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

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

Block flattening can make weak AI Overview visibility look like a top ranking, so measure visits and conversions to assess search performance.

We are seeing significant volatility again within the Google Search rankings again, this time starting around September 23rd (maybe the 22nd) and throughout today. As we have been seeing, the chatter is generally slowing down as Google has been sending less and less traffic to sites, but I believe there are enough signals to say there was some sort of unconfirmed Google Search ranking update.

Google announced a new query fan-out framework that is described as ready for production-scale search. The post Google Announces New Query Fan-Out Framework: R4T-Diffusion appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google Business Profiles is testing a new feature to let it set your business hours for you automatically by just asking you to describe your business hours in text. Google will then use AI to interpret them and make them into a structured format to list on your local panel in Google Search and Google Maps.

Google Ads is showing some advertisers not just a recommendation with the ability to make a change on that recommendation but it is tied to the advertiser’s forecast.

We’ve seen Microsoft test variations of expanding sitelinks within the Bing search results before.

Google is testing a redesigned Local Service Ads design in the search results that have larger images and a highlight box under the listings. It makes the ads really stand out and in your face.

A report finds Google Search and Discover declines got steeper for publishers, while direct, internal, and dark social grew.