Craig Hordlow

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.

Google Ads released promotion mode beta……

Google is showing a new label or extension on the Google Shopping product carousel named “Good price.” Truth is, I am not sure if it is new, I mean, Google can show many different labels there but I’ve never seen …

Google sent out an email notice to some advertisers saying, “Google will update its Limited Ad Serving policy to cover additional scenarios on Google Search.” “Google may limit ad impressions from unqualified advertisers on searches that are more likely than …

There are reports of a bug with Google Business Profiles where using the feature to invite others with owner and/or manager access is not working. Supposedly, the invite emails are either not going out at all, or they are not …

It looks like Google has removed the pagination feature within the Google Local Finder interface. When you scroll through the local business profiles, it keeps adding more and more but the pagination bar is no longer there. I suspect the …

Google Ads announced a number of updates and changes this morning including changes to bidding target optimization, expanding access to Smart Bidding Exploration and promotion mode beta rolling out. My biggest concern is with bidding target optimization, as Google said …

Google is rolling out Information agents within Google Search AI Mode. Information agents was announced at Google I/O and is a search feature that you can pay for within Google AI Ultra subscription plans, allowing Google Search to perform tasks …

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.

Google search ranking volatility has been superheated all week……

This week has been weird, in terms of Google Search ranking volatility. The volatility seems to have extended from this past weekend, throughout most, if not all, of this week. But again, like this past weekend, the tools are really …

Google has a new help document in the Google Search Console tools and reporting section named Platform property tooltips. I don’t see any other information about this document but it does imply that a new report or tool is coming …

Google has pushed off its deadline and timeline for the transition from Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) to AI Max for Search campaigns. Previously, the deadline was this coming September, and now it is February 2027.…

This week, we covered the post-Google core update volatility that hit some folks hard. An updated zero click study shows Google Search is sending less and less traffic to the open web. Apple announced the all new Apple Intelligence and …

Google is adding home listings to Google Local Service throughout the United States. Google mentioned this is in partnership with HouseCanary’s rich data platform.…

Google has finally fixed the link report within Google Search Console. It was broken for the past few weeks and all Google did back then was a temporary “fix” to revert the data to a previous state. But now that …

Google sent an email to some searchers notifying them that changes are coming to how to control your saved history and personalization within Google Search. Google added that “You’ll see this change in your Google Account in the next few …