Google has rolled out fewer confirmed search ranking updates in 2024, then it did in all the past years where Google confirmed these updates. Google rolled out seven confirmed updates in 2024, nine in 2023 and ten in 2022 and …

We’ve seen top-quality store badges in the Google Search results for a long time now. But now some are seeing the badges directly on individual websites, which turns out to be a supported feature by Google.…

Google Search is testing a new method to get trigger an AI Overview in Google Search. You can select text with your mouse cursor and then select the “Get an AI explanation.” Oh, Google is also letting you select “Copy …

Here are the most popular articles on the Search Engine Roundtable by number of comments. In other words, these are the articles with the highest number of comments posted in 2024.…

The Search Engine Roundtable is made up of what you, the search community, are talking about. What are you, the search community, noticing in the search results, whether it be ranking changes, user interface changes, or beyond……

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

Google is testing using Gemini to generate the Things To Know section using AI. Yes, AI-generated Things to know results in Google Search that look and feel like AI Overviews. This also seems to be in the What People Are …

Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, reportedly held a meeting for its employees where he spoke about the upcoming challenges in 2025 and how important it is for Google to ship AI products fast. One line that really stood out for me …

Google often shows images in the knowledge panels within the Google Search results, but when you click on them, they often load smaller in an overlay window. It seems Google is testing (or it is a bug) showing the image …

Google is now testing titled sponsored search ads in the Google Search results with “Find related products & services.” And as you guessed it, those buttons lead to more search results with more ads to click on.…

I am not sure I’d call this new, because I believe I’ve seen this numerous times before, but Google has two AI Overview rendering animations. One for when you are not logged into Search Labs and the other for when …

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

Google Search is testing showing a “nearby stores” section that has an embedded map with a “more options” button that leads to a local pack. This is instead of showing the local pack immediately, instead you need to click on …

I always find it funny how I have so much to write about, day in and day out, on the topic of SEO and search marketing. I mean, fundamentally SEO hasn’t really changed much over the years, but maybe the …

Google is testing showing a section under the Local Service Ads for call out extensions or other extensions. This increases the visibility of these already super-visible Local Service Ads.…

Google Ads has quietly launched a new brand report. The brand report “is a dedicated brand advertiser experience that provides you with deduplicated reach and frequency metrics across your campaigns,” Google wrote.…

Microsoft is testing a squared off search bar on the Bing home page. Normally the search bar is curved around the edges but for some reason Bing wants to try a more edged off approach.…