SEO

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google’s Search Relations team explains how CSS affects SEO, addressing myths about class names, pseudo elements, and page performance.
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Are you wondering if you should optimize your content for AI Mode? In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Chima digs into this question and encourages us to consider how over-optimization impacts web visibility. Discover why prioritizing best practices, building Brand Authority, and creating original, journalist-quality content are key to long-term search visibility in the age of AI.

Google launched a new Search Labs experiment it is calling Web Guide. It basically organizes the web search results for you by category. Google wrote, “Web Guide is an AI-organized search results page that experiments with how we find, surface and organize results from across the web."

Google finally launched its virtual clothes try-on feature after launching it several times and then demoing it again at Google I/O. Google also launched price alerts to let users specify an amount that will trigger the alert.

Google Ads is adding more detailed data to RSAs, responsive search ads, reporting. Specifically, it now shows click and conversion data per RSA headline. This is instead of it just showing “good" or "bad" labels per headline.

As we reported earlier this week, Google Search ranking volatility was more heated (and for longer) after the Google June 2025 core update completed than during the core update. Well, that volatility continues and it is not just the tools but the chatter within the industry is super high right now.