Organic SEO & Search News

Pinterest Signs on to Sponsor the New York Liberty to Expand its Sports Linkage – Pinterest says that engagement with WNBA-related content is on the rise in the app.

X Launches New Chat Experience in Beta, a Precursor to X Payments – The new chat experience has enhanced safety, which is a key consideration for the next stage.

YouTube Launches Side-by-Side Ads for Livestreams – YouTube continues to enhance its livestreaming elements.

WhatsApp Adds Status Functionalities, Including More Music Sharing Options – It’s also adding more Stories-like options, including the ‘Add Yours’ sticker.

Meta Partners With Anduril to Develop XR Headsets for US Military – The project will benefit from Meta’s work in compacting AR components.

YouTube Adds Lens Search Functionality to Shorts – A new way to discover items vis Shorts clips.

Meta Says Community Notes is Working Based on Latest Enforcement Data – The latest insight into Meta’s moderation and rule enforcement efforts.

Meta Outlines Latest Updates to its Marketing and Graph APIs – A range of updates for those utilizing Meta’s system access tools.

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 29, 2025 – Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Bing Testing Related Searches Alternative Text – Microsoft is testing using alternative names and titles for the related searches section within the Bing Search results.

Paid Search & Platform Innovations

Google Search Results Light Background Color On Hover – Google is testing another search results snippet hover effect. This one will color the background a light gray shadow like color.

Google Ads To Allow Search Ads For Melatonin – Google is updating its Unapproved Substances section of the Healthcare and Medicines policy in June to allow the promotion and serving ads for Melatonin.

Google Ads Can Show Above/Below AIO or Within AI Overviews But Not Both At Same Time – Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed on X that ads can show above/below the AI Overviews or within the AI Overviews but not in both positions at the same time.

Google Updates When Questions & Answers Show – For the past several months, we’ve been seeing signs that the Google Maps and local questions and answers feature is being phased out. Well, it seems like it is not going away but rather changed when it does and