There are a lot of folks in the community saying that implementing structured data / schema on your pages will help you with AI Search visibility. But few have really tested it until now. And those few tests show that adding structured data / schema does not help with your visibility in AI search, at least not yet.
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Structured Data Does Not Help With Visibility In AI Search
Bloomberg reports that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating Google (and Amazon) on whether the companies misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites.
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FTC Investigating Google Over Ad Pricing & Terms On Websites
No, Google Search Console did not add an AI Overviews filter to the Search Performance report. There was a ton of buzz this morning that Google added the ability to filter out AI Overview data in Search Console, but it was a fake and not a real screenshot.
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No, Google Search Console Did Not Add An AI Overviews Filter
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Google AI Mode is upending advertising models.
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When Advertising Shifts To Prompts, What Should Advertisers Do? via @sejournal, @siliconvallaeys
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2025
A step-by-step guide to bulk updating WordPress posts, plugins, and products — safely, quickly, and without breaking your site. The post 3 Different Ways To Do Bulk Updates On WordPress appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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3 Different Ways To Do Bulk Updates On WordPress
This week, I covered the ongoing Google August 2025 spam update and how it heated up this week.
On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The last time Google updated this document was on January 23, 2025, over seven months ago. This update gives minor clarification as it relates to rating YMYL content and adds a handful of additional examples for rating newer features like AI Overviews.
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Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gains AI Overview & YMYL Definitions
Google Search seems to be testing dropping the ability to see 100 search results on a single page.
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Google Search Tests Dropping 100 Search Results Parameter
Microsoft Advertising is testing using three dots, instead of the arrow down, for the sponsored ads URL in the Bing search results.
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Bing Tests Microsoft Sponsored Ads With Three Dots By URL