Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 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 Search Console launched an AI-powered configuration tool that helps you build reports. Google Search Console’s average position jumped up for many after the num 100 removal. Google’s API doc leaks confirms that service area is not a local ranking factor. Google Merchant Center regional member pricing beta is out. Google Ads has a learn more extention at the top right. Plus…

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Google Search Console Average Impression Jump After Num 100 Change

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 the num=100 parameter and is likely due to scrapers not messing up your data.

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

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 to take you into AI Mode…

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

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 winning streak at the event. Attending the glitzy event in London was a cross-team squad of SEO, PR,…

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Top Black Friday Organic Search Traffic Winners & Trends in 2025

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.

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SEO Blog by Aleyda

Can ChatGPT Do SEO For You?

ChatGPT is an important part of the way people search for information today, but it’s not a good choice for use as a primary SEO tool — this guide explains what to do instead.

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Google Search Console Performance Report Testing AI Powered Configuration

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 Search Console, plus this just builds reports and doesn’t do actions – yet.

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Google API Doc Implies Service Areas Not A Local Ranking Factor

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.

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Cloudflare: 416 billion AI bot requests blocked since July

Google sees 3.2x more webpages than OpenAI. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wants Google to separate search crawling from AI crawling.

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Search Engine Land

Google tests regional member pricing in Shopping Ads

Google is testing a new Shopping ads beta that lets merchants show region-specific loyalty prices, helping retailers localize promotions.

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Search Engine Land

Google Merchant Center Beta Regional Member Pricing

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 inventory feed.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Nils Rooijmans speaks on when ignoring Google emails can cost you

PPC automation expert Nils Rooijmans shares how dismissing Google’s consent mode warnings as routine noise led to zero conversions and plummeting traffic.

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Search Engine Land

Ecommerce PPC: 4 takeaways that shape how campaigns perform

Dive into PMax essentials, Amazon’s conversion insights, social audience building, and the dashboards that improve decisions.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads Learn More Extension At Top Right

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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