Google has launched Audio Overviews, a new test feature in Search Labs. It creates audio summaries of search results using Google’s latest Gemini AI models. How Audio Overviews Work Audio Overviews turn Google Search results into audio content. When Google thinks an audio overview might help, you’ll see an option to create a short audio … Read more
Google retires seven structured data features including Book Actions, Course Info, and Claim Review to streamline search results. Rankings unaffected. Google is removing seven structured data features from search results. This change will not affecting rankings. There’s no immediate action needed. Source link
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, responded to concerns about the impact of recent changes in Search and was repeatedly asked to clarify his position on the web ecosystem and how it fits into what he calls the next chapter of search. Pichai’s responses were given in the context of a recent interview on the Lex Fridman … Read more
Google has confirmed an ongoing disruption that is preventing some results from appearing in Google Lens, Discover, and Voice Search. According to the company’s Search Status Dashboard, the incident began on June 12 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. A follow-up entry posted at 1:16 p.m. states: “There’s an ongoing issue with serving Google Lens, Discover, … Read more
Google’s Search Relations team has explained why their SEO advice often sounds vague or comes with conditions, such as “it depends.” In a recent Search Off the Record podcast, team members Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes shared the challenges that prevent them from providing clear-cut answers. The discussion was part of what the team referred … Read more
Google removes robots.txt guidance for blocking auto-translated pages. This change aligns Google’s technical documents with its spam policies. Google removed guidance advising websites to block auto-translated pages via robots.txt. This aligns with Google’s policies that judge content by user value, not creation method. Use meta tags like “noindex” for low-quality translations instead of sitewide exclusions. … Read more
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The new AI Mode is rewriting the rules of search. Are you ready? Google’s AI-generated answers are starting to dominate the SERPs, pushing traditional results further down the page. If your business relies on organic traffic, you can’t afford to ignore this shift. Join us on June 25, 2025, for an expert-led webinar sponsored by … Read more
The new AI Mode tab in Google’s results, currently only active in the U.S., enables users to get an AI-generated answer to their query. You can ask a detailed question in AI Mode, and Google will provide a summarized answer. Google AI Mode answer for the question [what are the best ways to grow your … Read more
Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees across several of its core U.S.-based teams, including Search, Ads, engineering, marketing, and research. The offer provides eligible employees with at least 14 weeks of severance and is available through July 1, according to reporting from The Verge and The Information. The buyouts are limited to employees in … Read more
Google’s John Mueller used a clever technique to show the publisher of an educational site how to diagnose their search performance issues, which were apparently triggered by a domain migration but were actually caused by the content. Site With Ranking Issues Someone posted a plea for help on the Bluesky social network to help their … Read more
Google now supports structured data that allows businesses to show loyalty program benefits in search results. Businesses can use two new types of structured data. One type defines the loyalty program itself, while the other illustrates the benefits members receive for specific products. Here’s what you need to know. Loyalty Structured Data When businesses use … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about a site that received millions of Googlebot requests for pages that don’t exist, with one non-existent URL receiving over two million hits, essentially DDoS-level page requests. The publisher’s concerns about crawl budget and rankings seemingly were realized, as the site subsequently experienced a drop in search visibility. NoIndex … Read more
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Keeping up-to-date on industry Google Ads benchmarks is crucial to help answer questions you might get from clients or exec such as: “Is this a good CTR?” “Why is our CPA so high?” “What’s a good conversion rate, anyway?” Questions like these come up all the time, especially when budgets are tight and performance dips … Read more
Google has started rolling out interactive charts in AI Mode through Labs. You can now ask complex financial questions and get both visual charts and detailed explanations. The system builds these responses specifically for each user’s question. Visual Analytics Come AI Mode Soufi Esmaeilzadeh, Director of Product Management for Search at Google, explained that you … Read more
Google Marketing Live 2025 was a whirlwind of announcements, with over 30 new product updates and features unveiled, most of them powered by AI. The event highlighted Google’s commitment to transforming advertising through AI across four key pillars: Search, Creativity, Measurement, and Agentic Capabilities. Here’s a breakdown of the major announcements and how marketers can … Read more
Google has published guidelines on what to do if your rankings are affected after being incorrectly flagged by Google’s SafeSearch filter. The new documentation offers three actions to take to resolve the issues. The new documentation provides guidance on three steps to take: How to check if Google’s Safe Search is filtering out a website. … Read more
New research reveals that Google’s AI Overviews tend to favor major news outlets. The top 10 publishers capture nearly 80% of all news mentions. Meanwhile, smaller organizations struggle for visibility in AI-generated search results. SE Ranking analyzed 75,550 AI Overview responses for this study. They found that only 20.85% cite any news source at all. … Read more
A patent recently filed by Google outlines how an AI assistant may use at least five real-world contextual signals, including identifying related intents, to influence answers and generate natural dialog. It’s an example of how AI-assisted search modifies responses to engage users with contextually relevant questions and dialog, expanding beyond keyword-based systems. The patent describes … Read more
