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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Google Launches New Small-Business Resource Hub
Google launches a small-business resource hub that centralizes setup, ads, analytics, learning, and partner website options in one place.
The Impact Of AI Overviews & How Publishers Need To Adapt
Research across hundreds of thousands of queries shows AI Overviews shrinking click-through rates, destabilizing publishing models, and accelerating zero-click search growth.
YouTube Answers Creator Questions On Profanity Monetization
YouTube has clarified its policies on profanity, including how it reviews content retroactively, its rules about sensitive topics and where creators can have control.
Pinterest Launches “Top of Search” Ads In Beta
Pinterest adds Top of Search ads in beta, expands local inventory ads, and launches Media Network Connect for retailer data integrations.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Update: Clearer Answers, Better Image Understanding
Google updates Gemini 2.5 Flash with clearer step-by-step help, more structured responses, and stronger image understanding, now live in the Gemini app.
Marketing Is 4th Most Exposed To GenAI, Indeed Study Finds
Indeed’s AI at Work report ranks marketing 4th for GenAI exposure, with 69% of skills shifting toward hybrid human-AI workflows.
SISTRIX Reports Sharp Drop In ChatGPT Web Searches
SISTRIX reports ChatGPT is using the web less often for anonymous users, dropping from above 15% to below 2.5% in two weeks.
Google App Adds Search Live For Real-Time Visual Search
Google launches Search Live in English in the U.S., adding real-time, camera-aware voice search to the Google app with links to the web.
Pew: Most Americans Want AI Labels, Few Trust Detection
Pew’s survey of 5,000 U.S. adults finds 76% want AI content labeled, but only 12% feel confident spotting it.
Review Signals Gain Influence In Top Google Local Rankings
New data on over 3,000 Google Business Profiles finds proximity drives visibility, but review volume and keyword relevance are most influential near the top.
Google Confirms August Spam Update Is Complete
Google says the August 2025 spam update has finished rolling out worldwide.
DOJ Seeks Google Ad Manager Break Up As Remedies Trial Begins
DOJ is asking a court to force Google to divest its Ad Manager. Google has proposed a solution to make its services more interoperable.
Google Brings AI Mode To Chrome’s Address Bar
Google puts AI Mode in Chrome’s address bar with page-aware prompts, Gemini help across tabs, and stronger protections, rolling out in the U.S. first.
Google Introduces Three-Tier Store Widget Program For Retailers
Google is now offering its store widget in three levels that you can integrate into your website, showcasing ratings and policies.
Google Discover Adds Social Media Posts & Follow Buttons
Google Discover now displays social media posts from Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts alongside traditional articles, creating a unified content feed.
YouTube Monetization Updates Across Long-Form, Shorts, & Live
YouTube monetization gets major updates: dynamic sponsorship insertion, side-panel live ads, and AI-powered shopping tools.
YouTube Adds Title A/B Testing And “Ask Studio” Analytics
YouTube announces A/B title testing availability, along with AI-powered conversational analytics for YouTube Studio.
Google Search Console Adds Achievements Report To Track Milestones
Google adds an Achievements report in Search Console so you can track click-based milestones, see in-progress goals, and jump to Insights and tips.
ChatGPT Study: 1 In 4 Conversations Now Seek Information
An OpenAI and Harvard study finds that 24% of ChatGPT use is information-seeking, with non-work usage now exceeding 70%.
Google Modifies Search Results Parameter, Affecting SEO Tools
Google appears to have disabled the &num=100 results parameter, disrupting rank trackers and prompting a rethink of desktop impressions in Search Console.
Google Expands YMYL Guidelines To Cover Election & Civic Content
Google updated its quality rater guidelines to treat election and voting info as YMYL. See what changed and how to align civic content.
Ahrefs Acquires Detailed.com & SEO Extension; Founder Joins Company
Ahrefs has acquired Detailed.com and the Detailed SEO Extension. Founder Glen Allsopp joins Ahrefs full-time. Current tools remain free.
Google AI Max For Search Goes Global In Beta
Google’s AI Max for Search is now in global beta with one-click experiments and an upcoming text guidelines feature to steer brand-safe creative.
Google Ads Rolls Out New Creative & Omnichannel Tools
Google adds creative, omnichannel, loyalty, and budgeting updates across Ads and YouTube. Including Demand Gen optimization for in-store sales, and 3–90 day total budgets.
Google Gemini Adds Audio File Uploads After Being Top User Request
Google’s Gemini app now supports audio file uploads. Free users get 10 minutes per prompt; paid plans support up to three hours.
Google Drops Search Console Reporting For Six Structured Data Types
Google will stop reporting six deprecated structured data types in Search Console and remove them from the Rich Results Test and appearance filters.
Anthropic Agrees To $1.5B Settlement Over Pirated Books
Anthropic agreed to a proposed $1.5B settlement over pirated books used to train Claude. If approved, eligible titles would receive about $3,000 each.
Google Publishes Exact Gemini Usage Limits Across All Tiers
Google’s Help Center now lists Gemini App limits for prompts, images, Deep Research, video generation, and context windows.
Google: Your Login Pages May Be Hurting Your SEO Performance
Google explains how generic login pages trigger duplicate indexing. Learn fixes using noindex, redirects, and paywall markup.