Google working on fixing Search Console performance report delay
The report has been stuck on Sunday, October 19th but Google said it will catch up.
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OpenAI launches a web browser – ChatGPT Atlas
And its built in search features seem to use Google Search.
Google crawl stats report is missing a day of data
This has happened a few times before, and it is now happening again. This is a Google issue and not an issue with your site.
Google Search gets Nano Banana in Google Lens
This is Google's latest image generation technology from within Gemini - now available in Search.
Google testing AI-generated descriptions for search snippets
Google Search is testing replacing your meta description with an AI-generated one and an AI-generated summary of your search snippet.
Google Search serving issue in some locales
Google confirmed a data center issue impacting serving some search results in some regions.
New Bing Places for Business is live
A new interface, new URL, new commendations and more are now live in the updated Bing Places for Business.
Google AI Mode gets more visual, including inspirational shopping responses
Google uses a visual search fan out technique, plus the Google Shopping Graph to provide a more visual experience in AI Mode.
Google Search Labs gains Agentic capabilities in AI Mode
You can now have AI Mode help you make reservations at restaurants.
Google Ads will recommend you link to your Google Analytics account with one click
If Google Ads finds an unlinked and unassociated Google Analytics account, Google may recommend you link it.
Google Ads updated policies to target dishonest pricing practices
Google Ads Misrepresentation policy will be updated on October 28, 2025.
Google August 2025 spam update done rolling out
This spam update took just under 27 days to fully roll out and is now complete.
Google Search confirms it does not support the results per page parameter
This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search results.
Google AI Mode coming to Chrome browser
Plus, while on a website using Chrome, you can ask questions and learn more about your current page with AI Mode.
Google adds new store widgets for your website
Google added two new options for merchants to add new Google store widgets to their websites.
Google Discover adds follow feature and more social posts from creators and publishers
This aims to make Google Discover more publisher and creator friendly.
Google Search Console adds achievements section
Now there is a dedicated section to see your achievements within Search Console.
Google Search rank and position tracking is a mess right now
Google removed the ability to see 100 search results per page and both third-party tracking tools and maybe even Search Console seem off since.
Google updates search quality raters guidelines adding AI Overview examples & YMYL definitions
Google told us this is a "minor update to our rater guidelines with small clarifications and a handful of new examples."
Google drops reporting on several structured data types
This impacts already deprecated structured data types, Course Info, Claim Review, Estimated Salary, Learning Video, Special Announcement and Vehicle Listing.
Google expands AI Mode beyond English
Google AI Mode now works with Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Google AI Mode may become the default Google Search experience “soon.”
Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google, said AI Mode will be the default experience soon. Later, Google said not to look into this message too much, implying AI Mode won't be the default.
EU fines Google $3.5 billion over anti-competitive ad-tech business
Google may be forced to divest its ad-tech business, but Google will appeal.
Google Ads API to switch to a monthly release cycle
Google said its users want more frequent updates and this will result in that.
Google Business links policies and guidelines updated
Google added new dedicated landing pages, direct action completion, social media sites and a new business links crawability policy.
Google Ads select location assets using Google Maps
This new feature should help you find locations to target with ease.
Google Ads enhances campaign filters with new checkboxes
These simple checkboxes should make it much easier to filter and manage your campaigns.
Google AI Mode model improved for complex STEM questions, says Google
Just in time for school, Google updated its AI Mode model.
Google fixes reduced crawling issue impacting some websites
The issue began on August 8, 2025 and is now being resolved. It is unclear what percentage of sites were impacted.
Google launches AI Mode in 180 countries and territories
Google also added new agentic and personalization features in AI Mode.
Google Preferred Sources rolling out in US and India
Initially a labs feature, Preferred Sources lets searchers pick which sites they want to see more often in the Top Stories section in Google Search.
Bing Webmaster Tools now with 24 months of data, filters by country and device, and keyword trendlines
Bing Webmaster Tools has added some useful upgrades.
Google Business Profiles Posts creation tool refreshed
Google Posts is easier to manage and use with these new user interface updates.
Danny Sullivan no longer the Google Search Liaison
Sullivan is moving into a new role within the Google Search team, after seven and a half years being with Google.
Google Search Live video goes live and AI Mode uploads, Canvas and Lens in Chrome
Google announced a number of new AI features for AI Mode and Search Live today.
Google releases AI Mode in the UK
The third country to get AI Mode in Google Search is the United Kingdom.
Google Web Guide for AI organized search results
This is a search labs experiment, opt in only now, for the web tab within Google Search.
Google says normal SEO works for ranking in AI Overviews and LLMS.txt won’t be used
Google said it won't be crawling your LLMS.txt files and just do normal SEO if you want to rank in its AI Overviews.
Google launches Google Trends API
This is a limited Alpha release, so only a small number of people will gain access to this tool.
Data providers: Google June 2025 core update was a big update
Google's June core update overall was a bigger update; where some sites hit by the previous helpful content and reviews updates some partial recoveries.