Daily Search Forum Recap: March 5, 2025


by rustybrick
Today at 7:00 AM
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Early March Google Search Ranking Volatility


by rustybrick
Today at 4:51 AM
I've been watching the volatility ever since the unconfirmed February 26th or so ranking volatility when the tools didn't show much of a spike but the chatter was super high. Well, the tools started to show the spike around March 1st and the chatter is still heated.
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Google Products Top Insights Using Generative AI


by rustybrick
Today at 4:41 AM
Google is now using generative AI, and labeling it as such, within the Google Search product details overlay. When you click on a product listing in Google Search, the overlay window has a section called top insights. That section can be generated using AI.
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Google Business Reviews Gain Expressive Reactions


by rustybrick
Today at 4:31 AM
Google now supports expressive reactions for Google reviews on mobile search and maps. This shows up when viewing a Google Business Profile's reviews on mobile.
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Google Search AI Overviews For Movie Reviews


by rustybrick
Today at 4:21 AM
Google is now showing AI Overviews within the movie review summaries in Google Search. Under the review summaries is a disclaimer that reads, "Al overviews are experimental."
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Google Shopping AI Vision Match, Try Out New Looks & Try On Expands


by rustybrick
Today at 4:11 AM
Google announced a number of updates to Google Shopping and Search with AI enhancements and expansions. Specifically rolling out vision match, a new try out new looks feature and expanding the try on feature to more clothing.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 4, 2025


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.

Google posted new data that says they answer over 5 trillion queries per year...
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Google Answers Over 5 Trillion Searches Per Year


by rustybrick
Yesterday at 4:51 AM
Google has posted some fresh data, saying they answer over 5 trillion searches per year. The last time we saw this data was in 2016, when Google was at 2 trillion searches per year and then 1.2 trillion in 2012.
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Report: 1/3rd Don't Use Google Search All That Much


by rustybrick
Yesterday at 4:41 AM
A new report released by Rand Fishkin at Sparktoro with the help of Datos' panel measure web browser activity showed that about 1/3rd of active web users don't use Google all that much, by that much it means they only do 1-20X searches per month.
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Google Merchant Center Next Updates Product Analytics


by rustybrick
Yesterday at 4:31 AM
Google has made a number of updates to the product analytics section within Google Merchant Center Next. Organic conversions have been renamed to Purchases. Plus, Google lets you specify it's traffic to PDPsm instead of products, and labels.
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