Google has added AI Max to the search match types in the Google Ads interface.

Google is notifying some advertisers that their ads with message assets will stop serving on September 1st, and won’t be able to create new ones on August 1st, if the phone numbers remain unverified.

Similarweb released a report shows that since the launch of Google AI Overviews in May 2024, zero-click search (as coined by Rand Fishkin) grew 13 percentage points, from 56% to 69% in May 2025 – just a year later.

Last November, Google began to power some of the people also ask results with AI Overviews.

Google seems to be testing (or maybe it is a bug) the local panel sub-menu under the main search bar, under the search box. Normally, these sub-menu items would be grouped in the local panel on the right side of the page (normally on mobile) but here it is right below the search bar at the top.

Microsoft will be laying off about 4% of its workforce, which is about 9,000 employees. It is unclear if any of those jobs are across the Bing, Copilot or Microsoft Advertising businesses, or any search-related business.

Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads, where there are unexpected errors, high latency and other unexpected issues with the Google Ads advertiser console.

YouTube is updating its monetization policies to target mass-produced and repetitious content. Here’s you need to know.

Cloudflare’s new pay-per-crawl feature blocks AI crawlers and allows publishers to charge for access, sparking debate in the SEO industry over content visibility and monetization. The post Cloudflare Sparks SEO Debate With New AI Crawler Payment System appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

YouTube is replacing the “returning viewers” metric with new viewer segments to help creators better understand long-term audience engagement. The post YouTube Adds New Viewer Metrics To Track Audience Loyalty appeared first on Search Engine Journal .