A few months ago, Google quietly updated the manual action policy violations list for News and Discover policy violations. Google removed the adult-theme and artificial freshening sections and then added a slew of deceptive practices sections, while also updating the hateful content section.
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Google may be testing replacing local pack at the top of the Google Search results for “near me” related queries with an AI Overview. So instead of showing a map and the three or so local listings, Google is showing an AI Overview with some local information.
Google Maps Desktop Promoting Mobile App
Google is testing promoting the Google Maps app in the desktop interface of Google Maps. Google is placing a little icon at the bottom left corner of the desktop interface that says “Mobile app.” When you click on it, it takes you to an overlay that has links to the iOS or Android Google Maps app and a large QR to scan as well.
Google AI Overviews Tests Query Expansion Tabs
Google needs even more queries, the 10% growth isn’t enough, so Google AI Overviews is testing query expansion tabs at the top of the AI Overviews. We’ve seen variations of this within the AI Overviews, but now they are testing them at the top of the AI Overviews.
