Google is supposedly showing AI Overviews for movie-related queries. Apparently, this is new, although I don’t have firsthand knowledge since I don’t typically search for movies

Google Ads is rolling out its new Smart Bidding Exploration bidding update to some advertisers. At Google Marketing Live, Google called this its “biggest update to bidding in over a decade.”

Microsoft is testing showing sitelinks with light gray underlines in the Bing search results.

Google’s June 2025 update is over. Here are some clues about what may have happened

Is your Google Search Console showing a trend of plummeting clicks and soaring impressions? Welcome to “The Great Decoupling,” a seismic shift in how people are using the web driven by AI Overviews. In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Tom explains how AI is fundamentally changing user behavior and what it means for your website’s strategy. 

ChatGPT agent is a turning point for SEO because it changes how websites are expected to function for both humans and machines. The post OpenAI ChatGPT Agent Marks A Turning Point For Businesses And SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Perplexity’s new AI browser, Comet, is now live.

Former Google Search engineer Andrew Yan launches Athena, a startup helping brands optimize their visibility in AI-generated answers. The post Ex-Google Engineer Launches Athena For AI Search Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller explains how to remove pages from Google Search, why sitelinks can’t be controlled manually, and when to use the URL removal tool. The post Google’s John Mueller Clarifies How To Remove Pages From Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google Analytics real-time reporting screens seem broken again. I am seeing a ton of complaints about GA4 real-time reporting not showing full data.