SearchEngineNews.com Logo
Sign In
  • SEO Services
    • Site Audit
    • Penalty Audit
    • PPC Audit
    • Request a Quote
  • Membership Plans
Sign in
Planet Ocean Communications®



SEO PowerTools

  • WebCEO Tool Suite
  • Link Prospector
  • Header Analyzer
  • Site Strength Indicator

Self-Paced Courses

  •  SEO Fundamentals New
  •  WordPress Structured Data
  •  Basic WordPress SEO
  •  Basic Local SEO

Training Resources

  • Training Course Recordings
  • MasterClass Training Videos
  • Course Certifications & Quizzes

Expert Support

  • MasterMind Archives
  • Get a FastAnswer

Top Resources

  • Webmaster Checklists
  • Internet Glossary
  • WordPress Plugin Guide

Manage Membership

  • Customer Service
  • View Receipts
  • Update Contact or Billing
May '25 Apr '25 Mar '25 Feb '25 Jan '25 Dec '24 Nov '24 Oct '24 Archives

May '25 Featured Articles

Print  Download PDF 
  • Train Your Staff to Use AI & Watch Your Sales Skyrocket
  • Verizon saw a 40% increase in sales by upgrading the skills of its 28,000-person service team using AI— by Stephen Mahaney
  • ChatGPT's Politeness Problem: Sycophantic, Expensive, & Maybe All Your Fault
  • Good Manners & Proper Etiquette Are Draining the Grid — by Stephen Mahaney

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • OpenAI Wants Chrome: Ready for An AI-First Future?
  • How AI Overviews' Are Impacting Organic CTR
  • AI Mode Gets Multimodal Search Upgrade, Powered by Lens and Gemini
  • Google Showcases Impressive VR Glasses With Memory Powered by Gemini
  • Google Google
  • Search Analytics API Now Supports Hourly Data
  • Chrome Delays Plan to Prompt for Third-Party Cookies
  • Google Consolidating Country Code Top-Level Domains to Google.com
  • Google Refreshes Shopping "Merchant Opportunities" Report
  • Understanding Google Merchant Center's Use of Marketing Emails
  • Recent Updates to Google Merchant Center Policy Articles
  • Updates to Merchant Center Product Data Specifications
  • Local Search Local Search
  • GBP Verification: Insights from the Inside
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • PMax Insights From 4,000+ Campaigns
  • New GADs Ad-Strength Guide & Best Practices
  • New Goals & Image Controls Coming to PMax
  • What "Enhanced Relevance Down-Page" Means for You (& Your Wallet)
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for May 2025
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for May 2025

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • Impressive Astra Features Beginning to Roll Out
  • Google's New "Revolutionizing" AI Mode
  • Google Releases New AI Features for Travel Planning
  • Google Shopping's AI Vision Match
  • Google Google
  • Core Update for March 2025
  • GSC Expands API Support For 8 Days of Hourly Data View
  • GMC Click Reporting Changes This Month
  • GBP Now Associated With Local Service Ads
  • Google Merchant Center Next: Product Analytics Updates
  • Site Reputation Abuse Policy Manual Actions Update
  • Google Admits De-Indexing Pages for Non-Engagement
  • Googlebot's IP Addresses In JSON File Now Updated Daily
  • Local Search Local Search
  • Google Business Profile QR Code for Reviews
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • Finally! Ad Managers Can Hide ALL Suggestions
  • PMax Terms Added to GADs Search Term Report
  • GADS Increases Negative Keyword Limit to 10,000
  • UnFair Advantage Policy Updated to Allow Double Serving Ads
  • Google Releases Ads Editor Version 2.9
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for April 2025
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for April 2025

Mar '25 Featured Articles

Print  Download PDF 
  • Google's Reverses Policy Against Fingerprinting
  • A win for advertisers, a loss for consumers and a target for privacy regulators —by Stephen Mahaney
  • Why Classic SEO is More Vital Than Ever for AI Search Optimization
  • The impending death of SEO has been greatly exaggerated! —by Stephen Mahaney

