Search Engine Roundtable Podcast

Today we covered how Google AI Overviews and AI Mode are isolated systems on top of search, plus more. Google Search Console said the data logging issue that lasted 50 weeks is now fixed going forward. Google is testing fresh updates labels.  Ask.com shuts down after almost 30 years. Google Ads new use AI to add products. 

0:00 - Introduction

1:07 - Google AI Overviews & AI Mode As Isolated Systems (Black Box)

3:40 - Google Search Console logging issue kinda fixed

5:02 - Google tests fresh updates label

5:21 - Ask.com shuts down after 30 years

7:37 - Google Ads new use AI to add products

10:00 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent out notifications about back button hijacking penalties to those sites that have the problem. Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the penalty, so be careful. Bing Webmaster Tools teased new AI reporting features but no ETA on when it will launch. Google may be deindexing pages at a higher rate says many SEOs, but Google’s John Mueller says no. Google AI Overviews tests a sticky Ask Anything box. A new report says the click-through rates from AI Overviews are improving. Google’s preferred sources now works in all languages. I posted a two month Google Webmaster report. Bing is testing less clickable links in its Copilot results. Google local panel has a show more action button. Google in Germany can show how many reviews were removed. Google now lets you edit your videos in the mobile app for your Business Profile. Google Ads has new AI reporting features like AI brief, text disclaimers and expansion with AI Max for Shopping and Travel. Google tests AI labels on its search ads. Google Ads has this preview impact of negative keywords. Google reported earnings and so did Microsoft, we got the ad numbers for you. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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0:00 - Introduction

0:50 - Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up April 27th & 28th

1:17 - Google Sends Warning Notices On Back Button Hijacking Spam Penalty

1:54 - Google AdSense Vignette Ads Setting May Trigger Back Button Hijack Penalty

3:07 - Bing Webmaster Tools New AI Reporting Features

3:46 - Google Search May Be Deindexing URLs At Higher Rates

4:24 - Google AI Overview Ask Anything Box Sticks As You Scroll

4:43 - Google Click Through Rates Improving For Organic Results With AI Overviews

5:17 - Google Preferred Sources Now Available For All Languages Globally

5:38 - April & May 2026 Google Webmaster Report

5:59 - Bing Tests Less Clickable Links In Copilot Search Results

6:22 - Google Local Panel With Show More Action Buttons

6:52 - Google Showing How Many Reviews Were Deleted

7:15 - Google Maps Video Editing Within Google App

7:53 - Google Ads AI Max: AI Brief, Text Disclaimers & Shopping & Travel Expansion

8:20 - Google Tests AI Label On Search Ads

8:40 - Google Ads Preview Impact Of Negative Keywords (& More)

9:03 - Google Ad Revenue Up 15.5% With Overall Revenue Up 22%

9:38 - Bing Ads Revenue Up 12% - 1 Billion Monthly Action Users Milestone

10:02 - Conclusion

Today we covered both Google and Microsoft earnings reports, and Bing hit 1 billion monthly active users.  Google may be showing more links within AI Mode. Microsoft Advertising has added conversion and spend metrics to the PMax Website Publisher URL report. Google announced a number of new updates for AI Max within Google Ads. 

0:00 - Introduction

0:26 - Google earnings report and ad revenue surges

2:30 - Microsoft Ads PMax publisher URL report new metrics

4:55 - Microsoft Bing earnings report with 1 billion MAU

6:20 - Google AI Mode with more links

8:59 - Google Ads AI Max updates

10:50 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

Today we covered how Google AdSense vignette ads can potentially trigger a Google search penalty for back button hijacking.  Google tests a sticky Ask Anything button for search and Enter AI Mode call to action.  Google Ads tests preview impact of negative keywords tool. 

