"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 Search new ad layout is driving accidental clicks on search ads. Google and Bing are indexing Grokipedia, the AI-generated online encyclopedia, like crazy. Raptive sued Google saying they use its data to cheat them, it can cost billions. Reddit said its search traffic is flat, AI is not a traffic driver and 50% of its traffic comes from Google. John Mueller of Google issued a PSA saying verify your cloud provider with Search Console."
"I am going to say this again... I think we are in for a very rough Q4. All the signs are very much there. Would love to be very wrong about this, but I've been at this a long time., Julie F Bacchini on X I just love this single purpose domains/sites. This one is golden. stopcitingai.com, Stefan Judis on Bluesky Like I've always said, it works until it doesn't. Spammy site I've been keeping an eye on since it recently surged. Started tanking the other day. Now doesn't rank for any of those core queries anymore. Actually, it's deindexed. Poof, Glenn Gabe on X I'm not sure what you're showing in the screenshot, but it seems expected that different search features use things differently. Especially very visible elements like video previews / thumbnails seem like the kind of thing where you wouldn't want to do th, John Mueller on Bluesky We wanted to share more information about Gemma in AI Studio: First, to clarify the distinction between our AI products. Our Gemma models are a family of open models built specifically for the developer and research community., News from Google on X"
Google Search's new ad layout is causing accidental clicks on search ads. Google and Bing are aggressively indexing Grokipedia, an AI-generated online encyclopedia. Raptive filed a lawsuit claiming Google uses its data to disadvantage them, potentially costing billions. Reddit reports flat search traffic, states AI is not a traffic driver, and that 50% of its traffic originates from Google. John Mueller of Google advised verifying cloud providers in Search Console. Forum contributors raised concerns about a difficult Q4, praised single-purpose domains, noted rapid deindexing of a spammy site, and clarified distinctions for Google's Gemma models.
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