There are new reports that Google is showing more and more YouTube videos in Google Discover. There is also a new study that says YouTube is the most cited source in Google’s AI Overviews. Is Google promoting its own video site way too often? We all see how often these videos show up in the … Read more
Google is testing more local search features and sections including a section in the local finder named “Discover more places” and a local search box in web search named “Explore places nearby.” These were both spotted by Claudia Tomina who posted these examples on X over the past week or so. Here is a screenshot … Read more
Google Discover is rolling out some small design updates to its interfaces. It has these new colored icons that communicate the action and Google is also showing other articles shown in a carousel. Lily Ray posted about the changes earlier on X saying, “Google Discover got an aesthetic update. Looks like it shows topics you’re … Read more
Does the content in Google Discover seem dated? Many people seem to be having this issue with Google Discover, though it is unclear how widespread it is. Why we care. Google Discover can drive good to amazing levels of traffic to your site. So whenever it has issues like this, it can seriously impact your … Read more
What Is AI Keyword Research? Keyword research refers to identifying what words or phrases your target audience uses in search engines. These words or phrases are also called keywords. AI keyword research means using an AI tool to assist with finding new keyword ideas. And to generate personalized keyword suggestions and metrics. Compared to traditional … Read more
In the past couple of days, Google has issued a number of manual actions around Google Discover policy violations. Just to be clear, you may have seen your Google Discover traffic drop with the August core update, and this policy violation notice would be unrelated to that. Google issued manual actions manually (but in batches) … Read more
Google is sending news publishers a lot less traffic from Google Web Search but also a lot more traffic from Google Discover. A new report conducted by Newzdash analyzing 8.1 billion clicks across hundreds of news publishers using Google Search Console data compared 2023 to 2024 data. John Shehata, the founder of Newzdash, posted the … Read more
Google is now promoting its AI Overviews directly in Google Discover. As users scroll through the Google home page, they may see a sample of a question that Google thinks its AI Overviews in Google Search can do a nice job of answering. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of my Google Discover … Read more
Google Discover is now pushing users to see AI Overviews directly in the Google Search results. As you scroll through the Discover feed on Google.com, you may see a promotion of sorts to learn more about a topic through the lens of AI Overviews. Andy Simpson shared one example on X where Google asked him … Read more
Google may allow publishers to exclude some of their content from being displayed in Google Discover. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said he thinks that option would be useful and thus passed it on to the team to look into. Lily Ray asked about this on X and said, “Outside of your guidelines for … Read more
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