Daily Search Forum Recap: May 29, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Dealing with outdated brand mentions in search? Here’s a clear breakdown of how to shift visibility from your old brand name to your new one
Explore the impact of Google Discover AI and publishers on news traffic and SERPs in this interview with host Shelley Wash and guest John Shehata.
Google Search ranking and results have experienced increased volatility over the past 24 hours or so – the search results are heating up. I am noticing an uptick in SEO chatter within the industry and also some of the tools are showing increased search ranking volatility.
For the past several months, we’ve been seeing signs that the Google Maps and local questions and answers feature is being phased out.
Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed on X that ads can show above/below the AI Overviews or within the AI Overviews but not in both positions at the same time. She wrote, “Your ad could trigger to show either above/below AIO or within AIO, but not both at this time.”
Google is updating its Unapproved Substances section of the Healthcare and Medicines policy in June to allow the promotion and serving ads for Melatonin.
Google is testing another search results snippet hover effect. This one will color the background a light gray shadow like color. We’ve seen variations of this before (see articles below).
Microsoft is testing using alternative names and titles for the related searches section within the Bing Search results. I was able to trigger four alternatives to the normal related searches header.
Google’s Thematic Search patent describes a system that closely parallels how AI Mode’s Query Fan-Out technique generates summaries The post Google’s Query Fan-Out Patent: Thematic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .