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…

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. Court documents reveal more on Google using user interactions, user data, Chrome data…

With the Google monopoly remedies ruling from the other day, we have even more documents from the court mentioning more about Google’s search index, spam score, PageRank, page quality, Glue and more.

Microsoft is testing expandable related searches in the Bing Search results. When you hover your mouse cursor over the related searches, Bing will load more below them.

Google sent out emails to hotels and lodging partners to inform them that they will begin enforcing pricing accuracy on their listings and feeds. The email says that starting on September 22, 2025, Google “will start removing more inaccurate prices from being shown on Google for both ads and free booking links.”

With the Google monopoly remedies ruling from the other day, we have more documents from the court mentioning more about Google’s usage of user interactions, user data, Chrome data and more.

In June we reported that Microsoft was testing a floating Copilot search box in the Bing Search results interface. Now, Microsoft added keyword suggestions next to the floating Copilot search box to help you figure out what to search for.

I am deeply sad to report that Alan Bleiweiss has passed away on August 22nd. Alan was a true friend to the search marketing industry; he always had a witty and funny response to make everyone smile, even during the most frustrating times. He cared deeply about the industry, the people within it and his […]

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 won’t be broken up, but they will have to share search data – it was a pretty big win for Google…

Google is testing new direction buttons in the local pack within the Google Search results. Normally, we see a “Directions” button, but now Google is testing “Map it,” “Map,” “Route,” “Go,” and “Get there,” and maybe more.

Google Ads has added new customization options for some of the graphing, charting and reporting. This change gives you “Conversion Delay,” “Performance Anomaly Insights,” and “Notes,” and is enabled with adjusted notification icons.

Google has updated its Google Business Profiles links policies & guidelines. Google added new sections for dedicated landing pages, direct action completion, social media sites and a new business links crawability policy.

Did you know Google has a technology called FastSearch? No, not the one from the early 2000s, but its own Google FastSearch. Google said FastSearch is faster than Google Search, its main search results technology.

Google is testing a new top bar interface design for the search results page both in light and dark mode. The new design shades the top bar more, so it is more distinct to the search results section.