Craig Hordlow

Google has updated its Prevent user-generated spam on your site and platform help document to specify “tools that let users publish shared pages, generated content, or web apps.” The update explicitly includes platforms and tools that let users create shared …

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……

Google has published a new help document named About Review summaries that explains that “review summaries on Search are AI-powered summaries of online reviews that appear directly as part of your Search ads.” We have seen AI-generated summaries for sponsored …

OpenAI seems to be rolling out a new ad format for some ChatGPT Ad units that have a Learn more link, that is dotted and underlined, and also with an arrow going upwards. And in some cases, ChatGPT Ads seem …

AI Overviews now show up for over 80% of Google Searches, that is up from 50% in June of last year and about 15% from the year before that. This is from recent data from Semrush, SE Ranking, and seoClarity.…

Google Ads updated its frequently asked questions page for AI Max search campaigns with a section on 1-click AI Max experiments. Google wrote in the document, “If your account is eligible, you may find a 1-click experiment recommendation on your …

Google is reportedly testing disabling the ability to click on the sources button in the Google Discover card of articles. Normally, when you click on the sources, it will open up a new screen with all the source articles and …

This past Saturday, October 24th, we saw some significant ranking volatility captured by many of the third-party Google tracking tools. There was also some heavy chatter within the SEO industry about ranking movement and Google traffic changes over the past …

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……

Google is testing a completely revamped performance report section within Google Business Profiles that includes metrics on engagement, reviews, search trends, audience and more. It also includes top recommendations and a more broken-out reviews detail view.…

Last week, we reported that Google was launching its Universal Cart in the United States after demoing it at Google I/O in May. And yes, a few days after Google announced it, it was rolling out. I think most people …

Google seems to be testing or rolling out AI-generated summaries within AI Overviews citation cards. So the cards on the right (or bottom) of the AI Overviews within Google Search can now show AI summary snippets/descriptions.…

John Mueller at Google recently confirmed that Google Image Search and Google Discover don’t yet support the JPEG XL image format. He said this on Bluesky recently, “FWIW if you’re hoping to get images shown in Google Images & as …

This week, yes, we saw even more Google search ranking volatility chatter but still no official core update. Google shared how to handle Google Search if you need to take down your site for the PHP exploit fix. There are …

Google has launched a new “home” for Google Business Profiles named Google Business Home. It is a beta, but I just received an email with access to the new Google Business Home. Google wrote, “This beta experience brings together your …

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……