SEO

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 confirmed ads with AI Overviews make as much as ads without AI Overviews on the page…

Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, said that search ads with AI Overviews are at a baseline, at the same level as search ads without AI Overviews, in terms of ad revenue per query. He added, and now it is just about going up from there, and with AI, he doesn’t see it to a problem.

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A compelling story bypasses objections — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) May 16, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB May 16, 2025 at 02:02PM

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RT @MikeMartinGB: Is success inevitable if you never quit? — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) May 16, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB May 16, 2025 at 01:05PM

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Microsoft is testing shading the site names, the brand names, of retailers in the Bing Shopping search results. So the name Amazon is in a blue shaded background color as opposed to just saying Amazon.com.