"Google spoke about how they try to isolate their AI systems because they tend to be a black box and hard to debug. Google improves links within AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google expands UCP-powered checkout to the mains search results. Google Search Console kind of fixed its 50 week data reporting bug. Google may have to adjust its site reputation abuse policy for EU news sites."
"Google AdSense will drop the back button trigger for vignette ads due to the upcoming search penalty. Google has a new way to authenticate bots named Web Bot Auth. Google is testing a "Fresh updates" label in the search results. Bing spoke about search indexing versus grounding indexing. Bing said its 1 billion monthly active users are humans, not bots."
"Google Ads to expand smart bidding exploration and budgeting pacing to Shopping campaigns. Google Ads will require passkeys for certain sensitive actions. Google Ads has a new use AI to add products feature. Google Ads AI Max content and title exclusions are going to the account level. Google Ads updated its data retention policy. Google Ads call recording will be on by default."
"OpenAI officially launched its ChatGPT Ad Manager tool. ChatGPT Ads click-through rates aren't that bad. Google Business Profiles suspensions spike over user restrictions. Bing Places for Business is finally mobile friendly. Ask.com has shut down its search engine after almost 30 years."
Google reported increased ranking volatility and tested a “Fresh updates” label in search results. Google described isolating AI systems because they are difficult to debug, and improved links within AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google expanded UCP-powered checkout into main search results and addressed a Search Console 50-week reporting bug. Google may adjust its site reputation abuse policy for EU news sites, and AdSense will drop a back-button trigger for vignette ads due to an upcoming search penalty. Google introduced Web Bot Auth for bot authentication. Bing discussed indexing versus grounding indexing and stated its 1 billion monthly active users are humans. OpenAI launched ChatGPT Ad Manager, and multiple ad and business-profile updates occurred across Google Ads and Bing Places for Business.
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