Google may be doing something right with improving the click-through rates from the organic search results page that contain AI Overviews. An update report shows the CTR is improving, after numerous times showing the CTR has been declining.

Google’s Ginny Marvin, the Ads Liaison, has confirmed there are delays for some Demand Gen Image ads to be approved. Some of these delays are several days pending, not hours, but several days.

Microsoft Bing is testing making the links within the AI results, the Copilot Search results, less clickable. Typically, the whole line of text is clickable to the citation but here, Bing is testing only linking the citation mark at the end.

Google is testing adding an AI label to some of the search ads, the sponsored results, within the search results. Clicking on the AI label does nothing, according to Brodie Clark who spotted this.

Google now lets you edit videos within your Google Business Profiles, directly in the Google app. There are basic editing tools, probably more than most businesses require, to update and edit the videos that they want to show in Google Maps and Google Search.

The web is splitting into transactional systems run by AI and experiential spaces for humans, forcing brands to rethink visibility, trust, and measurement. The post The Fully Non-Human Web: No One Builds The Page, No One Visits It appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Seer Interactive says brand-cited AI Overview CTR fell 61% as impressions grew faster than clicks across cited pages. The post AI Overview CTR Fell 61%, But Clicks Didn’t Collapse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s Liz Reid told Bloomberg AI Overviews cut “bounce clicks,” not deeper visits, but Google still hasn’t shared data backing that claim. The post Google Pushes “Bounce Clicks” Explanation For AI Overview Traffic Loss appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s latest Search updates push further into task completion. The reporting surfaces businesses rely on haven’t kept pace.

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 now won’t use spam reports with personal identifiable information.