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 Search Console reporting will have AI Mode data but you won't be able to break it out. Google Ads posted new help documentation on ads in AI Overviews and experimental AI sections. There are a number of complaints about the live broadcasting search results and the Google Indexing API. This comes when John Mueller from Google warns about using the indexing API incorrectly. Google Ads lowered its customer list requirement for target network on search campaigns. Google Shopping is testing a new sub menu under the search bar.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
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Google AI Mode Reporting Coming To Search Console
Google has confirmed that AI Mode reporting will be coming to Google Search Console. It is currently not yet in Search Console, but it will be coming as part of the AI Mode rollout. -
Google Ads Help Doc On Ads In AI Overviews & Experiences
Google has released a new help document named About Ads and AI Overviews, plus, they added a new landing page that contains a link to this single document named Ads in AI-Powered experiences. I assume Google will eventually add a new section named Ads and AI Mode in that document? -
SEO Complaints About Google's Live Broadcasting & Indexing API
I am seeing a number of complaints from the SEO industry in India and those regions around Google not indexing live broadcast types of content fast with the Google Indexing API. There are quite a number of complaints on X this morning about the issue - to be clear, I cannot replicate it myself. -
Google Ads Lowers Customer Lists To 100 Visitors For Targeting On Search Campaigns
Google Ads, sometime after June 2024 and November 2024, updated the size of your data segment requirement from 1,000 active visitors in a 30-day period to 100 active visitors in the same period. This is for the requirement to serve your ads varies based on the target network, specific to the Google Search Network. -
Google Shopping Tests New Menu Under Search Bar With Super G Logo
Google is testing a new menu, tab bar, under the search bar within Google Shopping. This new bar most visibly has the super G logo and then contains additional options that take you to search, nearby, deals and for you searches. -
Google: Stop Using Indexing API For Unsupported Content
Google's John Mueller once again told SEOs to stop using the Google Indexing API for unsupported content types. The Google Indexing API is supported for job postings and live stream content and nothing else, but yet many still try to use it for other types of content. -
Google GGL Manhole
We've covered (no pun intended) a number of Google branded manholes at the various Google offices. But here is another one, this one says GGL and is at the Mountain View offices.
Other Great Search Threads:
- I also had a weird bug on a knowledge panel with an ADS in the panel, but you don't see the whole word "sponsored," just "ored." Note: I highlighted it in red., Damien (andell) on X
- I can't imagine a situation where they'd be useful - but would love your take. If AI Mode does 10 searches, 6 had your site, and your site wasn't in the final compilation, what would you like to see? I'd rather not overload Search Console w, John Mueller on Bluesky
- That sounds more like a matter of timezones. Googlebot definitely doesn't time-travel. For now., John Mueller on Bluesky
Search Engine Land Stories:
- The latest jobs in search marketing
- Discord enters the Ad arena
- The future of SEO as the future Google Search rolls out
- Google slashes Customer Match list minimums in Search Campaigns to 100 Users
- Using ChatGPT’s Advanced Data Analysis feature for PPC
- There are more than 4 types of search intent
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Google introduces agentic capabilities for marketers, Google Blog
- Google Adds New GTM Tag for Enhanced Conversions, PPC News Feed
Industry & Business
- Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis on AGI, Innovation and More, New York Times
- Google AI Mode Is a Good Start. Now Alphabet Needs to Fully Embrace the New AI World., Barron's
- Baidu’s First-Quarter Revenue Rose on Robust AI Business, Wall Street Journal
- Google Search 'AI Mode' seen as content theft by news publishing industry representative, Coywolf
- Google Search’s AI Mode Takes Aim at AI Firms Challenging Its Dominance, Wall Street Journal
- ‘Microsoft is the AI ringleader’: tech rivals flock to software giant’s stage, Financial Times (Sub)
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
- Google teases Android Auto media app updates, 9to5Google
- 7 Google Maps tips to use with Android Auto and CarPlay, Popular Science
Mobile & Voice
- Google Search app rolls out ‘Activity’ tab on Android, 9to5Google
- How Jony Ive-OpenAI Deal Will Impact Apple; New Details on Apple’s iOS Redesign, Bloomberg
SEO
- SEO User-Agents disallowed in robots.txt. Reflections on Ahrefs recent study, Majestic
- 6 Places to Find the Questions Buyers & Sellers Ask Google, SEO Savvy Agent
- Google AI Mode's Query Fan-Out Technique: What is it & How Does it Mean for SEO?, Aleyda Solis
- SEO’s Rejoice : Google Streamlines Account Switching Across Apps, Search Engine World
- What 75,000 Brands Taught Us About Getting Mentioned in AI Overviews, Ahrefs
PPC
- Improved Price Benchmarks in Google Merchant Center, PPC News Feed
- Update to Verification Process for Debt Services Australia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, South Korea, and Spain, Google Advertising Policies Help
Search Features
- Homepage Traffic is Up 10.7% from AI Overviews and LLMs [50-Site Study], Siege Media
- Tab Search added to Chrome's toolbar to help find open tabs, Coywolf
- Turn off Google AI Mode? What Still Works?, Search Engine World
- Google I/O revealed more updates for Wallet, Wear OS, Google Play, and more, The Verge
- Breaking down the AI Mode Patent, Michael King
Other Search
- AI search is not the same as AI search: how OpenAI sees the market, SISTRIX
- New Google ‘G’ logo comes to web, widget with Dynamic Color, 9to5Google
- Google Is Putting Its Gemini AI Into Robots, CNET
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