"This week we covered the Google AI Mode news that it is more visual for many queries, including shopping queries. Google AI Mode agentic capabilities can now be opted into. Google AI Overviews tests a sticky citations box. Google Shopping Ask Stores feature is being tested. Google's Liz Reid as interviewed again about AI Search. Google said the old domain history sometimes needs to be shaken off. I posted the monthly Google webmaster report."
"Google Search rolled out the emoji answer box. Google is testing removing the underline from the title link in the search results. Google Business Profiles has a spike in suspensions. Google is testing product reviews labeled as incentivized. Google Ads Performance Max has introduced new segmentation options in asset reporting and channel reporting features. Google Ads has new message asset requirements."
"Google Ads reporting may not be impacted by the num 100 change. Google will remove more lodging listings with inaccurate pricing. Google AdSense has a new traffic source breakdown report. Bing has new large image ads in Copilot boxes. ChatGPT launched Instant Checkout with Agentic Commerce Protocol. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Sponsor: BruceClay one of the founding fathers of the SEO space, doing search marketing optimization since 1996."
Google AI Mode is becoming more visual for a broader range of queries, including shopping, and now offers opt-in agentic capabilities. Google is testing sticky citations in AI Overviews and Shopping Ask Stores features. Search changes include an emoji answer box rollout and tests removing title-link underlines. Google Business Profile suspensions spiked and product reviews may be labeled incentivized. Google Ads added Performance Max segmentation, new message asset rules, and clarified reporting impacts. Google will remove inaccurate lodging listings. AdSense gained a traffic source breakdown. Bing deployed large image ads in Copilot. ChatGPT launched Instant Checkout with an Agentic Commerce Protocol.
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