This week we covered the ongoing Google June 2025 core update and how we are finally seeing some recoveries with the past helpful content updates, and some core updates. Google Search Console’s performance report…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content Recoveries With Core Update, AI Mode Expands, Hidden Ad Terms & Fewer Ad Clicks
Starting around June 25, 2025, many are noticing huge declines in impressions and clicks from their local rankings in Google. This is from the Google Business Profiles performance reports and I think it is a data/reporting glitch, but who knows, maybe it was a ranking change?
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Google Local & Business Profiles Drops June 25th – Reporting Glitch?
Google is testing a zoom effect when you place your mouse cursor over the images in the search result snippets. Normally, these images do not move, but in this test, Google is using this zoom feature to give the results a bit more dimension.
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Google Tests Zoom Effect In On Images Within Search Results
Microsoft is testing expanding its image search box within the Bing Search results to let you “explore” images in a deeper way. Part of this test brings you into Bing’s visual search and also give you related topic and search queries and dive you into more details in Bing Image Search.
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Bing Search Image Box Tests Explore Image & Visual Search Buttons
Microsoft is testing using a blue delivery truck icon in some of the ads in the Bing Search results. I guess it is to symbolize that they offer delivery?
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Microsoft Bing Tests Delivery Truck Icon In Search Ads
Microsoft is testing showing the “See more” button at the top of the Bing local pack, instead of the bottom of the local pack. I suspect this is a test and not a bug, but who knows.
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Bing Local Pack With See More Button At Top
Google’s John Mueller explains what site owners should expect after implementing SEO changes. The post Google Explains How Long It Takes For SEO To Work appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Explains How Long It Takes For SEO To Work via @sejournal, @martinibuster
This week, Jo is joined by Garrett Sussman as they look back on 12 months of AI Overviews and talk about Google AI Mode, query fan-out, AI search in e-commerce, local SEO, and where we stand on the age-old “Is SEO Dead?” debate.
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What’s New in AI Search? Whiteboard Friday Revisited With Garrett Sussman
OpenAI has added Shopify to ChatGPT’s shopping search as a third-party data source.
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OpenAI Quietly Adds Shopify As A Shopping Search Partner via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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TikTok has denied a Reuters report claiming it’s building a standalone U.S. app with a separate algorithm
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TikTok Denies Report Claiming It’s Building a Standalone US App via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern