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Is it Tuesday? Google AI Overviews doesn’t know
Today isn't Tuesday, it's Wednesday! No, it isn't 2025, this year is 2025! Google AI Overviews again fail to answer simple questions.
Google Search Console to show AI Mode performance but you won’t be able to break it out
The data is not yet live in the Performance reports, it is coming and like AI Overviews, you won't be able to break it out from other Google surfaces.
The future of SEO as the future Google Search rolls out
With AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini becoming the future of Google Search - where does that leave SEO.
Why is Google’s AI Mode tab is always on the left
Other search options and modes dynamically move and change based on the query but AI Mode is consistently on the left.
Google AI Overviews expand to more users
Google's AI-generated answers are now available in 200+ countries and territories and in more than 40 languages.
Google launches AI Mode to all U.S. searchers with new features
Deep Search, complex analysis, data visualization and more features roll out in Google AI Mode, some in Search Labs.
Most users only read a third of Google’s AI Overviews: Study
Most users skim AI Overviews, rarely click citations, and turn to Reddit for social proof, a new UX study finds.
Google Al Mode being tested outside of labs, drops waitlist, adds product and place cards & history panel
Google is getting serious with AI Mode by adding new features but also testing it in the wild.
Google disables Discover performance report hack to get desktop data
For the past day or so, there was a way to see how Google Discover was performing over desktop and mobile - but Google disabled that this morning.
Google officially rolls out links in AI Overviews to its own search results
After testing this for a month, Google officially rolled out this method to help searchers explore more topics.
Google to expand Discover to Google’s desktop homepage
Google has been testing this for years, but kicked up its testing over the past several days.
Google AI Mode lets you ask questions with images
Google added multimodal capabilities to AI Mode, and expanded access beyond Google One AI Premium subscribers.
Google drops AI while browsing feature
This feature allowed you to, while browsing a webpage, ask Google to generate key points from the page.
Google rolls out AI Overviews In EU regions
Now AI Overviews are available in Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
Google AI Mode rolling out to second batch of users now
For the first hour or so, the invites to try out AI Mode from Google did not work - but now it does.
Google AI Overviews caught linking back to its own search results
So much for Google telling publishers they are prioritizing linking out to external sites.
Google begins testing AI Mode while rolling out Gemini 2.0 AI Overviews
Plus, AI Overviews are now available to more searchers, including teenagers.
Google AI Overviews now showing on more Google Lens results
Plus, Google iOS app now can search the screen you are reading.
Google Search testing ‘AI Mode’
Google is reportedly internally testing a new feature called 'AI Mode', which is a new way to ask open-ended and exploratory questions.
Google AI Overviews now with detailed shopping comparisons
Google Search will provide a very detailed comparison of two products within its AI Overviews.
Google Search launches Ask for me
This is a new labs experiment where Google AI calls businesses to find out what they charge for a service & when it’s available.
Google Search makes it easier to search without personalization
Google Search now labels if the results are personalized and gives you a quick way to turn off personalization.
Google Lens for in-store and local shopping
Now just point and shoot a photo and get prices, reviews, product details and more while looking at products in a retail store.
Google Gemini app now available for iPhone users
Previously only available as a standalone app on Android, and available within the iOS Google app - now it is a standalone app for iOS users.
Google expands AI Overviews to over 100 countries
This will bring AI Overviews to over 1 billion users and should work in any of the currently supported languages.
Google Search completely kills the cache feature
9 months after Google dropped the cache link and 2 weeks after Google added the Wayback Machine links, the cache operator has fully stopped working.
Google Search adds Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine links to about this page
This comes after Google dropped the cache link from the search results.
Google Search testing new display for forum content
This new user interface shows top comments and related discussions around that forum search result snippet.
Google Trends email subscriptions to stop working on October 29
This comes shortly after Google updated the user interface for the trending now results.
Google AI Overviews now show for signed-out users in the US
You no longer need to be logged in to see AI Overviews in the US, Google confirmed this is rolled out to all US searchers.
Google AI Overviews gains new citations and links, plus more
Google is also rolling out AI Overviews in United Kingdom, India, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil and expanding Search labs features and availability.
Google gives new look for trending now section of Google Trends
The new design fits more trending keywords and gives you a nicer and more actionable interface to do your research with.
Google updates deepfakes search algorithms and controls and expands About this image
Google is making it easier to remove deepfakes and also expands About this image to Circle to Search and Google Lens.
Google ending Notes on Search by end of the month
Google launched Notes in Search 8 months ago as a labs experiment - that experiment ends today.
Google testing AI Overviews with link cards at the top
This makes clicking to publishers and content creators way more likely than the current version of AI Overviews.
Google Chrome mobile adds local places to Chrome Actions
Searchers with this Chrome Action enabled can quickly call, get directions and read reviews from the Chrome search bar.
How will generative AI impact website rankings and traffic?
Understand how Google's AI Overviews are influencing website traffic and the challenges and opportunities for maintaining visibility online.
Google dropping continuous scroll in search results
Continuous scroll launched in Google mobile search in October 2021 and on desktop in December 2022.
Google explains how it is improving its AI Overviews
Google said only one in every 7 million unique queries resulted in a Google policy violation.