Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2025
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 5, 2025
"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 Console launched an AI-powered configuration tool that helps you build reports. Google Search Console's average position jumped up for many after the num 100 removal. Google's API doc leaks confirms that service area is not a local ranking factor."
"Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available for Ultra users, making available our IMO & ICPC Gold Medal-winning technology. Deep Think shows improved generalization on difficult benchmarks like ARC-AGI-2, and outperforms Gemini 3 Pro on HLE, Jeff Dean on X The share of traffic from ChatGPT didn't grow in November. (according to data from 71k+ websites, collected by @Ahrefs) ChatGPT might still be growing in daily active users, but definitely not in the amount of referral traffic th, Tim Soulo on X"
Google Search Console added an AI-powered configuration tool to build custom reports. The Search Console average position metric rose for many sites after the 'num 100' position removal. Google API documentation leaks confirm that service area is not used as a local ranking factor. Google Merchant Center launched a regional member pricing beta. Google Ads introduced a 'learn more' extension at the top right of ads. A weekly SEO video recap was posted. Gemini 3 Deep Think became available for Ultra users with improved generalization on difficult benchmarks. Ahrefs data shows ChatGPT referral traffic did not grow in November. Google Discover spam remains widespread.
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