Google’s John Mueller explained how Search Console handles sitemap uploads and said there’s no guarantees about URL crawling timeline The post Google Says GSC Sitemap Uploads Don’t Guarantee Immediate Crawls appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
LinkedIn reports that professionals trust their networks more than AI or search engines for work advice, with spending shifting to creators and community content. The post LinkedIn Study: Professionals Trust Their Networks Over AI & Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google launches Merchant loyalty offerings, bringing member pricing and shipping into Shopping ads and free listings while adding a loyalty goal in Google Ads. The post Google Brings Loyalty Offerings To Merchant Retailers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google has released the August 2025 spam update on August 26, 2025 at around 12:00 pm ET. This update applies globally and to all languages and will take a few weeks to complete.
While Google expanded AI Mode access to 180+ countries and regions last week, Google is testing AI Mode in currently unsupported regions. Such regions including countries in the European Union, including Romania.
A new survey from NP Digital says that only 4% of the 1,000 people surveyed said they do not click from the Google AI Overviews. 13.3% of people surveyed said they do click every single time within an AI Overview, 30.5% said they often click, 41.5% said they sometimes click and 10.3% said they rarely click through.
After seeing the loyalty pricing and discounts in the Google search results and shopping ads, Google has now announced that they have new loyalty offerings in Merchant Center and also loyalty goal in Google Ads.
Google Ads renamed the “Chat” section or button in the Google Ads interface to “Ads Advisor.” The Chat feature was spotted earlier this year in January, and I guess Google would rather call it an “advisor” and not “chat.”