Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 20, 2025
It’s been almost two weeks since I last reported on a Google Search ranking update (unconfirmed) and that may be a recent record. But that being said, I am now seeing some signs of another unconfirmed Google update
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Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up Again
Google announced a couple new Google Lens features; (1) they are expanding how AI Overviews show on Google Lens results and (2) Chrome and Google’s iOS app now let you search your screen with Google Lens.
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Google Lens AI Overviews Expands & iOS App Search Screen
Google Business Profiles now can add backgrounds to the images you upload to your Google Posts, using AI. Victoria Kroll from Google wrote that you can now “can create an engaging AI-generated background for the photos you plan to use in the post.”
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Google Business Profiles Posts Integrates AI-Enhanced Images
Google announced three updates to its image and assets system including its generative AI can now generate people and faces.
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Google Ads AI Images Can Now Create People & Faces
Google is showing AI-generated review summaries on some top quality store pages. So when you click on a specific retailer or merchant’s top quality store link, at the top of the reviews you may see an AI-generated summary of those reviews.
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Google Top Quality Store Pages Add AI-Generated Review Summaries
Martin Split from Google said that having an audio version of a page or a blog post, does not impact your Google rankings. He said it is good for your users, but has no SEO impact.
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Google: Audio Version Of Page Does Not Benefit Your Google Rankings
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Explore the importance of image geolocation data for SEO. Find out how it can provide valuable information about the location and context of your images. The post Ask An SEO: Is There Any SEO Benefit To Image Geolocation Data?
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Ask An SEO: Is There Any SEO Benefit To Image Geolocation Data? via @sejournal, @HelenPollitt1
WordPress announced the ability to secure a domain name registration for an entire century for a one-time payment The post WordPress Offers New 100-Year Domain Name Registrations appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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WordPress Offers New 100-Year Domain Name Registrations via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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