SEO Daily News Recap for Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Organic SEO & Search News
100 Most Asked Questions on Google (December 2025) – Discover the most searched questions on Google and their search volumes in our latest report.
Googlebot dominates web crawling in 2025 as AI bots surge: Report – Cloudflare data reveals insights on AI crawlers, publishers’ actions, and traffic trends.
The State of Local SEO in 2026 – Get ready for major shifts in SEO strategies following the changes in 2025.
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Meta Adds New Features to Edits, Including AI Segmentation of Objects – Explore the latest updates to Meta’s editing tools.
Snapchat Launches ‘Quick Cut’ Video and Image Editing App – Enhance your Snapchat content creation with this new editing app.
LinkedIn opens up top-of-feed Reserved Ads to all managed advertisers – Learn how to boost visibility and engagement with reserved ads on LinkedIn.
General Digital Marketing
Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash to AI Mode in Search globally – Discover how Google’s AI Mode enhances search results with faster answers and better reasoning.
4 marketing problems AI can actually solve right now – Learn how AI is revolutionizing marketing strategies and solving key challenges.
The best growth tactics of 2025 – Explore 50+ proven growth tactics that drove success in the past year.
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
Google Search Console Page Indexing Report Fixed
After almost a month delay with the page indexing report within Google Search Console, the report is now back to its normal timeframe. This morning it was reading that the last updated date was November 21st. Now, it is reading December 14th, which is a normal delay for this report.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Googlebot dominates web crawling in 2025 as AI bots surge: Report
Cloudflare data shows AI crawlers exploding, publishers blocking bots, and many platforms sending little traffic back.
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Search Engine Land
X Updates Terms to Counter ‘operation Bluebird’ Twitter Replica
Elon Musk’s X has moved to end an effort to revive the Twitter branding.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Search adds read more links to search result snippets
Not all, but many of the search result snippets contain read more links that take you to sections of a web page.
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Search Engine Land
The Top 10 Experts at Knowing What Google “Really Wants” in 2026 – Lily Ray
Ask any SEO what Google really wants and you’ll get at least three answers, two caveats, and one story that starts with “well, during the last core update…”. Despite Google’sContinue readingThe Top 10 Experts at Knowing What Google “Really Wants” in 2026
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Lily Ray
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 17, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Review Appeals Are Delayed
If you submitted a review appeal within Google Business Profiles it will likely take longer than normal to hear back. Google’s review appeals are delayed and Google cannot provide a specific response timeframe for pending cases.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Tailor Your Feed
Google Discover is testing and maybe rolling out an option to "Tailor your feed." This allows you to tailor the feed with "Say in your own words what you want to see," and Google will try to figure it out.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO
100 Most Asked Questions on Google (December 2025)
Our list of the most commonly asked questions in Google search, including the search volume for each keyword we found.
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Unknown Source
Google clarifies canonicalization with JavaScript
Google added a section on canonicalization best practices for JavaScript to the JavaScript SEO best practices document.
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Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing Tests Search With An Image & Make An Image In Search Bar
Microsoft is testing the ability to upload an image directly within the Bing search bar. You click on a plus sign and Bing shows you "search with an image" and "make an image." I get the search with an image feature but why add generative AI features, like make an image, in this search bar?
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Search Engine Roundtable
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
How to use Google’s Channel Performance report for PMax campaigns
See what the report actually reveals about PMax delivery, attribution, and asset performance – plus where the data still misleads.
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Search Engine Land
Local SEO
The State of Local SEO in 2026
SEO is dying! Well, not exactly, but there are some major shifts that happened in 2025 that should actually change how you approach your marketing for 2026.
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Sterling Sky Inc
SEOs Should Not Dismiss Geo for Being Low-Traffic
Is it GEO, AI SEO, or just SEO? Regardless of the label, optimizing for LLMs is critical in 2025. Learn how you can reframe your existing tactics, why your off-site content strategy is critical, and what questions you should be asking when considering whether to focus on GEO.
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AI and Machine Learning in SEO
Meta Adds New Features to Edits, Including AI Segmentation of Objects
In its final feature update of the year, Edits gets advanced AI segmentation tools.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Proxies for prompts: Emulate how your audience may be looking for you
As search shifts from keywords to prompts, learn how SEOs can use data proxies to understand AI search behavior and track visibility across platforms.
