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. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 28, 2025
Nilay Patel of The Verge had a great one-on-one conversation with Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO. Nilay did put on the pressure around how the changes with AI Overviews and AI Mode in Google Search are impacting publishers in a very negative way, but Sundar seemed unconvinced that web publishing is dead.
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Google’s Sundar Pichai Doesn’t Think Web Publishing Is Dead
Google added a new type of data point to the Google Business Profiles performance reports named Chat Clicks. Chat clicks show you how many people are clicking over from your chat conversations in the local and maps results within Google Search and Maps.
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Google Business Profiles Chat Clicks Performance Analytics
With Google rolling out AI Mode in the US and calling it the future of Google Search, many SEOs are worried about how organic search will lead traffic and conversions for their business and their clients. Well, a small poll showed that most SEO are scared about AI Mode being the future of Google Search.
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Poll: Most SEOs Are Scared About Google AI Mode
Google Search now lets you see the pricing history and pricing details, including more store details of a specific product, directly from the search results. When you click on the three dots in the product secondary overlay, you get this third-level overlay with those details.
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Google Search Products Third-Level Overlay With Store Pricing & More
Google needs even more queries, the 10% growth isn’t enough, so Google AI Overviews is testing query expansion tabs at the top of the AI Overviews.
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Google AI Overviews Tests Query Expansion Tabs
Google is testing a new design for the crawl stats section in Google Search Console. Instead of the more list view section below the main chart at the top, this new interface is much more visual with numerous charts. * Turns out this is not happening, it is “Advanced GSC Visualizer extension” causing this – leaving the rest of the story here to avoid confusion*
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Google Search Console Tests New Crawl Stats UI (NOPE)
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Search engines now surface answers, not just links. This article covers how to structure your WordPress site for better visibility and authority.
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Future-Proofing WordPress SEO: How To Optimize For AI-Driven Search Features via @sejournal, @cshel
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai fails to read the room, insisting that “no one sends traffic to the web the way we do” The post Google’s CEO Says AI Overviews Website Referrals Are Increasing appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s CEO Says AI Overviews Website Referrals Are Increasing via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Join us for a tactical webinar that breaks down how to track, measure and respond to traffic loss caused by AI Overviews. The post The Overlooked Traffic Drop Caused by AI Overviews [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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The Overlooked Traffic Drop Caused by AI Overviews [Webinar] via @sejournal, @lorenbaker