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    Daily Search Forum Recap: February 28, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 7:00 AM
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Volatility, Google Sued Over AI Overviews, Google Ads Auction Changes & Bing and Apple Intelligence

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 5:01 AM
    Another week and more Google search ranking volatility hit mid-week, did you notice? Google's crawler might be causing issues on your site this week. Google still is making its crawling more efficient and better. Google Search Console's API had delayed this week. Google was sued over AI Overviews...

    Bing Copilot Answers With Map & Local Results (with Ads)

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:51 AM
    Microsoft Bing Search's Copilot Answers now can show maps and local results, including local ads. The AI answer has a map on the left side and then on the right side it has local organic and paid listings with the company name, address, phone, website and directions - plus a photo.

    Google Emails Reminder About Business Profile Policies

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:41 AM
    A couple of days ago, Google sent out an email to owners of Google Business Profile listings. The email was a reminder about the Google Business Profile policies, and it highlighted policies around reviews.

    Google iOS App Drops Gemini Toggle

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:31 AM
    A year or more ago, Google added a toggle switch to use Gemini directly in the iOS Google Search app. Well, that was removed this week and you now need to go to the native Gemini app to use Gemini, you cannot use the Google app.

    Bing Tests Outlining Search Result Snippets

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:21 AM
    Microsoft is testing outlining the individual search result snippets within Bing Search. So when you look at a snippet, it has this outline around it, and then when you hover your cursor over it, it highlights more.

    Google Shopping Adds Search Google Button For Some Queries

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:11 AM
    If you go to Google Shopping and enter a query that is not shopping related, Google will add a button above the shopping results asking you to search Google for that query.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: February 27, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 7:00 AM
    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.

    We are seeing new shuffling with the Google search results...

    Google Search Ranking Volatility Chatter Spiking Feb 26th & 27th

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 5:01 AM
    I am seeing the SEO community starting to chatter around a lot of Google Search ranking volatility. Keep in mind, the third-party tracking tools currently seem relatively calm. Often, I see the chatter kick in before the tools catch on but not always.

    Google Ads Runs Different Auctions For Each Ad Location, Doc Update Says

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:51 AM
    Google has updated its "How the Google Ads auction works" page to add a line that says that Google will run different auctions for each ad location.