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

This week’s SEO Pulse covers potential opt-outs from AI search, deeper AI Overviews integration, and what model tradeoffs mean for content workflows.

This week, we covered more ongoing Google search ranking volatility – January was a heated month. Google AI Overviews show more button officially flows to AI Mode…

This week’s PPC Pulse recaps early details on ChatGPT’s premium ad pricing and key takeaways from the first Ads Decoded episode on Google Analytics.

January has been an insane month with Google Search ranking volatility, and I guess it is no surprise to see the most heated time right now, as we end the month. I am seeing a significant spike in SEO chatter and many of the tools are showing very heated Google search ranking volatility over the past 24 hours or so.

Google is testing showing third-party endorsement content on Search ads, a Google Ads spokesperson confirmed. This “third-party endorsement content” may include content from third-party websites under the ad description, including the site’s name, logo, and a short endorsement from that site.

Several weeks after Google rolled out support for Preferred Sources globally, Google added official help documentation for site owners to use to help them understand what it is all about and how to encourage their readers to subscribe to your site as a preferred source.