Daily Search Forum Recap: June 20, 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 said larger issues that linger longer on your site, with unrelated content, can take a longer time for Google Search to process. Google added new troubleshooting documentation around blocking content from Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. Google is investigating concerns over search sending people to hosted translated pages…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Investigating Concerns Over Search Translated Results

Back in November 2021, it began sending some searchers to translated versions of webpages through the search results. Google then in May 2022 started to report on how often this happened within Search Console. So when I saw a Google representative say they are looking into an "issue" around this and "currently investigating it" I raised my eyebrows.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Video Search Testing Speaker Icon With Language Indicator

Google is testing placing a speaker icon next to the video snippets. The speaker icon includes a language label indicating what language the video is in.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Says Larger & Longer Issues Can Take Longer To Reverse In Google Search

Google’s John Mueller said that for larger and longer issues, it can take Google longer for Google Search to reprocess it all. Meaning, the bigger the issue and the longer the issue was on your site, Google will take longer to reprocess all of those signals and thus, it will take longer for your rankings to change based on the updates you made.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Video: Google Search Volatility, AI Mode in Search Console, Audio Overviews and ChatGPT Search Quality

This week we covered the ongoing Google search ranking volatility. Google is now officially counting AI Mode in Google Search Console’s performance reports, but good luck understanding it. Google is testing Audio Overviews…

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Search Engine Roundtable

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Google Adds Troubleshooting Guidance To Block Content From AI Mode & AI Overviews

Google has quietly updated its AI features and your website help document, which it initially launched just under a month ago, with a new section on troubleshooting preview controls. In short, if you are trying to block your content from showing in AI Overviews, AI Mode or other AI features in Google Search, then this section may help you.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Local Service Ads Testing Background Checked Labels

Google is testing adding the text "background checked" to the local service ads listings in the Google local search results. This seems to be instead of the Google Screened or verified labels.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Localization SEO That Works: 10 Real-World Lessons from 14 Markets

Proven localization SEO tips from Ahrefs to help you grow organic traffic globally with smart, data-led strategies.

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General SEO – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Meta Announces Oakley-Branded AI Glasses Aimed at Athletes

Meta’s latest AI glasses come in a different style, and include a few technical tweaks.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Social Platforms Explore Age Verification Options to Comply With Teen Access Regulations

Could we be entering a new stage of biometric tracking?

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Social Media Today – Latest News

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