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Google will no longer apply manual actions under its site reputation abuse policy to searchers in the European Economic Area, following discussions with the European Commission under the DMA.
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Google is adding cross-platform memory to Ask Advisor, allowing the AI assistant to carry context across Google Ads, Analytics, Merchant Center, and Marketing Platform.
Google's new Expert Intelligence initiative lets users query 100,000+ publisher books in Gemini Notebook, with plans to expand to AI Mode in Search.
The IRS website experienced a significant drop in Google Search visibility over the past several days, with SEO professionals observing that the site lost rankings for high-traffic tax-related queries and its favicon disappeared from search results.
Google announced three new travel features in AI Mode: hotel booking via Google Pay, flight price tracking with email alerts, and points/miles rate viewing from loyalty partners.
Google is replacing direct result URLs with google.com/goto server-side redirects across its search results, a change confirmed by a Google spokesperson and observed at near-complete rollout by SEO tooling providers.
Google Ads is showing a new Product Titles report that reveals which AI-generated product titles appear in Shopping ads and how they perform against original titles.
Google extends link carousels for developing topics to AI Mode, giving publishers more direct visibility in conversational AI search responses.
Google has increased the number of booking partners for Local Services Ads from approximately 20 to more than 500, enabling customers to book directly from ads on Search and Maps.
SEO professionals report a sharp drop in PDF file visibility in Google Search results, affecting government forms, whitepapers, and other document types. Google has not commented.
Google is testing a loading animation showing 'Evaluating sponsored results' with Gemini branding, suggesting AI involvement in ad selection.
Google Search Console is sending false new owner added email notifications listing email addresses that do not appear in the Users and permissions section.
Google has updated Merchant Center documentation to require product images of at least 500 x 500 pixels for all products beginning January 31, 2027.
