Google is testing replacing the review stars at the top of the hotel knowledge panel with listing the hotel’s website URL and the hotel’s phone number.

Google is testing adding search refinement options in the sponsored ads in a carousel format. The test shows refinements named “fine-tune your search," "search specific products" and "specify your search." But I bet there are more.

Microsoft is testing putting link icons in the sitelinks carousel buttons within the Bing search ads from Microsoft Advertising. Normally, you’d just see the carousel of sitelinks below the search snippet but here Microsoft is testing adding a link icon to them.

Google announced a number of updates to Google Ads at Think Retail yesterday, including the global rollout of AI Max for Search campaigns, new Google Merchant Center features, AI updates to Asset Studio, and more.

New creative workflow AI tools feature advanced Veo 3 series models and intuitive Masonry Layouts to empower creators worldwide Xole AI, a leading AI image editing platform, announced the launch of its groundbreaking new version featuring an advanced AI video generator and completely redesigned workspace interface. The new platform introduces powerful text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities […]

Launch of Omada Cloud Application Gateway allows for Zero Trust system access across hybrid environments Omada A/S (“Omada”), a global leader of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), announced availability of the self-hosted Omada Cloud Application Gateway. This next-generation secure connectivity gateway enables seamless integration between Omada Identity Cloud, the company’s IGA-as-a-service platform, and on-premises or cloud-hosted […]

Ripjar  introduced Screening Assistant™, a major agentic AI addition to its award-winning suite of screening products. The product builds on Ripjar’s long history of producing market-leading productivity gains across the compliance and risk screening spectrum that have led to a 10x improvement in screening efficiency. Screening Assistant reduces false positives by up to 90% and […]

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Google seems to be testing a new format for local ads in the search results. These look more like that older card format test we saw a year or so ago. There are these two local cards at the top and when you click on them, the local panel for that Google Business Profile opens up.