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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 targets highly satisfied users.
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…
Google ordered to let rivals into its ad-tech walled garden
A federal court is making Google connect AdX and DFP to Prebid and let rival publisher ad servers access AdX demand. Publishers…
Perplexity is betting on creators as AI search’s new distribution layer
Perplexity is putting multimillion-dollar budgets behind creator campaigns as brands increasingly look at creator content as a source of visibility in AI…
Bing tests hiding sitelink descriptions until hovered
Bing is testing hidden sitelink descriptions that only appear when a user hovers over the link, a shift from showing all descriptions…
Google tests Chrome desktop Search with AI Mode from the Windows taskbar
Google is testing a new Chrome desktop Search experience that brings AI Mode, Google Lens, and Windows taskbar access together.
Anthropic merges Claude Cowork into Claude chat
Claude users will no longer need to choose between regular chat and Cowork for more complex tasks.
New Google Ads Spend Benchmarks feature will put peer pressure on your budget
Google’s new Spend Benchmarks report shows how your ad spend compares with similar businesses. But the first public example suggests advertisers should…
Google lowers Search Profiles to 10,000 followers, giving more publishers a way into Discover
Google has reduced the eligibility requirement for Search Profiles by 90% since June, opening the feature to thousands of mid-sized publishers and…
Gemini 3.8 Live makes Google Search more useful and clicking websites less necessary
Google is upgrading Search Live’s conversations and language switching, giving publishers another reason to examine what happens to the web links beside…
Google introduces Business Agent in YouTube ads that answer back
The U.S. beta lets shoppers ask product questions inside YouTube ads. It starts with eligible Demand Gen campaigns, a $10-a-day minimum and…
OpenAI’s Sponsored Agents turn ads into chats—and could reshape paid search
The limited US pilot lets shoppers question a business-sponsored AI agent before visiting the advertiser’s website.
Google tests new icon design for Find related products and services section on mobile
Google is testing a new design for the “Find related products and services” section on mobile. Previously, a magnifying glass icon was…
Google nudges users on its homepage to set up selfie video sign-in
Google is promoting its selfie video sign-in option directly on the Google homepage. A new nudge asks users to set up a…
Profound raises $180 million to move beyond AI search tracking, reaches $1.8B valuation
The $1.8 billion company is expanding into content production and advertising, giving marketers more to assess than how often a chatbot mentions…
Google makes publisher ad load visible in Chrome’s real-user data
Chrome’s new CrUX metrics let advertisers and publishers measure visible ads, viewport density, CPU use and network cost—without giving the industry a…
Anthropic admits Claude can make copied text look original
Anthropic admits Claude can copy text without marking it as a quote. Its Fable 5.1 guidance exposes an extra editing burden for…
Google’s new Site Goals feature shows which WordPress pages drive sales
Automatic tracking works with supported store and form plugins, while detailed breakdowns need new data after setup.
You can now opt out of AI training in Cloudflare without blocking Google
Cloudflare’s new “Disallow AI Training” setting lets website owners refuse model training without shutting out Google’s search crawler. The company announced its…
Google AI Mode tests new carousel format with Pro tip and Sizing note popups
Google AI Mode is testing carousel popups labeled 'Pro tip' and 'Sizing note,' appearing mainly for ecommerce queries and pulling in Reddit…
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