Courts ruled against Google, regulators push forward, and appeals loom. Here’s where every proceeding stands and what it signals for search and monetization.

A few weeks ago, we reported Google was exploring ways to allow sites to opt out of showing up in Google’s AI features, like AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google’s Sulina Connal said at the FT Strategies News in the Digital Age conference that this is a “huge engineering project.”

There is a new Google Ads help document named About the Results tab in Google Ads Recommendations.

Google AI Mode has this feature where you can ask about a specific product, it is called “Ask about.” Now when you hover over a product, the “Ask about” will overlay so you can more easily trigger the feature.

Google seems to be testing links in AI Overviews, that link to more AI Overview responses.

Did you know that the Google AI Overviews link citation paperclip icons are blue before you click to see more of the overviews and then after you click on them, that icon turns to a gray color.

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

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