Google sent out emails to some advertisers notifying them that starting October 1st, Google Local Service Ads will charge for some missed and subsequent calls over the platform.

Google seems to be showing AI Overviews at the top of the search results page when you specifically search for stock price queries – such as for [GOOG stock] or [MSFT stock] and so on. I was able to replicate this myself and it is just weird to show the AI Overview at the top for this queries and it seems to make the search results less relevant.

Google Ads is testing loading the sponsored results in the mobile search results interface with an animation.

Google’s John Mueller said on Bluesky that there is nothing special for one to do for generative AI responses within Google Search. He wrote, “from our POV there’s nothing really special you need to do for generative AI responses in search.”

Google’s John Mueller said on Bluesky that there is nothing special for one to do for generative AI responses within Google Search. He wrote, “from our POV there’s nothing really special you need to do for generative AI responses in search.”

Gary Illyes from Google reiterated this morning that Googlebot, Google’s crawler, does not parse JSON files. Instead, Googlebot just downloads the files and then the indexer does the rest.

Google’s recent Spam Update may have partially focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content. The post Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s recent Spam Update may have partially focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content. The post Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Cloudflare’s EmDash CMS, the spiritual successor to WordPress, is set to release version 1.0 soon after proving itself on their high traffic blog. The post Cloudflare Says EmDash Version 1.0 Is Releasing Soon appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Webflow adds Codex support with built-in Skills that vastly simplifies automating common website management and development tasks. The post Webflow’s New OpenAI Codex Integration Simplifies Site Management appeared first on Search Engine Journal .