About a month ago, a reader sent me a screenshot of Bing showing this weird search box on its page after you search for Google.
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Microsoft Tricking Bing Users To Thinking They Are On Google
Microsoft faces backlash after Bing mimics Google’s interface design, sparking criticism from Google Chrome’s security chief over user deception.
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Google Criticizes Bing For Mimicking Google’s Homepage via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller explains how Search Console handles 404s, redirects, and site migration issues during reprocessing.
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Google Clarifies 404 & Redirect Validation In Search Console via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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. There may be a large Google local search ranking update going on right now…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 6, 2025
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Study finds Google’s AI Overviews disrupt search results for publishers, appearing in 18% of publisher-related queries. The post Google AI Overviews Appear in 18% Of Publisher-Related Queries appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Google AI Overviews Appear in 18% Of Publisher-Related Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. The reports of this local search algorithm update started to funnel in over the weekend, with some saying they saw local listings rankings drastically change from its previous position.
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January 2025 Google Local Ranking Update (Unconfirmed)
Google is showing now sometimes showing more than one source for a story in the Google home page, Google Discover, feed. This can show up in a carousel format or a stacked format, just beneath the main story in your Discover feed.
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Google Discover Feed Showing More Sources For Stories Within Cards
The topic of URLs for SEO and ranking is one that has been around since search engines first existed and 25+ years later, it is still a popular topic.
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Google: URLs Provide Minimal Additional Signals For Search Engines
AI is reshaping enterprise SEO in 2025, driving change through multimodal strategies and cross-platform integration to help brands stay ahead in a new digital era. The post 5 Key Enterprise SEO And AI Trends For 2025 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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5 Key Enterprise SEO And AI Trends For 2025
Google said that core updates should have no impact on a site name in the Google Search results being updated or changed. When asked, John Mueller of Google wrote, “That shouldn’t be related to a core update.”
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Google: Core Updates Do Not Impact Site Name Changes