Meta Calls on Oversight Board to Advise on Community Notes Expansion

Meta’s looking for more insight ahead of an expansion of Community Notes to more regions.

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Semrush Acquired By Adobe

Semrush will be acquired by Adobe, the two companies announced today. "Adobe and Semrush announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Adobe will acquire Semrush, a leading brand visibility platform, in an all-cash transaction for $12.00 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $1.9 billion," the press release said.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 19, 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 released Gemini 3 and it is now powering Google Search’s AI Mode, we got tons of examples of it in action. Business Insider interviewed Google’s Danny Sullivan and representatives from Microsoft and Perplexity on what it is calling the "GEO Rush." Google Ads is testing share icons on search ads. Google emailed merchants that incentivized reviews require proper identification. Microsoft Advertising released new features like asset-level editorial review…

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Adobe to acquire Semrush

Adobe will acquire Semrush for $1.9 billion, the companies announced today, with closing expected in the first half of 2026.

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Search Engine Land

Google Incentivized Reviews Require Proper Identification

Last month, we covered how we saw an "Incentivized" label on some product reviews within Google Search. Now, Google is emailing merchants and advertisers notifying them that they must properly tag incentivized reviews for Google.

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Top 10 Crunchbase Alternatives & Competitors (2025)

If you fund startups, then you know it’s critical to identify valuable companies early. Get ahead of other VCs with these 10 Crunchbase alternatives.

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NEW: Upload your agency’s logo and customize your audience research graphs – SparkToro

It’s new feature month over here at SparkToro (given we’ve just launched Take Action and the enhanced usage-graph visuals), and we’re continuing the

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Google Maps adds know before you go, trending in explore tab and more

Reviewers can also now use a nickname and not their real time when leaving a review.

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Search Engine Land

xAI Seeks More Funding as it Looks to Expand Grok Models

xAI is reportedly seeking $15 billion in funding, at a $230 billion valuation.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

TikTok Adds Option to Limit AI Content in Your For You Feed

TikTok becomes the latest platform to add an option to limit AI content.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How to tell if Google’s AI Max for search is actually working

AI Max helps advertisers capture net-new, incremental conversions beyond their existing keywords, offering clearer controls and measurable lift.

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Search Engine Land

AI search & the shift towards inauthenticity & commercial interests

Google’s AI shift risks favoring big brands and reducing content diversity. Learn how AI search, PMAX, and ads may reshape innovation—and what creators can do next.

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Search Engine Land

From scripts to agents: OpenAI’s new tools unlock the next phase of automation

OpenAI’s tools link AI reasoning with real actions. See how agents and MCPs can streamline PPC workflows and expand what automation can do.

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Search Engine Land

Quotes From Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity On GEO Rush

Business Insider interviewed both SEOs and representatives from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity on what it calls the "GEO rush." The rush for SEO companies or other companies to sell GEO (AI SEO) related services. There are quotes from Danny Sullivan from Google, Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft and more.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Mode Gets Gemini 3

Google released Gemini 3, its latest AI model, and it is already powering AI Mode in Google Search today. Sundar Pichai wrote Google is shipping Gemini 3 and that includes "Gemini 3 in AI Mode in Search with more complex reasoning and new dynamic experiences." "This is the first time we are shipping Gemini in Search on day one," he added.

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Search Engine Roundtable

“Farm-to-table software”: How I built a Thanksgiving party hub using Lovable for managing invites, dishes, shared recipes, and photos

Watch now | 🎙️ I share my personal tips for using Lovable to vibe code a party hub for hosting, how to uplevel designs with Google Fonts and Midjourney, and my favorite ChatGPT recipe hack for cooking with kids

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How to get cited by ChatGPT: The content traits LLMs quote most

An audit of nearly two million sessions shows how answer capsules, clean formatting, and original data drive ChatGPT citations.

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Search Engine Land

Snapchat Launches New Amazon Fire Tablet App

Expanded opportunity for Snapchat growth.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Unmasking affiliate fraud: Protecting growth in 2026

Learn the most common types of affiliate marketing fraud and how modern tools help brands protect growth, reputation, and spend through smarter affiliate fraud detection strategies.

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Search Engine Land

EU Regulators Meet to Discuss Teen Social Media Restrictions

Age verification approaches will be the key topic of discussion at the event.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

TikTok Adds New Mental Health and Well-Being Resources In-App

More self-care and wellbeing tools coming to TikTok.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Meta Tests Virtual Try On for Furniture on Marketplace

Soon, you’ll be able to see how an item looks in your home before making an offer.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

The new UX era

Inside AI prompt journeys at Canva, Notion, Gamma, Lovable, and 30+ other products

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Google Ads Original Conversion Value

Google Ads may be rolling out a new metric named "Original Conversion Value." This shows the raw data before Google does anything with it.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Advertising Asset-Level Editorial Review, Conversion Delay & More

Microsoft announced a number of new Microsoft Advertising features including Asset-level editorial review, Conversion Delay insights, callouts for Hotel Price Ads expansion and Microsoft Curate updates.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Testing Share Icon On Ad Units

Google Ads is testing a share icon and button for hotel ads in the Google search results. When you click on the share icon, it lets you share the result with a friend.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Principal AI (Search) Engineer ~ Yieldmo ~ $200,000-$275,000 ~ Remote (USA)

Job Description Who We Are Yieldmo is an adtech company that utilizes AI-driven search technologies to help brands invent creative experiences by using custom ad formats, proprietary attention signals, predictive format selection, and privacy-safe premium inventory curation. Yieldmo believes all ads should be human-centered, tailored, and provoke users’ emotions and actions. Yieldmo helps brands deliver […]

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Senior Software Engineer, Search Experience ~ Rover.com ~ $140,761-$179,228 ~ Hybrid (USA) ~ Seattle, WA, United States

Job Description Who we are:  Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us. We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat […]

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