This week in search, we covered an update on the Google December 2025 core update. Google Search traffic to news publishers continues to vanish, but there is Google Discover
When conversions matter, these landing page builders give you the flexibility and optimization features to capture more customers. The post The 7 Best Landing Page Builders For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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A report from The Information outlined a number of avenues OpenAI is looking at for ad formats in ChatGPT. The main one that is reportedly being thrown around at the AI company is to show sponsored content within the AI responses given by ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT Ads May Prioritize Sponsored Content In AI Responses
Google has been publishing these videos from advertisers on the number one Google Ads launches of the year 2025. Bug Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, was asked and she picked PMax channel performance reporting as her number one feature release for Google Ads in 2025.
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Google: #1 Google Ads Launches Of 2025
Google is testing placing the search results in the center of the screen, instead of aligning it more to the left of the screen. This is an ongoing test we have seen on and off over many many years and it is still going on.
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Google Continues Centering Search Results Test
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that when picking a site name, make sure to pick something that you can reasonably expect to rank for. In short, don’t go online and complain that your site is named Best SEO blog and you don’t rank in the number one position in Google Search for [best SEO blog].
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Google: Pick A Reasonable Site Name To Rank For In Search
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that when picking a site name, make sure to pick something that you can reasonably expect to rank for. In short, don’t go online and complain that your site is named Best SEO blog and you don’t rank in the number one position in Google Search for [best SEO blog].
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Google: Pick A Reasonable Site Name To Rank For In Search
Navah Hopkins, the Ads Liaison for Microsoft Advertising, made it crystal clear that exact match is prioritized even over Ad Rank. Navah Hopkins wrote on X and LinkedIn, “Exact match will get the priority if it’s there, otherwise Ad Rank determines everything.”
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Microsoft Advertiser: Exact Match Trumps Ad Rank On AI Surfaces & More
Every year, for the past 18 or so years, Google’s John Mueller has been working on Christmas to provide support to those who need help with their Google Search ranking and SEO concerns.
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Google’s John Mueller Working On Christmas (2025 Edition)
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 24, 2025