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • ChatGPT's New Research Powerhouse: Automating Complex Analysis
  • OpenAI Releases Smarter & More Intuitive GPT-4.5
  • A Better Gemini - 2.0 Flash Now Universally Available
  • Link Overkill Spotted in AI Overviews
  • Study Suggests AI Overviews Killing Click-thru Rates
  • Study Shows AIO Results More Volatile Than Organic SERPs
  • Lawsuit Targets AI Overviews Content Theft
  • Google Google
  • Add Backgrounds to Your Shopping Ads With Product Studio AI
  • Google Testing AI Generated Images for Shopping Ads
  • Discussion: Is Google Search Downranking AI Images?
  • AI-Generated Performance Summaries in GMC
  • Merchant Listing Structured Data Updates: Member Pricing & Price Clarifications
  • Local Search Local Search
  • Google Now Charging for LSAds Booking Link Responses
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • GAds Update: AI-Driven Responsive Search Ads (RSAs)
  • AI-Image Gen & Asset Systems Enhanced for Advertisers
  • Google Ads "Search Themes" in Performance Max
  • 'Book a Tagging Appointment' Offered to Some GADs Accounts
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for March 2025
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for March 2025

Feb '25 Featured Articles

Print  Download PDF 
  • DeepSeek—Interview With A Chatbot
  • DeepSeek was developed at a fraction of the cost of all other chatbots. So, how does it compare to ChatGPT?

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • Marketers Moving Beyond Google Search
  • Google Google
  • Google Maybe Blocking SEO Data Tools?
  • Search Quality Rater Guidelines Update
  • Google Sweeps Away Breadcrumbs on Mobile
  • Google's Option to Opt-Out of Page Annotation Works
  • Site Reputation Abuse Remains in Google's Crosshairs
  • Author Name & Comments Recommended for Review Ratings
  • 24-hour Hourly Data Now Exportable in GSC Performance Report
  • Local Search Local Search
  • GBP Launches Chat With Text & WhatsApp In US
  • Fixed: The Google Map Pin Scam
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • New Promo Code Options Under Promotion Details in GAds
  • Controls & Reporting Improvements Coming to PMax
  • New GAds Waiver Requirement for Images
  • Source Column For Search Terms Added to PMax
  • New Private Search Term Category in GAds PMax Reports
  • Market Conditions & Budget Changes Attributed to GAds Weekly Spend Fluctuations
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for February 2025
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for February 2025

Jan '25 Featured Articles

Print  Download PDF 
  • 28 Years of SEN
  • Where we've been, where we are, and where we're going in this bold new world of AI – by Stephen Mahaney
  • The 12 Days of OpenAI: A Holiday Tech Wonderland
  • OpenAI’s “12 Days” event showcased their commitment to pushing boundaries in artificial intelligence while making their technology more accessible, engaging, and useful for everyone! —by Stephen Mahaney

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • The 12 Days of OpenAI: Summary
  • Pichai Interview: The Future of Search is AI
  • Introducing Gemini 2.0 – A Giant Leap Forward
  • New "AI Mode" Coming to Google Search
  • Google's Pichai Puts Employees on the AI Hot Seat
  • Investigation Reveals "Vulnerabilities" in SearchGPT
  • Google Google
  • December '24 Core & Spam Updates
  • Google Exploit – Conceptual SEO
  • Study: Patterns Revealed in Google Review Deletions
  • GMC Posts Documentation for Shopping Annotations & Badges
  • How to Add Google's Top Quality Store Badge to Your Website
  • GMC Publishes New Glossary of Terms
  • HTTP Caching Section Added to Crawler Support Doc
  • FAQs Added to Site Reputation Abuse Policy
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • New Google Ads Brand Report
  • Ads Policy Updated to Include Manual Actions
  • New Dating & Companion Ads Policy
  • New Customer Match Feature in Google Analytics
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for January 2025
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for January 2025

SE Bytes: Member Q&A

  • What is meant by Cost of Rendering?
  • Is it a good idea for large websites to host images on a separate subdomain to split server loads?

