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Google launches Smart Bidding Exploration, a new feature to help advertisers unlock untapped conversions by expanding eligible queries without changing audience targeting. The post Google Announces Largest Ads Bidding Update In Over A Decade appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Announces Largest Ads Bidding Update In Over A Decade via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
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…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 21, 2025
As AIOs take over SERPs, topical authority becomes more critical.
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How To Measure Topical Authority [In 2025] via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
Your customers are searching across ChatGPT, Reddit, Pinterest, and more. Is your brand showing up where it counts?
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Stop Focusing On Google, It’s Time to Focus On Being Visible via @sejournal, @wburton27
Google had a lot of news out of Google I/O, as you would expect. The big item, which we predicted, was that AI Mode is now available to all US searchers without having to opt into it within Search Labs. Plus, Google is testing a number of new features in AI mode including Deep Search, Live Search, personal context, custom charts, AI shopping and yes – Agentic features.
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Google AI Mode Live In US: Tests Deep Search, Live Search, Personalization, Custom Charts, Shopping & Agentic
Surprise, surprise, as I called it, Google is expanding AI Overviews into more regions.
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Google AI Overviews Expand Again & Lead To 10% Query Growth
Google Search seems to be super volatile today and yesterday, so I will call this the Google I/O 2025 Google unconfirmed update. I am seeing a spike in chatter within the SEO community along with many of the tools showing super heated volatility within the Google search results.
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Google I/O 2025 Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up
Google seems to be testing hiding the citations, link icons, for the AI Overviews default view. So when the AI Overview first loads in the Google Search results, the link icon is hidden.
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Google AI Overviews Tests Hidden Links
For the past few weeks or so, Google has a bug where the right side knowledge panel goes missing for business owners when you try to bring up your business listing in Google Search. This is not impacting everyone and it can be random but Google is supposedly aware of the issue and is fixing it.
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Google Business Profiles Bug Hides Right Knowledge Panel
Google seems to be testing showing author names and website citations in the AI Overviews. I am honestly not sure if this is new but Christian Kunz said it was and posted about it on his blog and on X.
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Google AI Overviews With Author Names & Citations