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

Google is testing multiple variations of the sponsored ad label in its search results. These are more subtle than the huge ad sponsored labels we saw weeks ago. Google is testing adding "by" or | or '¢ or : between the sponsored label and the site name or domain name.

Google Shopping is testing a new AI Overview answer titled "Researched with AI - Experimental." This seems to pull together reviews for specific products based on Google Gemini AI.

Google now supports Certification markup support for merchant listings in the product structured data documentation. Google wrote, "starting in April 2025, we're replacing the EnergyConsumptionDetails type with the more robust Certification type, as the new type supports more countries and a broader scope of certifications."

Earlier we reported Google was testing "most popular" and "best price" labels in the product detail grid within Google Search. Now, Google is also testing a "nearby" label in that same product grid detail view.

With Google removing the cache operator from its search service, Google has stopped supporting the noarchive directive in Google Search. The directive, the noarchive meta tag, would tell Google not to keep a cache copy of your page. Since Google doesn't have a cache anymore, there is no need for Google to support this directive.

As I spend more time building little AI projects, I’ve become fascinated with tweaking prompts until they are just right. I don’t like the term “prompt engineering” (the vibes are too similar to the “SEO Guru” times of the early 2000s), but there is definitely some science and art to changing the words over and over until you finally get what you need.

Over the weekend I wanted to play with Cloudflare’s AI Workers product, so I decided to make a little bot that takes on the personality of...

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

We had more of the same Google ranking volatility but this time...

Google announced a bunch of new AI Search features including search ads finally rolling out to AI Overviews, the new link format rolling out, AI-organized search results, new AI shopping features, Google Lens and more.