Google Merchant Center now lets you name your various shipping policies. This is a welcomed change because previously, it was hard to know which shipping policy was associated with which products.

Semrush, the well-known and popular SaaS search marketing platform, has acquired Third Door Media and all its properties, including Search Engine Land, SMX, MarTech, and Digital Marketing Depot. As you know, Semrush went public in March 2021 and has grown its business over the past 16 years to over 1,000 people and hundreds of millions of dollars.

Google Ads has renamed “text assets” to “customizations” within the Automatically created assets section of Google Ads.

Google is testing a product carousel within the search results snippets that contain product images, product information, ratings and prices.

Google is testing a product carousel within the search results snippets that contain product images, product information, ratings and prices. This might be specific to Amazon, but I am not sure.

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Microsoft upgrades Bing Webmaster Tools with extended data access, new recommendations system, and AI assistant in limited testing phase. The post Bing Webmaster Tools Update: More Data, Recommendations, Copilot appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

YouTube announces updates, introducing new features across all platforms in response to user feedback. The post YouTube Introduces Changes Across Web, Mobile, and TV appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

This is a programming note that Thursday and Friday are Sukkot and I will be offline the next two days.

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. We are seeing more volatility again from Google Search, surprise, surprise…