Why AI availability is the new battleground for brands

GEO redefines visibility through AI availability – how likely your brand is to be recognized and recommended by AI systems.

Source:
Search Engine Land


AI’s Impact on SEO: 13 Things That Changed, 4 Things That Stayed The Same

AI changed SEO forever but the foundations remain the same. Here’s how both things are true.

Source:
SEO Blog by Ahrefs


Content Marketing and Strategy


Ecosystem is the next big growth channel

How to stand out in a noisy landscape by leveraging partners who already have access and trust with your target audience

Source:
Lenny’s Newsletter


Career Development and Industry Trends


User Experience and SEO Optimization

Paid Search & Platform Innovations


Paid Search and Advertising


Google Ads Editor 2.11 gets campaign-level negatives and smarter automation

The latest Editor update introduces campaign-level negatives, search term reporting for Performance Max, and smarter automation tools for large-scale ad management.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Microsoft makes Clarity mandatory for publishers

Microsoft now requires third-party publishers to use Clarity, ensuring transparent, brand-safe ad placements and filtering noncompliant traffic.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Google expands image search ads with mobile carousel format

Google is expanding ad placements into mobile image search, giving brands a new, visually engaging way to capture user attention.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Microsoft Clarity Required For Third Party Publishers

Microsoft is now requiring all third-party publishers to have Microsoft Clarity in order to be paid out for impressions and clicks from Microsoft Advertising.

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable


Google tightens rules on fraud-linked phone numbers in ads

Advertisers should review and verify all phone numbers in their ads, as Google will soon disallow any linked to fraud or past policy violations.

Source:
Search Engine Land


Google Ads Summaries In Budget & Bidding Optimization Settings

Google Ads is now showing summaries of your budget settings in the budget and bidding optimization setting. This will summarize what your settings are configured for, at a glance.

Source:
Search Engine Roundtable

Job Postings


Job Postings


11/11/2025


SEO/Google PPC Specialist ~ Dance With Me Dance Studios ~ Remote (USA)

Job Description Salary: TBD Overview: Dance With Me Studios is hiring a part-time SEO and Google Ads Search Specialist to help us rank at the top of Google for high-intent keywords and run high-performing search campaigns. This role is for someone with a proven track record in both organic and paid search, with deep knowledge […]

Source:
In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com


Job Postings


11/11/2025


Senior SEO Data Analyst ~ Spokeo ~ Remote (USA) ~ Pasadena, CA, United States

Job Description NOTE: You will only be contacted by a specific email or by persons whose email address is from the actual @spokeo.com email domain. About Spokeo: Join our mission to make the world more transparent with data. Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite […]

Source:
In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com