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Microsoft Officially Launches Bing AI Mode
Bing now has two distinct AI search experiences, AI Mode and AI Overview, both powered by Microsoft’s Copilot technology.
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28 stories from the past week in SEO, from Content Catalyst.
Google Launches AI Mode For Festive Gift Shopping
Google’s new homepage pop-up invites users to try AI Mode for festive gift ideas, product recommendations, visual shopping results, and price comparisons.
Reddit CEO Attributes Search Referral Drop To Google AI Mode
Reddit says search referrals are falling and its CEO points to Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode. Here's what its login test means.
Reddit Plans To Test Logged-In Experience Amid Shrinking Search Traffic
Tests start outside the U.S., while Reddit weighs how much visitors can see without an account.
Google Says AI Mode Holds Back Search Ad Business Growth
Search revenue rose 12%, but Google says AI Mode's lower monetization weighed on its growth.
Google Sees Slower Search Revenue Growth Amid AI Expansion
Google’s Q3 stock plunge puts AI spending and Search ad revenue under scrutiny. Here’s what the earnings reveal for PPC advertisers.
Google Updates Guidelines For Multimodal Search Image Optimization
Check whether search engines can find and understand your images, and spot technical issues that limit their visibility in multimodal search.
Marketers Risk Optimizing SEO For AI Over Users
Chasing AI visibility can lead to generic content, weaker differentiation, and declining trust. Here's what deserves your attention.
Google’s AI overhaul of search hits snags as ad revenue growth cools
The rate of ad revenue growth decelerated in Q3 for Google’s core business despite a jump in query volume driven by AI features.
HubSpot Marketing Blog Compares ChatGPT Ads And Google Search Ads
It’s hard to believe anything could rival Google’s impact on our digital lives and habits, but ChatGPT is on its tail — especially now that it shows ads. For many marketers and businesses, this means debating ChatGPT Ads vs Google Search Ads for the first…
Google Publishes Help Document On AI Review Summaries
Google’s new help doc says AI review summaries in search ads are positive only, meaning a business with poor reviews could still get a glowing summary.
Search Engine Journal Hosts Technical SEO Audit Webinar
Watch our team audit a real website live with Loren Baker and Vahan Petrosyan, and learn which technical SEO & AI-readiness checks your audit needs.
Google Adds AI Chat Button For Third-Party Search Engines
Google says Chrome will add an AI chat button for supported third-party search engines, with a gradual rollout planned for desktop and Android.
Google Reports Slower Search Growth Due To AI Mode Monetization
Google Search revenue growth slowed for a second straight quarter, and lower AI Mode monetization was one reason given.
Google Parent Alphabet Reports Third-Quarter Earnings Below Expectations
Google is pushing more ads into AI Mode and AI Overviews and weighing options for integrating ads in agentic experiences.
Google Launches AI Mode Globally With New Features
Then, at Google I/O in May 2026, Sundar Pichai called AI Mode “our biggest upgrade to Search ever” and said it had passed 1 billion monthly active users. It’s no longer just an experiment. AI Mode now has its own … Read more ›
Google Advises Sites To Restrict Shared Pages From Search
Its updated spam guide asks platforms to separate sharing links from public search discovery.
Discord Plans To Index Public Messages On Google Search
Community answers can reach the open web, but admins and members have different controls.
Profound And Semrush Compared For AEO Tools
Buyers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity for recommendations before they ever open a search results page, and marketers need a way to see whether their brand shows up in those answers. That’s why Profound vs Semrush for AEO lands on so many shortlists.
Google Addresses Concerns Over Search Console Indexing Reports
John Mueller's responded to a stalled indexing report and explained why SEOs may need to relax about indexing report freshness.
Google Tests New Visit Site Label On Sponsored Ads
Google is testing a “Visit site” label on sponsored ads, featuring blue text on a white background with a border. Clicking the label takes users to the same website as the ad title.
Google Adds AI-Generated Label To Knowledge Panels
Google is now showing an AI-generated label at the top of Knowledge Panel content, which was missing when AI-written content first appeared in Knowledge Panels.
Google Expands Customer Lifecycle Goals In Ads
Google Ads expands customer lifecycle goals with High Value acquisition for Shopping and retention modes across Search, Shopping, and Performance Max.
Google Updates Spam Guide With Indexing Advice
New spam guidance says to noindex or block crawling on pages made for sharing. Google's docs say a URL blocked in robots.txt can be indexed.
Google Positions Itself As Commerce Partner
The search giant wants to control how people discover new brands.
Google Tests New AI Mode Results Format
Google is testing a new “Further exploration” section in AI Mode that displays organic website links with descriptions, images, and dates.
Bing Shopping ads gain new promotional labels
Bing is showing labels such as “High quality,” “Small business,” and “Buy now pay later” on Shopping ads, highlighting key product and seller details directly in search results.
Google Explains Error Codes And Image Support
Google reminds sites to use 503s during PHP patch downtime. Other updates cover robots.txt controls, bracket URLs, and JPEG XL in Google Images and Discover.