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Search Engine Land
Google’s Danny Sullivan: SEO for AI is still SEO
AI search is not changing SEO fundamentals. Google’s Danny Sullivan says to keep doing things that will make you successful in the long term.
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Search Engine Land
Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash to AI Mode in Search globally
Google said AI Mode will deliver faster, smarter answers and tackle complex questions, comparisons, and planning with stronger reasoning.
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Search Engine Land
Google Testing Very Long Expandable AI-Generated Search Result Snippet Descriptions
Google is testing extremely long and expandable search result snippet descriptions in the search results. These are also AI-generated snippets, which we’ve seen before, but not this long. This goes on for eight lines of text.
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Search Engine Roundtable
4 marketing problems AI can actually solve right now
How serious marketing teams are using AI to move faster without cutting corners.
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Search Engine Land
How conversational AI is changing the economics of paid search
A closer look at how Microsoft Copilot uses conversational search to capture intent, reduce wasted spend, and improve ROAS.
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Search Engine Land
Content Marketing and Strategy
Our Top 5 Blog Posts in 2025 to Help You With Your Marketing in 2026 – SparkToro
Raise your hand if you remember these roundup posts! No? That’s just me? I was the only one paying attention to these in 2008? Come onnnn. We all love a
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SparkToro
Career Development and Industry Trends
The best growth tactics of 2025
50+ things that actually worked, as submitted by readers
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Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged
E-commerce and Affiliate SEO
Google adds animation and image editing tools to Merchant Center’s Product Studio
Google’s latest update gives merchants new ways to quickly animate, clean up, and enhance product images directly inside Merchant Center.
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Search Engine Land
User Experience and SEO Optimization
X Launches Standalone Chat App on Desktop
Another step toward Elon’s ‘everything app’ vision?
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Instagram Adds Custom Effects for New Year’s Celebrations
New effects to help you ring in 2026.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Snapchat Launches ‘Quick Cut’ Video and Image Editing App
The process will make it easier to create better Snaps quickly.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Snapchat’s Using Apple’s ‘Age Range’ Measure to Restrict Underage Users
As debate rages over teen social media access, Apple may hold the key to more effective regulation.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Clarifies Business Owner Review Replies
Google has updated its Manage customer reviews help documentation to expand and clarify the "Understand what happens to your replies" section. It now specifies why a business reply to a review may be hold, how long it takes and more.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
Meta Shares Tips on Reels Hooks, Creative Diversification in Ads, and Threads
Some pointers for your Meta ads in the upcoming Q5 push.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
LinkedIn opens up top-of-feed Reserved Ads to all managed advertisers
LinkedIn Reserved Ads let marketers secure top-of-feed placement, boosting visibility, engagement, and predictable reach for B2B campaigns.
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Search Engine Land
Google scraps unified pricing rules in Ad Manager after antitrust pressure
Google’s removal of unified pricing rules lets publishers set bidder-specific floors again, which could cause a pricing shift in programmatic auctions.
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Search Engine Land
Meta Considering Charging Business Pages to Post Links
Meta could be set to make a big push to increase Meta Verified take-up.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Job Postings
Job Postings
12/17/2025
SEO and GEO Analyst – Part Time ~ Direct Agents ~ $35-$40/hr. ~ In-office (USA) ~ New York, NY, United States
Job Description Direct Agents is on the search for a part-time SEO and GEO Analyst across both content and technical aspects. This role will be approximately 20-24 hours per week and pays $35-$40 per hour, depending on experience. Here are details across the various categories: Content Creation & Optimization Write and optimize website content including […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
12/17/2025
Global SEO Specialist – AI & GEO ~ Biointron Biological USA Inc ~ Hybrid (Boston, MA, United States)
Job Description Benefits: 401(k) 401(k) matching Bonus based on performance Company parties Competitive salary Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Parental leave Training & development Vision insurance Biointron is a global antibody services CRO seeking a client-facing, detail-oriented, and self-starting Marketing Associate to join our fast-growing team. Reporting directly to the Marketing […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
12/17/2025
AI-Forward Account Manager ~ Taco ~ 80k – 95k USD ~ Remote (US/CAN)
Account Manager Location: Remote (US + Canada) Type: Full-Time or Contractor About Taco: Taco is a growth partner for fast-growing companies looking to win on search (SEO + AEO). We help businesses like Beam, LinkedIn, Expedia, and others win across Google and AI-powered search surfaces like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. As AI transforms […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
