Markham Erickson, Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google told The Verge that searchers want AI Overviews, “contextual answers and summaries,” over links to publishers. But to help the ecosystem and the value exchange, Google will continue to provide links.

Earlier this year, we saw some signs that the Google local Questions and Answers feature seemed to be slowly going away, not just in India but other places. Well, now, Google sent out an email saying it will “be discontinuing the My Business Q&A API.”

Google is testing a new way to lift a suspension within Google Merchant Center. Some can now do video verification, the same way they can with verifying their Google Business Profiles.

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.

Google is hiring an anti-scraping engineering analyst to help develop ways to stop search results scrapers. The post Google Is Hiring An Anti-Scraping Engineering Analyst appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Join Tom Capper, Sr. Search Scientist at STAT Search Analytics, as he reveals what enterprise SEOs need to know to maintain visibility and measure success.

Struggling to manage dozens of Google Business Profiles? Learn how to claim, verify, and manage Google Business Profiles at scale.

Google is testing placing AI-generated search result snippet summaries.

YouTube monetization gets major updates: dynamic sponsorship insertion, side-panel live ads, and AI-powered shopping tools.

YouTube announces A/B title testing availability, along with AI-powered conversational analytics for YouTube Studio. The post YouTube Adds Title A/B Testing And “Ask Studio” Analytics appeared first on Search Engine Journal .