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Google will test gun accessory ads in US Search this October
A six-month pilot will cover selected accessories, while ads for firearms and ammunition remain banned.
Microsoft tests AI Mode branding for Copilot Search across Bing and Edge
Microsoft is testing AI Mode branding across Bing and Edge, with new AI Mode entry points connecting users to its Copilot-powered search…
Microsoft Copilot now lets marketers build their own apps and dashboards
Microsoft’s new Code feature can turn natural-language instructions into internal apps, trackers, dashboards and automations, without requiring users to start with traditional…
Google tests shorter AI Overview design on desktop
Google is testing a shorter AI Overview design on desktop, potentially giving organic results below it more visibility and clicks.
How to use Search Console’s new multimodal search filter
Google now separates image-led web searches from text searches in Search Console. Here’s where to find the new filter and what each…
Google AI Mode carousel now shows a mix of blog and product pages
oogle AI Mode's product carousel appears to be mixing in blog content alongside product listings, a shift from the typical all-product carousel…
Firecrawl wants to pay publishers when AI agents use their content
A $75 million funding round will help expand its data partnerships, while new contributors must join a waitlist for the planned self-service…
From Search Engine Strategies to Answer Engine Strategies
Search Engine Watch’s new online series brings experts together around a real business, competing plans and a public follow-up on what happened.
Google tests new sitelink design for both organic and ad results
Google is testing a new sitelink design appearing across both organic and ad results, expanding beyond the sponsored-only sitelink tests seen recently.
Here’s why Google’s contentEffort is not a confirmed ranking factor
Google’s quality guidelines explicitly allow high-effort work made with generative AI, while the leaked field leaves its ranking role unexplained.
Google’s own NotebookLM becomes a target for parasite SEO
An SEO practitioner reports an AI Overview citation from a public notebook. Another SEO practitioner has since highlighted more promotional pages indexed…
Google says page errors could explain cross-domain canonical mix-up
Google’s documentation already describes how identical error pages can make unrelated websites look like duplicates.
Grok 4.7 launches as xAI switches X Search to per-post billing
Developers will pay for each post retrieved through the API, including parent and quoted posts returned with a thread.
What the Taboola-Dianomi acquisition actually means for publishers
Taboola is paying £19 million for Dianomi, potentially rising to £27 million. The interesting part is what the extra £8 million depends…
Google drops free listings and carousels from the European Economic Area
Google has removed free listings and product carousels from the European Economic Area as part of its Digital Markets Act compliance, with…
Bing tests removing favicons from sponsored results
Bing is testing sponsored results without favicons, showing just the website name and URL a design choice that may reduce brand recognition…
Google Wants Highly Satisfied Chrome Android Users to Boost Its Play Store Rating
Google is testing a Chrome Android app rating prompt that asks users to rate the browser on the Play Store. The test…
OpenAI and Microsoft saw the publisher traffic problem coming, court filing says
Newly unredacted material cites internal messages, executive testimony and Microsoft data showing steep click-through declines for news sites in Copilot compared with…
Google’s bot crackdown is messing with your SEO reports
Sistrix confirms slower data collection, while Nozzle reports a sharp reduction in the Google results it can retrieve.
Google wants adult products labeled, not left to its imagination
Merchants selling adult-oriented products should flag them in Merchant Center or structured data. Google says normal organic Search visibility is unaffected.
Google is turning local Knowledge Panels into AI Overviews
Google is testing AI Overviews inside local business panels, giving its AI a bigger role in describing what a business does.
GA4’s Singapore bot problem is back, and some of it now looks almost human
Publishers and site owners are reporting another wave of suspicious traffic from Singapore, with Google Analytics dashboards filling up with visitors who…
Bing tests showing favicons in Shopping ad results
Bing is testing favicons within Shopping ad results, following a similar change recently seen on Google — a small update that could…
Google Free Listings now shows Visit site button in product grid
Google Free Listings is now showing a clickable 'Visit site' button alongside price and website name in the product grid, a change…
Wikipedia plans to test Google Preferred Sources as search traffic falls
Wikipedia wants to find out whether asking Google visitors to mark it as a Preferred Source can turn a search click into…
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