0:00 - Introduction

0:59 - Google AdSense Vignette ads trigger search penalty

3:26 - Google AI Mode Ask Anything sticky test

4:42 - Google Enter AI Mode button

5:55 - Google Ads preview impact of negative keywords

7:38 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

Today we covered how Google is now sending out notices about the upcoming back button hijacking penalty. Bing teases some new AI features coming to Bing Webmaster Tools.  We are seeing more Google search ranking volatility. Google shows the number of deleted reviews in Germany.  Adthena launches Google Ads-to-ChatGPT conversion tool

0:00 - Introduction

0:54 - Google spam penalty notices

3:16 - Bing Webmaster Tools AI reporting updates coming

4:50 - Google Search ranking volatility

5:52 - Google showing number of deleted reviews

7:31 - Adthena launches Google Ads-to-ChatGPT conversion tool

9:00 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

Today we covered an updated report on click-through rates from search results with Google AI Overviews. Google spam reports now won’t process if there is personally identifiable information.  Google Ads Demand Gen campaigns have some review delays. Bing Copilot results test less clickable interface. Google is testing an AI label on its sponsored ads.

0:00 - Introduction

0:28 - CTR report on Google AI Overviews

2:00 - Google spam reports PII

4:50 - Google Ads Demand Gen review delays

6:06 - Bing with less clickable Copilot results

7:23 - Google Ads with AI label 

9:20 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

This week, we covered new heated Google search ranking volatility.  Google’s Danny Sullivan spoke about commodity versus non-commodity content. Google now wont use spam reports with personality identifiable information. Google said you can do a lot of SEO that doesn’t work and still do fine.  Google said no one knows everything about SEO.  Google posted documentation on the read more deep links.  Google Search Console confirmed a bug with job listing reporting.  Google Ads Advisor added some new AI safety features. Google Ads API version 24 is out.  Google Ads has new AI-qualified call conversions.  Google Local Search Ads tests immersive video ads.  Microsoft Advertising also released a bunch of AI features.  ChatGPT’s ad manager seems to be rolling out.  OpenAI launched a new bot for ads, OAI-AdsBot.  Google local review replies now seem to be moderated.  Google Business Profiles now sorts photos by recently uploaded.  Bing tests less clickable links in the Copilot search box.  Google posted a job listing to hire an GEO, generative engine optimization, partner manager.  That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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0:00 - Introduction

0:30 - Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up April 23rd

0:55 - Google On Publishing Commodity Content

1:52 - New: Google Won't Use Spam Reports With Personally Identifying Information

2:43 - Google: You Can Do A Lot Of SEO That Don't Work & Still Do Ok

3:02 - Google: When It Comes To SEO, Nobody Knows Everything

3:35 - Google Documents Read More Snippet Links Best Practices

4:21  - Google Search Console Performance Report Job Listings Reporting Bug

5:09 - Google Ads Advisor Gains Troubleshooting, Security Monitoring & Instant Certification

5:23 - Google Ads API Version 24 Now Available

5:30 - Google Ads New AI-Qualified Call Conversions

6:01 - Google Local Search Ads With Videos Ads

6:19 - Microsoft Advertising Releases New AI Features

7:20 - ChatGPT Ad Manager Interface

7:45 - OAI-AdsBot - New OpenAI Ads Bot

7:58 - Google Local Review Replies Are Now Moderated (ReviewReplyState)

8:22 - Google Business Profiles Sorts Photos By Most Recent

8:36 - Google Job Listing For Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Partner Manager

8:58 - Conclusion 

Today we covered Danny Sullivan of Google’s slides on commodity content. Google has a job listing to hire a GEO. We are seeing more Google search ranking volatility.  And ChatGPT is allowing CPCs.

0:00 - Introduction

0:55 - Google on commodity content

6:12 - Google is hiring a GEO

8:29 - Google search ranking volatility

9:38 - ChatGPT using CPCs

10:40 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

Today we covered Google rolling out new AI safety features for Ads Advisor. OpenAI’s ChatGPT ad management interface is out there in the wild.  OpenAI also has a new ads bot.

0:00 - Introduction

0:40 - Google Ads Advisor updated features

2:10 - OpenAI’s ChatGPT ad interface leaked

3:45 - OpenAI new ads bot

4:23 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

Today we covered a couple statements from John Mueller on doing SEO.  Google Search Console has a bug with the jobs data in the performance report.  Google added read more deep link best practices documentation. Microsoft Advertising released new AI features. 

0:00 - Introduction

0:35 - John Mueller on SEO

3:00 - Google Search Console jobs reporting bug 

3:55 - Google read more deep links best practices

5:22 - Microsoft Advertising new AI features

7:09 - Conclusion

A daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.