Archive for May, 2025

(Not) New Google Merchant Center Event Promotion

2025/05/07

Google has a “new feature,” as it labeled it, within Google Merchant Center, for event promotions. This allows you to promote an event, such as a sale, promotion or occasion, that may help you sell product.

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Internal Silos Are An Overlooked Problem That Can Hurt Search Performance via @sejournal, @coreydmorris

2025/05/07

It’s not your SEO strategy. It might be the hidden silos that choke ROI, delay execution, and derail even your best-laid digital plans

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WordPress WooCommerce Bug Causing Sites To Crash via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2025/05/06

A WordPress bug is causing fatal errors on WooCommerce sites, resulting in widespread outages. The post WordPress WooCommerce Bug Causing Sites To Crash appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 2025

2025/05/06

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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Testing Google’s Post-AIO Traffic Claims via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

2025/05/06

Dive into the findings on AI Overviews and Google Search. Is the promise of growing web traffic being fulfilled?

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It’s Official: Google Launches AI Max for Search Campaigns via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

2025/05/06

Google introduces AI Max for Search, expanding query reach, adaptive creative, and better controls to boost performance while maintaining transparency for advertisers. The post It’s Official: Google Launches AI Max for Search Campaigns appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Site Commands Display AI Overviews

2025/05/06

Here is a weird one – doing a site command and Google presenting an AI Overview summary of the results. In this case, the AI Overview was dead wrong – which is not all that uncommon – but why show an AI Overview here?

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Google Business Profiles Information Edit Rejection Notice

2025/05/06

Google is now sending emails to business owners when a Google Business Profile information edit was rejected. The email subject line says “A recent information edit was rejected,” and then it tells you more details on why and allows you to read the policy and then appeal the decision.

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Brazilian Publishers Not Happy With Google & Discover

2025/05/06

For the past week or so, news publishers from Brazil have not been happy with Google. It seems that Google Discover is broken for a lot of Brazilians, showing irrelevant content to users and searchers, and not showing content from the typical publishers based in Brazil.

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Google Popular Products With Video & Content Reviews (Some 55 Years Old)

2025/05/06

We’ve seen variations of Google’s popular products section in the search results show both article and video content reviews. But now we are seeing another format for it, one that even links to laptop reviews from 55 years ago, a good ten years before the Osborne 1 hit shelves.

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