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Google’s Q2: Precise Revenue Figures, Click Claims You Can’t Check
Alphabet detailed Search revenue to the decimal. Google described web traffic in three kinds of unverifiable claims. Q2 widened the gap.
Search Growth Slows, Publishers Weigh Leaving Google – SEO Pulse
A court dismisses Google’s DMCA claims against SerpApi, the EU fines Google €890 million, major publishers weigh leaving Google, and Search growth eases.
YouTube Explains What Can Stop A Channel Getting Paid
YouTube spelled out three kinds of content that can stop a channel from getting paid, and says it’s clarifying existing rules, not changing them.
Pichai Says Google Needs Gemini 4 To Compete At The Frontier
On Alphabet’s Q2 call, Pichai named coding an area to improve, saying Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier, as 3.5 Pro stays delayed.
Google Search Revenue Growth Eases After A Year Of Acceleration
Alphabet’s Q2 Search revenue rose 17% to $63.27 billion, its first easing after four quarters of acceleration. Google credited retail and Gemini integration.
Court Dismisses Google’s DMCA Claims Against SerpApi
A federal court dismissed Google’s DMCA claims against SerpApi, ruling that blocking scrapers from public search results is not copyright circumvention on its own.
Google’s AI Search Data Is Growing, But The Gaps Remain
Google is adding more AI search data across Search Console and Merchant Center, but clicks, individual queries, and key reporting details remain missing.
Google AI Mode Ads Rarely Match The Sources It Cites
In a new analysis of AI Mode text ads, ads appeared on nearly a third of commercial keywords, and advertisers were rarely among the sources.
Google AI Mode Is Citing More Google-Hosted Pages
New data shows Google is now AI Mode’s second most-cited domain, driven by Google-hosted Business Profile and Product Knowledge Panel cards.
Google Must Give Rivals Access To Anonymized Search Data
EU binding rules require Google to share anonymized Search data with eligible rival engines and search-enabled AI chatbots.
AI Answers About Your Locations Are Often Wrong – Check Before Customers Do
Wrong postcodes, closed-business claims, invented services: what vendor tests reveal about AI answers, and how to audit yours across five platforms.
“Are You A Bot” Screens Can Get Your Pages Dropped By Google
Google’s Mueller explained how an “are you a bot” screen can push a site’s pages out of Google, and get another site picked as canonical.
Google Explains When To Use Search Console’s ‘Validate Fix
Google’s John Mueller explained what happens when you click Validate Fix in Search Console, and when the button is worth using.
Google Claims AI Search Sends Quality Clicks, Without Sharing Data
Google’s Nick Fox said AI features in Search send billions of clicks to websites weekly, alongside Google’s daily count. Neither figure can be checked.
Google Faces Class Action Over Books Used To Train Gemini
Publishers allege works supplied to Google Books, Play Books and Scholar were used to train Gemini without permission. No court has ruled on the claims.
Google On Canonical Fixes, Mueller On Hidden Link Pitfalls – SEO Pulse
Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI.
Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro Over Coding Issues: Report
Google said it expected Gemini 3.5 Pro to roll out by now. It hasn’t shipped, and Bloomberg reports coding is part the delay.
Google’s AI Mode Now Connects To Your Apps
Google is starting to roll out connected apps in AI Mode, so you can send tasks to services like Canva from a search.
Google’s AI Mode Now Pulls From Your Calendar
Google is connecting Calendar to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, allowing it to add events and factor your schedule into responses.
ChatGPT Calls Lead On Quality, But Not Conversions
Phone call data breaks out AI referrals for the first time. Calls from ChatGPT become leads more often than any other channel, but convert average.
Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation
John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal anchor text would count, known as “first-link priority.”
TikTok Targets AI-Generated Spam Accounts In High-Risk Topics
TikTok will test detection for accounts posting AI-generated spam in politics, financial advice, and medical content, and has joined C2PA’s steering committee.
Google Revamps Image Search, Adds Generation To AI Overviews
Google is adding AI image generation to AI Overviews and rolling out a redesigned Google Images homepage. Both start rolling out over the coming weeks.
Where Search Attention Is Moving And The Metrics That Track It
Gain valuable insights on search attention and learn how to track performance beyond traditional click metrics in our new podcast episode.
ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search
A new research paper compares how often ChatGPT and Google send people to websites, and what wider ChatGPT access did to search.
AI Visibility Rankings Aren’t Stable – New Research Shows It’s Mostly Statistical Noise
AI visibility numbers move between runs, so a single reading can mislead. A new paper offers a stopping rule for when rankings are finally trustworthy.
Google Says Canonical Re-Evaluation Can Take Up to Two Weeks
Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting guide with new guidance on how long pages can stay in a duplicate cluster after you fix the content.
Google Business Profiles Showing Empty Review Dashboards
Some Google Business Profile dashboards show “no reviews yet” even though public review counts remain visible on the live listing.
Google Adds Social Reporting; Mueller Warns Against Markdown – SEO Pulse
Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI.