SEO

More than 1 in 3 consumers across age groups prefer searching on social platforms first for product reviews and recommendations 76% of users say social content influenced a purchase in the last six months, including 90% of Gen Z Respondents say social platforms deliver net-positive impacts on their mental health, financial decisions, and social lives […]

Almost half (40%) of consumers stop doing business with a company after one bad experience Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, released its 2025 Business Leaders Customer Experience Report offering analysis of CX trends shaping how global business leaders create enduring customer experiences in the era of The New CX. Based on a survey of […]

The collaboration bridges real-time dubbing, captioning, and multistream video distribution – now with mobile subtitle and audio access for live event attendees. CAMB.AI, the leader in real-time AI dubbing technology, and Videolinq, the award-nominated platform for live captioning and multilingual subtitle distribution, announced a strategic partnership designed to redefine how global audiences experience live and […]

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Microsoft is testing using alternative names and titles for the related searches section within the Bing Search results. I was able to trigger four alternatives to the normal related searches header.

Google is testing another search results snippet hover effect. This one will color the background a light gray shadow like color. We’ve seen variations of this before (see articles below).

Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirmed on X that ads can show above/below the AI Overviews or within the AI Overviews but not in both positions at the same time. She wrote, “Your ad could trigger to show either above/below AIO or within AIO, but not both at this time."

Google is updating its Unapproved Substances section of the Healthcare and Medicines policy in June to allow the promotion and serving ads for Melatonin. This is currently allowed in the U.S. and Canada, but will now be allowed beyond.

Google Search ranking and results have experienced increased volatility over the past 24 hours or so – the search results are heating up. I am noticing an uptick in SEO chatter within the industry and also some of the tools are showing increased search ranking volatility.