Google is testing a Search Console pilot that pays publishers when their content contributes to Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode answers. The post Google Tests Paying Publishers For AI Answers Via Search Console appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Count AI marketing’s hidden rework and maintenance costs before claiming efficiency gains, or risk repeating programmatic’s mistake and starving long-term strategy. The post AI Isn’t Delivering Marketing Efficiency, It’s Repeating Programmatic’s Broken Promise appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is testing a way to pay publishers for using their content in AI Mode…

I’ve been pretty quiet on posting reports Google updates recently, in fact, I have not posted about one since late August. But while most sites seem calm in the Google rankings, there was definitely some sort of ranking blip around September 4th, and in some cases, the September 4th impact reverted on September 13th

Sean McCrohan and Steve Wiideman explain how citation clicks, calls, prompt libraries, and customer language can connect AI discovery to local leads. The post How To Connect AI Search Visibility To Local Leads appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google is testing a blue background color on the “More” link within the product results in Google Search. The link is normally just a basic “more” link with no prominence or color that calls it out but in this test, Google is using a blue highlight color for the link.

Google continues to test new query expansion methods in AI Mode, beyond standard follow-up questions.

Google continues to test new query expansion methods in AI Mode, beyond standard follow-up questions.

Google’s John Mueller said it is normal for Google Search to take a while to update image thumbnails in its search results with updated images from the website it pulls from. And it can take even longer if the image is still on the page, but was only moved down the page later, even if the image is within the recipe structured data as the primary.

Google Ads has a new beta named Product Value Optimization that allows advertisers to configure value adjustments to guide automated bidding to optimize for the products that matter for your business goals.