Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 19, 2025
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Google’s AI Overviews show how self-cannibalization works. Kevin Indig revisits product cannibalization with lessons from Apple, Netflix, Amazon, and what it means for marketers
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Standby As Google Cannibalizes Itself (While Also Devouring All Of Us) via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
Smaller travel brands appear more often in Google’s AI results, yet major players still dominate.
Google AI Overviews has this feature where you can select the text in the AI Overview and an overlay with explain this, related images and copy text (sometimes other features) overlay as buttons for you to do more with. Google even tested keyboard shortcuts for it. But now Google is testing this in a bottom tray design.
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Google AI Overviews Explain Overlay Tests Bottom Tray
While I think SEOs spend way too much time and effort on Core Web Vitals, many do ask why does the Google Chrome UX report often not match what is shown in the Google Search Console core web vitals report. Well, as Google’s Barry Pollard said, they look at “different measures.”
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Why Google Chrome UX Report & Search Console Don’t Match
Google is testing vertical images within the Top Stories (and news tab) section of the Google search results on desktop. We’ve seen vertical or portrait layouts for top stories on mobile, but I don’t think I’ve seen it look like this on desktop.
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Google Tests Vertical Images For Top Stories (& News Tab)
As you know, Google released the Google Trends API as an alpha release last month. And many SEOs have already applied for access. But if you are an SEO or even a small publisher, I would not expect access to this API any time soon.
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SEOs, Don’t Expect Access To The Google Trends API Soon
Over a decade ago, Google released the Content API for Shopping to let merchants manage their Google Merchant Center feed programmatically. Well, that has been officially replaced by the Google Merchant API.
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Google Merchant API Is Replacing The Content API For Shopping
OpenAI announced a new discounted subscription tier that will initially be available only in India.
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OpenAI Announces Low-Cost Subscription Plan: ChatGPT Go via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google Trends API launch starts with “quite small” pilot group, John Mueller confirms. Not expected to be a “big SEO event.” The post Google Trends API Alpha: Mueller Confirms Small Pilot Group appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Trends API Alpha: Mueller Confirms Small Pilot Group via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern