Learn the WordPress SEO fundamentals that separate high-performing sites from those buried in search results. The post WordPress SEO Checklist: Get Ready For (Site) Launch appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google released an update to Nano Banana yesterday named Nano Banana Pro and it is super impressive as an image generation tool. But it is also incorporated into Google Search via Google AI Mode and available within Google Ads to help you make ad creatives.

More and more people are starting to see Google Ads within the Google AI Mode results. Google told us these ads were being tested on desktop AI Mode results back in May and over the past several weeks, more and more are starting to see them in the wild.

Google has updated the list of countries where using Google Ads for offline gambling advertising is prohibited. Google updated the list on November 19, 2025 to match countries where offline gambling is not allowed.

In April, we saw a small disclaimer on the Google AI Overviews within Google Search to “Check important info.” Well, Google is testing a much larger disclaimer, at the bottom of the AI Overview that says, “Double-check important information” and “It’s a good idea to check info in multiple places” with a “Learn more” button.

As you know, Google has been testing a way to click a button to message multiple businesses through the Local Service Ads. Google now calls that message fan out

The &num=100 search parameter was recently deprecated.

An analysis of 300k domains found LLMs.txt file adoption is low and has no measurable link to AI citation frequency. The post LLMs.txt Shows No Clear Effect On AI Citations, Based On 300k Domains 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 thought about how to give publishers control over AI using its content, but well…

Trust and proven expertise are quickly becoming the signals AI systems rely on when choosing which brands to surface. The post The Role Of Brand Authority And E-E-A-T In The AI Search Era appeared first on Search Engine Journal