Google seems to be testing using AI to summarize the menus for local restaurants within Google Search and Google Maps. I believe it still shows the real menu but will add above and between it, AI summaries of those menu items.

A bit over a year ago, we saw Google testing a website link in the hotel local pack on desktop search. Now it seems Google is also testing it on mobile search, unless it was like that then and we didn’t see the mobile version.

Google’s John Mueller advises checking whether your ecommerce store is accessible to AI agents. The post Google’s Mueller Advises Testing Ecommerce Sites For Agentic AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s Gary Illyes explains the process of indexing content and offers a tip on how to improve crawl budget. The post Google Explains The Process Of Indexing The Main Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Discover how customer reviews directly influence what Large Language Models (LLMs) say about your local business in AI-powered search results and better understand how sentiment, volume, recency, and keyword relevance in reviews shape AI-generated recommendations.

Microsoft analyzed 200,000 AI workplace conversations to learn how AI is reshaping marketing and sales roles.

Google says images styled with CSS won’t be indexed in Image Search, advising developers to use HTML tags for important visuals. The post Google Warns: CSS Background Images Aren’t Indexed 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 clarifies that soft 404 pages consume crawl budget, even when they return a 200 OK status. Here’s how this affects your site

The gap between traditional SEO and AI-first search is growing. Duane Forrester shows what to cut, what to keep, and what to start doing.