"This week, we covered the big Google Monopoly remedy ruling that will not end up breaking up the company and was more like a slap on the wrist. Google also has FastSearch, a faster search technology used for grounding. Google court docs also note search use of user interactions, user data, Chrome data, and also discuss the search index, spam scores, PageRank, Glue, and more."
"Google tests AI Overviews that look like knowledge panels. Google AI Mode has this compare mode, which is cool. Google Business Profiles updated its link policies and guidelines. Google Hotel Center will crack down on inaccurate hotel pricing. Google Ads adds checkboxes to filter your campaigns. Google Ads AI Max is not designed to push the Search Partner Network, said Google. Google Ads now lets you search Google Maps for location assets."
A major antitrust remedy imposes modest restrictions on Google without forcing a breakup. Google uses FastSearch for faster grounding and leverages user interactions, user data, Chrome signals, and index components such as spam scores, PageRank, and Glue. Google states crawling changes are independent of major ranking updates. Google updated AI Mode for educational use and is testing AI Overviews and a compare mode. Apple may release World Knowledge Answers to upgrade Apple Search, Siri, and Apple Intelligence. Google Business Profiles, Hotel Center, and Google Ads received policy and interface updates. Bing is testing Copilot UI enhancements. Industry veteran Alan Bleiweiss passed away.
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