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • SearchGPT Launches Out of Beta
  • 'About this image' Feature Showing C2PA Metadata
  • Google Google
  • November '24 Google Core Update
  • New In Store Shopping with Google Lens
  • New GSC 'Recommendations' Fully Rolled Out
  • Page Experience Report Removed from GSC
  • Site Reputation Abuse Policy Updated
  • Google Officially Confirms Site-Wide Quality Can Affect Rankings
  • Google Crawlers Are Now Dynamically Switching Between Protocols
  • Obtrusive Pop-up in Search Results for Logged-in GBP Users
  • Google Removing Hotel Features in Search for Germany, Estonia, & Belgium
  • Local Search Local Search
  • New AI Enhancements In Google Maps
  • Farewell to Google's Local Service Ads App
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • Google Releases Ads Editor 2.8
  • Update to Customer Match Policy
  • Google Cracks Down on Deceptive Buttons in Ads
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for December 2024
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for December 2024
  • Social Media Social Media
  • eXodus to Bluesky Social

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • Report on Gemini's Latest Updates
  • Google Brings New Features & Ads to AI Overview
  • How to Optimize for Google's New AI Powered Shopping Experience
  • Google Google
  • Merchant Center Announces Amazon MCF integration
  • GMC Adds New Merchant Verification Methods
  • Video Generation Now Available in Product Studio
  • Name Your Own Shipping Policy in GMC Next
  • New "Sticky" GSC Performance Reports
  • Clarifying Dynamically-generated Product markup
  • Chrome Phasing Out Support for uBlock Origin
  • Goodbye to the Sitelinks Search Box
  • Third-Party Policy Update Requires Strict Compliance
  • Video Review: Why Google Search is Falling Apart
  • Local Search Local Search
  • GBP Wants Answers About Your Inventory
  • Local Service Ads Will Soon Require A Google Business Profile
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • Study: Conservatives Are More Likely to Click Search Ads
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for November 2024
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for November 2024
  • Social Media Social Media
  • X Changes TOS to Further Enshittify Twitter

View All Updates

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

  • A.I. Roundup A.I. Roundup
  • OpenAI Releases The Thinker
  • Image Labeling Coming to Google Search
  • Google Google
  • The August '24 Core Update Finished — Then the Volatility Increased
  • Google Clarifies Spam Policies for Web Search
  • New Reviews Restrictions For GBP Policy Violations
  • Google Shopping Markup Expert Interview
  • New priceType Property Added to Support Sale Pricing
  • YouTube SEO: Q&A With YouTube Liaisons
  • AVIF Images Now Supported by Google Search
  • Indexing API Quota & Pricing Information Clarifications
  • Google Reorganizes Crawler and User-Triggered Fetcher Documentation
  • Google Kills Cache Feature
  • Google Trends Email Subscription Service Ending
  • The US DOJ vs. Google Trial Exhibit Files, Documents & Responses Archive
  • PPC Advertising PPC Advertising
  • New 'Confidential Matching' Feature Offers Data Privacy For Advertisers
  • Gemini Models Now Help You Build Better Search Campaigns in More Languages
  • Google Ads Being Automatically Linked to Merchant Center Accounts
  • Google's Change to LSA API Validation Logic Upsets Advertisers
  • Gambling: Update to Circumventing Systems Policy
  • New Accounts: To Show Ads on Parked Domains You Must Now Opt-In
  • Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for October 2024
  • Curated List of PPC Articles for October 2024
Thanks for visiting SEN
Member Sign in  

These exclusive articles and SEO updates are available to SEN Members.

To get access for LESS than $1 a day,
click the button below.

Continue
Sign in SEO Services Pricing & Plans About Our Writers Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Service


SearchEngineNews.com

Planet Ocean Communications® is a registered trademark of Planet Ocean Communications, Inc

© Copyright 1997 — 2025 Planet Ocean Communications®