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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 2, 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 AI Mode is now out in the wild, drops waitlist, adds places and product cards and a new history bar. Google Merchant Center added search of products…
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Video: Google Search Ranking Volatility, Wild AI Mode, Google Ads Commercial Queries & Channel Reporting & ChatGPT Shopping Search
This week we covered the ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. I posted the big Google webmaster report for May. Google admitted in a deposition that it used its search data for Gemini AI. Google Search Console leaked that it was showing desktop data…
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Google AI Mode Being Tested In Wild, Product/Place Cards, History Tab & More
Google is expanding AI Mode both in terms of features and access. Google is testing AI Mode in the wild with a limited number of searchers. Google also opened up its waitlist to all 18+ U.S. users. Google added product and place cards to the AI Mode results. Plus, Google added a history tab.
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Google Merchant Center Search For Products
Google added a new way to search for your products in the Google Merchant Center console. There is a new search button named “Search for Products” that you can click on and will let you pick from a pre-defined set of searches or you can type your own search.
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What’s Changing With Google Ads Interview With Ginny Marvin
Navah Hopkins sat down with the Google Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin, and spoke about the topic of what is changing with Google Ads. The interview is about an hour and is well worth watching or listening to.
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Google Ads To Display Payment Profile Name In My Ad Center
Google Ads is updating its Ads Transparency policy to specify that it will display the payment profile name as the payer name for verified advertisers, if that name differs from their verified advertiser name, starting this month.
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Microsoft Bing Tests Half Underline For Search Bar
Microsoft is not only testing removing the name “Microsoft Bing” from its search bar and logo, Microsoft is also testing shortening the underline under the search tab to about half the length.
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ChatGPT Shopping vs. Google Shopping Free Listings
ChatGPT has been updated to support product recommendations within their version of free listings. Here’s how it compares to Google Shipping.
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Nobody Is Dying on Hills – SparkToro
One massive hurdle for would-be creators is feeling that everything they say must represent a hill they’re willing to die on. Sure, if you’re publicly
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Google Expands Access to Conversational AI in Search
Google’s giving more people access to its new “AI Mode” in Search.
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Reddit Increases Users and Revenue Intake in Q1
The latest performance update from Reddit.
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Google Adds More Reporting Elements for Performance Max Campaigns
New ways to track the performance of your AI-powered Google campaigns.
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TikTok Announces Programming for AANHPI Heritage Month
A range of activations this month on TikTok.
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Meta Provides Guidance for Advertisers Based on Latest Engagement Trends
Some recommendations for your Meta promotions, based on the latest engagement trends.
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LinkedIn Takes First Steps Towards Creator Monetization With ‘BrandLink’
Expanded video ad placement options on LinkedIn.
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SEO Specialist ~ Rapid Dev ~ Remote (US)
About the job We are looking out for a skilled and dynamic SEO specialist to help us deliver the same. As an SEO marketing specialist, the candidate will have to optimise web content. The SEO specialist job profile is heavily dependent on using SEO tools and conducting keyword research to create digital brand awareness. Since…
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SEO Specialist ~ Oyova Software ~ Remote (US)
Company Description Oyova is a web and application development and marketing agency that began in 2008. With a team of strategists and actual do-ers, we transform organizations. We work in all technologies and design the best solution for the problem. We are agile, adaptable, flexible, and are all problem solvers. Our clients look to us…
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The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can’t stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO)
Cursor’s early pivot, rapid growth, lessons on hiring, moats, and creating the future of software engineering
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 1, 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 AdSense ads are coming to third-party AI Chatbots. Apple Intelligence will soon make a deal to show Gemini results…
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May 2025 Google Webmaster Report
Here is our monthly Google Webmaster Report – the May 2025 edition – where I summarize the past 30 days or so of the big organic Google related news in one place. Google did not have any official Google ranking updates but we sure did see several days of intense ranking volatility.
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Google AdSense Displaying Ads In AI Chatbots
Google AdSense has been testing serving and displaying ads within AI Chatbots. Bloomberg reported Google has already begun testing this within AI search apps iAsk and Liner and plans to allow other AI Chatbot providers to include AdSense ads in their chat responses.
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Apple Intelligence To Add Google Gemini & Other AI Soon
Google has confirmed that Apple will be adding its Gemini AI service to Apple Intelligence by the end of 2025, reports are saying. We knew this would happen but we should also expect Apple to add not just Gemini but other AI services to Apple Intelligence.
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SEO Daily News Recaps for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
SEO Daily News Recap for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Organic SEO & Search News 2025 UPDATE: Does the Number of Google Reviews Impact Ranking? [Case Study] – Do you need more reviews to rank better? Is your lack of reviews hurting your business? Our case study tests the impact of Google reviews on local ranking….
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Google Ads Official Channel Reporting For Performance Max & More
In early March, it was leaked that Google Ads will be rolling out channel reporting for Performance Max campaigns. Well, now it is official, Google said they are introducing “new channel-level reporting in Performance Max” plus, “full search terms reporting and more detailed asset reporting that show you all the metrics for individual assets.”
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Google Shopping Ads With Favicons
Google is testing showing favicons logos in its shopping ads, in the carousel of sponsored product results. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed this with me on X last night.
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Google Testing AI Overviews On Right Hand Side
Google is testing showing AI Overviews on the right hand side of the search results page. I am not sure if this is specific to local queries and a replacement of sorts for the local panel, I hope not.
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TikTok Will Now Enable You to Drive Leads to Other Messaging Apps
A new option to help stremline your lead gen efforts.
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Threads Reaches 350 Million Active Users
Threads is closing the gap on X as the real-time social media platform of choice.
