Author name: Mike SEO

Google’s John Mueller made a joke about how next year, SEO companies will be offering GEO-Detox services as a billable line item after many of the SEO companies already billed their clients for GEO services.

Google Ads has supported adding WhatsApp Messenger for a while to your ad extensions. Now, it seems Google is also rolling out support for more messaging apps, including Facebook Messenger and Zalo, the Vietnamese instant messaging multi-platform service.

A deeper look at the traffic losses, revenue shifts, and emerging models reshaping publishing and search in an AI-first era.

Google Ads is testing two new sections in the Overview tab. There is a new trends section and a new performance by stage section.

Google Ads now lets you create up to five custom views on the Overview tab. The Overview now supports custom views and you can add up to five tabs and create Overview pages customised for your unique needs, Google wrote on the Google Ads console.

The Google local pack within the Google Search results changes, I think. When you click on the “More businesses" button at the bottom of the local pack, you aren’t taken into Google Maps anymore; you are taken to the Google Places tab. And then when you scroll to see more, the pagination is broken.

AI search is overriding geographic signals, pushing global pages into local markets unless brands reinforce market-specific authority in ways LLMs can interpret.
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Uncover the insights from the 2026 AI Search Benchmark report and see how your brand measures up in AI search performance.
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According to a new study seasonality adjustments often backfire during Black Friday, driving up costs while hurting efficiency.