SEO Daily News Recap for Monday, June 23, 2025
Organic SEO & Search News
X Adds More Sports Engagement Options to Maintain Community Engagement – X is looking to ensure it doesn’t lose sports discussion to Threads.
How Social Platforms Measure Video Views [Infographic] – A handy listing to ensure that you’re tracking the right data points.
Pinterest Shares Tips on How to Align Your Pin Listings With Visual Search – Pinterest’s visual search elements are constantly evolving.
Websites With More Organic Search Traffic Get Mentioned More in AI Search – What’s the relationship between organic traffic and AI visibility? Insights from extensive analysis provide answers.
Bing Search Testing Updated Image Carousel With More Images & Arrows – Microsoft is enhancing the image carousel within Bing search results for better user experience.
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
TikTok Launches Community Fest Event to Highlight Live Creators – A showcase of the growth of live creators on the platform.
YouTube Updates Advanced Analytics to Provide More Insight into Video Performance – Enhancing user understanding of video performance through advanced analytics on YouTube.
Google Ads Testing More Compact Segment Dropdown Menu – Google Ads is experimenting with a streamlined dropdown menu for improved advertiser experience.
Google Merchant Center Brings Back Product Status Changes History Report – Reintroduction of historical product status change report for better tracking within Google Merchant Center.
Google Touts Its Index Freshness As An Advantage For AI – Google emphasizes the importance of index freshness in enhancing AI services.
General Digital Marketing
WhatsApp Banned From US House Staff Devices Amid Questions Over Potential Vulnerabilities – Meta reassures security features of WhatsApp amid ban from US House staff devices.
Bing is testing an updated image carousel – Bing is exploring new image carousel features for improved search experience.
Google’s Nick Fox questions the click-through studies on AI Overviews – Insights on the methodologies and challenges in understanding AI overview click studies.
The News & Editorial SEO Summit is back for 2025! – A virtual event dedicated to SEO for news and publishing featuring industry experts and insightful sessions.
How to Extract ChatGPT’s Fan-Out Queries – Understanding the fan-out queries of ChatGPT for better platform comprehension and utilization.
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
WhatsApp Banned From US House Staff Devices Amid Questions Over Potential Vulnerabilities
Meta says that WhatsApp offers a higher level of security than other alternatives.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
TikTok Launches Community Fest Event to Highlight Live Creators
The event will showcase the growth of live creators in the app.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 23, 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’s Nick Fox questions the click-through studies on AI Overviews. Google touts its index freshness as an advantage for its AI services. Google Ads is testing a more compact segment dropdown menu. Google Merchant Center brings back product status changes. Bing is testing an updated image carousel. And Jill Whalen, industry legend…
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Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Testing Updated Image Carousel With More Images & Arrows
Microsoft is testing a new image carousel within the Bing Search results. This image carousel shows two rows of images, instead of one, has related searches with an arrow at the top of the carousel and a new larger squared off arrow format.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Questions CTR Studies On AI Overview Clicks
Jason Howell on the AI Inside podcast had Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, on a few weeks ago. In that interview, he said that the methodologies used by the click studies done on AI Overviews can be "questioned." He added, "from our point of view the web is thriving."
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Search Engine Roundtable
The News & Editorial SEO Summit is back for 2025!
The fifth edition of our online virtual event dedicated to SEO for news and publishing will feature a stellar cast of speakers and panellists in 14 sessions across two days.
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SEO for Google News
Technical SEO
How a 91-year-old vibe coded a complex event management system using Claude and Replit | John Blackman
Watch now | Learn the AI workflow John Blackman used to build a full event platform for his church
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Lenny’s Newsletter
How to Extract ChatGPT’s Fan-Out Queries
Knowing the fan-out queries associated with an initial prompt helps publishers understand the platform’s interpretations and priorities.
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SEO – Practical Ecommerce
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
How Social Platforms Measure Video Views [Infographic]
A handy listing to ensure that you’re tracking the right data points.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
YouTube Updates Advanced Analytics to Provide More Insight into Video Performance
YouTube’s looking to make it easier to tap into its advanced performance insights.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Merchant Center Brings Back Product Status Changes History Report
Google appears to be reintroducing the "product status change" report within Google Merchant Center. This displays the historical changes of your product statuses and is a feature that was greatly missed.
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Search Engine Roundtable
AI and Machine Learning in SEO
Websites With More Organic Search Traffic Get Mentioned More in AI Search
What’s the relationship between organic traffic and AI visibility? We analyzed 77M AI Overviews, 957k ChatGPT prompts, and 954k Perplexity prompts to find out.
Google Touts Its Index Freshness As An Advantage For AI
Google’s Jeff Dean, the lead of Google AI and a Google veteran since 1999, highlighted Google’s index freshness as one of its key advantages in its AI services. On X, Jeff posted, "Index freshness is something I and many others at Google have worked on for many years."
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Search Engine Roundtable
User Experience and SEO Optimization
X Adds More Sports Engagement Options to Maintain Community Engagement
X is looking to ensure it doesn’t lose sports discussion to Threads.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Pinterest Shares Tips on How to Align Your Pin Listings With Visual Search
Pinterest’s visual search elements are constantly evolving.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
Google Ads Testing More Compact Segment Dropdown Menu
Google Ads is testing a new version of the segment dropdown menu within the advertiser console. The new version is a more compact version that displays more options on your screen simultaneously.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Job Postings
Job Postings
6/23/2025
SEO Marketing Manager (Contract) ~ TigerData ~ Remote (US)
At TigerData, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, TigerData accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale. As a globally distributed, remote-first team committed to direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence, we’re […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
6/23/2025
SEO Specialist (PT) ~ Online River ~ $30-34/hr. ~ Remote (US)
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Remote SEO Specialist to join our digital marketing team. In this role, you will be responsible for improving our website’s organic search rankings, driving increased traffic, and enhancing online visibility. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of SEO best practices, keyword research, on-page and off-page optimization, […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
6/23/2025
Web Administrator & SEO Specialist ~ Altasciences ~ Remote (CAN)
Your New Company! At Altasciences we all move in unison to assist and work in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of new drug therapies to get them faster to people who need them. No matter your role, we all play an important part and you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com