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    Daily Search Forum Recap: January 30, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today 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 search ranking volatility seems to be spiking once again...

    Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up January 29 & 30th

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:51 AM
    Google Search ranking volatility spiked and heated again over the past 24-hours or so. I am seeing renewed chatter spike up yesterday, January 29th and continue through today. I am also seeing that some of the tracking tools are showing an increase in ranking volatility within Google Search over the past day.

    Google Maps Service Area Business Access Request Link

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:41 AM
    Did you know there is a quick way to directly generate an access request for Service Area Businesses in Google Maps? This is apparently not so new but also not widely known.

    Google: Why 100 Negative Keywords For Google Ads PMax Campaigns

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:31 AM
    Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, explained why Google is only letting you add up to 100 negative keywords to your campaign-level negative keywords within your Performance Max campaigns on Google Ads.

    Google Business Profiles Gains Batch Price Editing & Moving Menu Items

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:21 AM
    We recently covered how you can now drag and drop menu items for your restaurant in your Google Business Profiles. But Google also seemed to add the ability to move menu items between sections of your menu and the ability to batch edit pricing of menu items.

    Google AI Overviews Go Deeper With Gemini 2.0?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:11 AM
    In early December, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said Google is starting to test powering AI Overviews with Gemini 2.0. Well, we may be starting to see some of that in the wild, with much deeper and detailed AI Overviews and citations.

    Microsoft Bing Advertising Revenue Up 21%

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Today at 4:05 AM
    Microsoft reported its second quarter 2025 earnings and it showed that its search and advertising revenue was up 21%. The previous quarter it was up 18%, then 19% but before than it was 12% and 8% - so things are looking more positive.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: January 29, 2025

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

    Google Expands Site Reputation Abuse Enforcement To German Sites

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:51 AM
    Google has once again expanded the reach of its site reputation abuse policy, beyond the US enforcement from from May and beyond limited European regions last week - we are now seeing enforcement in the massive German market.

    Google Search Console Reports Latest Update In 30 Minute Intervals

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Yesterday at 4:41 AM
    Google may have pushed some improvements to the reporting system within Google Search Console. Now Google can show how soon the report was updated within a 30 minute interval. So instead of showing last updated 3 hours ago or 4 hours ago, as an example, Google can show 3.5 hours ago.