Author name: Mike SEO

There are a number of complaints that the Google Search Console bulk data export to BigQuery is not working. The issue seemed to have started several days ago and is still not working today.

Google added “Trending posts & discussions" title under What People Are Saying section within Google Search results. It also has those favicons at the top, which I don’t think is new but it is all part of the package.

Google is testing a new widget for the Google Discover feed where you can follow news publishers and/or topics. It is called the “home follow widget."

Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger interviewed Google’s head of Search, Liz Reid, on Google’s progression of AI into Search. It felt like a very candid interview that is worth listening to. In short, Liz is still not sure if Gemini and Google Search will ever fully converge or not.

“Significant” investment in AI has tripled compared to the previous year and half of organizations are now committing more than 20% of their total tech budget to scaling AI initiatives. As AI investment soars, the race for agentic is outpacing the modern data infrastructure required to support it. This is according to a new Semarchy survey of […]

Two years after the DMA took effect, user experience is worse, business metrics are down, and Google’s monopoly remains intact.

Fixed-price, manual audits with prioritized action plans join KLOTA’s growing suite of diagnostic tools for online retailers. KLOTA, a Sweden-based digital performance consultancy specializing in e-commerce growth, has launched two new expert-led audit services: SEO Analysis and Google Ads Analysis. Both services are available at fixed prices with no ongoing commitment, delivering prioritized action plans […]

AI is transforming how consumers discover and choose products. Bazaarvoice research shows that 79% of shoppers are expected to use AI-enhanced search this year, whether through chat interfaces or AI-generated summaries embedded in traditional search results. As discovery becomes faster and more conversational, shoppers are increasingly relying on AI to narrow options and guide decisions […]

New capability expands Devnagri’s Sovereign Language Infrastructure with enterprise speech recognition and voice generation for multilingual digital systems. Devnagri AI, the Sovereign Language Infrastructure company for regulated and enterprise-scale organizations, announced the launch of Speech AI, a new capability designed to enable multilingual voice interactions across enterprise systems and digital customer journeys. Speech AI expands […]

With Google referrals down and LLM use rising, discoverability now depends on metrics, structure and authority — not rankings alone.