This week was a huge week for search; between Google I/O and Google Marketing Live – it was just a lot. We had two unconfirmed Google ranking updates, one on I/O day and one on May 16th.
2025/05/23
This week was a huge week for search; between Google I/O and Google Marketing Live – it was just a lot. We had two unconfirmed Google ranking updates, one on I/O day and one on May 16th.
Baseball meets AI in Google I/O 2025. It’s clever, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye. The post Google I/O 2025: The Background Google Didn’t Tell You appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google released AI Mode in the U.S.
I am seeing some complaints within the local SEO community about a surge or spike in name changes happening to Google Business Profiles. It is unclear how widespread the issue is, or if there is a pattern to the issue or not – at least at this point in time.
Google has added a setting for AdSense publishers to pick the positions of their anchor ads. They can pick from up to six different settings depending on top/bottom or side anchor ads.
Google is testing a “recently viewed” label in the search results, next to search result snippets that you have clicked on in your recent search history. This is similar to the you visit often label and the other recently visited examples we’ve seen over the years.
Google has added a new display ads option for ad intents. The new option lets you pick between always show display ads with organic search results or show search ads with organic search results, and display ads if search ads are unavailable.
Google Search Console’s Discover performance report has a weird bug. It started early yesterday morning where a blue notice prompt would show up and have a mysterious hashtag, with the text “Learn more” and “Got it.” This is obviously a bug.
SEO coach Tazmin Sulliman shares her four-step framework for redesigning your career with authenticity. Learn how to set achievable goals, manage stress with her BRAVE technique, and celebrate your wins along the way. Remember—you’re not starting from scratch, you’re redesigning with purpose!
Google claims AI search delivers “more qualified clicks” despite traffic losses. Are these changes helping publishers, or boosting its ads business?