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    Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    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 confirmed there is a bug with the referrer links in AI Mode...

    Google I/O, Marketing Live, AI Mode, AI Overviews, AI Ads, Search Volatility & More

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    This week was a huge week for search; between Google I/O and Google Marketing Live - it was just a lot. We had two unconfirmed Google ranking updates, one on I/O day and one on May 16th. Google announced AI Mode was...

    Google AI Mode Tracking Referrer Issue A Bug

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    Google released AI Mode in the U.S. a couple of days ago and Tom Critchlow and Patrick Stox noticed that Google prevented you from tracking referrer data from AI Mode. Well, that turned out to be unintentional and Google said it is a bug and it will be fixed.

    Spike In Google Business Profiles Name Changes?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    I am seeing some complaints within the local SEO community about a surge or spike in name changes happening to Google Business Profiles. It is unclear how widespread the issue is, or if there is a pattern to the issue or not - at least at this point in time.

    Google AdSense Anchor Ad Positions Setting

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    Google has added a setting for AdSense publishers to pick the positions of their anchor ads. They can pick from up to six different settings depending on top/bottom or side anchor ads.

    Google Search Tests Recently Viewed Label

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    Google is testing a "recently viewed" label in the search results, next to search result snippets that you have clicked on in your recent search history. This is similar to the you visit often label and the other recently visited examples we've seen over the years.

    Google AdSense Ad Intents New Display Ads Option

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    Google has added a new display ads option for ad intents. The new option lets you pick between always show display ads with organic search results or show search ads with organic search results, and display ads if search ads are unavailable.

    Bug: Google Search Console Discover Performance Report Hashtag Notice

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 23, 2025
    Google Search Console's Discover performance report has a weird bug. It started early yesterday morning where a blue notice prompt would show up and have a mysterious hashtag, with the text "Learn more" and "Got it." This is obviously a bug.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: May 22, 2025

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 22, 2025
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Google Ads Come To AI Mode & AI Overviews Desktop

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    May 22, 2025
    Google is now pushing search ads on AI Mode and the desktop version of AI Overviews. Google's Vidhya Srinivasan said at Google Marketing Live, "we're expanding ads in AI Overviews to desktop, and bringing ads to AI Mode to create new opportunities for our customers."