Microsoft Tests Large Images In Bing Search Copilot Ads

Microsoft is testing using really large images in the Bing Search Copilot ads. I don't believe I've seen such large ads in this ad unit before, so it seems new to me.

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Google's Elizabeth Reid id Interviewed On AI, Search, Blue Links, SEO & More

Here is a new interview published yesterday by The Economic Times Podcasts with Elizabeth Reid, VP of Google Search. She spoke about Google's progression of AI in Search, content quality, SEO, blue links, traffic, the ecosystem, agentic features and more.

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Google Search Rolls Out Emoji Answer Box

In June, Google began testing showing a new answer box for emoji related queries. So when you search for a specific type of emoji, Google will give you the emoji options that you can copy directly from the search results page instead of going to a third-party publisher site. Well, that seems fully live as of today.

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New Google AdSense Traffic Source Breakdown Report

Google added a new report to the Google AdSense reporting named traffic source breakdown. This report helps you understand the origins of your page traffic. It also categorizes traffic based on whether it arrived directly to your page, or from popular and classified platforms.

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Google To Remove More Lodging Listings With Inaccurate Prices

Google said it will be strict in enforcing accurate pricing for lodging listings on Google, both for ads and free booking links. There is no policy change but they will have a "higher standards for price accuracy."

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Google AI Mode Agentic Features Go Live For Some

A month ago, Google announced new agentic (agent based) features for AI Mode. Well, some are now seeing this live in AI Mode, specifically making reservations at recommended restaurants.

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Google AdSense Dropping Session-Related Metrics

Google is sunsetting the session-related metrics for Google AdSense. Google said this includes all metrics that rely on ad sessions, such as "Ad sessions", "Ad session RPM", etc.

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Google To Label Some Search Ads With "Not A Government Website"

Google updated its Other restricted businesses: Government documents and services policy to say it may label some search ads to say, "Not a government website."

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Google Search Testing Shaded Stock Price Interface

Google is testing a shaded box design for the stock pricing and information in the Google Search results. Google has these shaded designs in other areas as well but for now, this may just be a test.

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Google AI Mode Tests Moving Query To Right Side

Google is testing moving your query from the left top position to the right top position of the AI response within AI Mode. This is a subtle change but it is interesting to see Google test these small changes to AI Mode.

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Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5786 - Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year

This is a programming note that Tuesday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 23rd and September 24th...

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Google AI Mode Product Listings Tests AI-Generated Product Summaries

Google is testing AI-generated product summaries in the AI Mode results, after you click on a specific product. I was able to generate this in one out of every four browser attempts, and here is how it works.

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Google Search Translate A Conversation Button

Google is testing a button that takes you from Google Search short translations answers, to the ability to translate a full conversation in another interface.

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Google August 2025 Spam Update To Probably Finish Tomorrow - 9/22

The Google August 2025 spam update will probably be marked as completed tomorrow, September 22, 2025. That is what John Mueller from Google said deep inside a comment on a LinkedIn post. He wrote today, "Just between us, we'll probably mark it complete tomorrow."

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Google Search: Red Live Label On What People Are Saying Carousel

We've covered the What people are saying carousel and section within the Google Search results. We've covered the red live label for news stories. We are now seeing the two combined.

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Bing Testing Local Pack & Maps Interfaces

Microsoft is testing various interfaces for the Bing Search local pack results and map. I spotted four different interfaces, some with the map on the page, some without. Some in a list view, some in a card view.

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Official: Google Discover Rolling Out Follow Feature & Creator Content

Google has made it official and announced updates to Google Discover. That follow feature we covered a few weeks ago is now rolling out officially to all and Google confirmed it is showing more creator content from X, Instagram and YouTube Shorts within your Discover feed.

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Google Search Bug Leads To Search Results Overwhelmed With Ads

A Google Search bug from this morning led to the search results being overwhelmed with just ads. This is obviously a Google Search serving bug where Google had a glitch and was unable to serve the proper amount of organic/free results.

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Google Tests AI Generated Search Snippet Summaries

Google is testing placing AI-generated search result snippet summaries. Under each Google search result, there is a thing bar, followed by the Gemini logo and then a short AI-generated summary of the page.

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Rolling Stone Publisher (Penske) Sued Google Over AI Overviews

Penske Media, which operates and owns Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Variety and others has sued Google over its AI Overviews. The lawsuit says Google used its content while resulting in less overall traffic for them and a drop in affiliate income.

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No, Google Search Console Did Not Add An AI Overviews Filter

No, Google Search Console did not add an AI Overviews filter to the Search Performance report. There was a ton of buzz this morning that Google added the ability to filter out AI Overview data in Search Console, but it was a fake and not a real screenshot.

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Google Search Tests Dropping 100 Search Results Parameter

Google Search seems to be testing dropping the ability to see 100 search results on a single page. When you add the results parameter to the end of your search results URL string, i.e. #=100, it works about half the time.

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Google Updated The Merchant Center Pricing Policies

Google has updated the Google Merchant Center pricing policies for September. The changes include updates in the merchant fees, government charges, import and export costs, regional and installment pricing, price mismatches and automated updates.

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Google Tests Replacing Hotel Review Stars For Website & Phone Number

Google is testing replacing the review stars at the top of the hotel knowledge panel with listing the hotel's website URL and the hotel's phone number.

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Google Search Testing New Local Ad Cards Format

Google seems to be testing a new format for local ads in the search results. These look more like that older card format test we saw a year or so ago. There are these two local cards at the top and when you click on them, the local panel for that Google Business Profile opens up.

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