6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (208+ words) Google Ads Expanding Loyalty Program'Search Engine Roundtable Google Ads and Merchant Center is expanding the Loyalty program features to highlight key perks, expand local and regional visibility, expand internationally and within AI Mode and Gemini.Google wrote, "We are now…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (143+ words) On March 17th, Google announced Personal Intelligence was hitting AI Mode for all US users who opt in. Prior to this you had to have a Google AI Pro and Ultra account to access the functionality. Well, the rest of the…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (129+ words) Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is getting some new (optional) capabilities for merchants. The UCP is Google's open standard designed to enhance agentic commerce and complete purchases directly across the web without relying on traditional storefronts or integrations. In a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (152+ words) Did you know that you can see live sports data in AI Mode? (I warned you, lots of sports examples to come.) Not sure if this is "new" or not, because honestly, I had never really thought to use AI…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (181+ words) Google appears to have added a "Stores" tab to its Google Shopping experience. This was spotted by Sachin Patel on X: Brodie Clark confirmed that he also had not seen the tab in the past. Don't recall coming across that one…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (23+ words) Google Cityscape Pedestal Cloud Sign'Search Engine Roundtable There is this Google cityscape pedestal with the Google super G logo hovering above with clouds...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (227+ words) This is a programming note that I will be not be posting here for the next several days. I am not exactly sure how long it will take and when I will be back at 100% but I am expecting it…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (124+ words) Google is testing a larger header image for the Google Discover publisher header images. It looks a lot more magazine-type and style. This test was spotted by Damien on X and he shared a couple of screenshots of this. He…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (104+ words) Google is testing a new widget for the Google Discover feed where you can follow news publishers and/or topics. It is called the "home follow widget." I personally do not see this feature but Damien spotted it and posted…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago  (104+ words) Google is testing a new AI Mode widget within the main search results that drives searchers away from the core search results and recipe listings/cards and into AI Mode, which then shows those horrible AI-generated Frankenstein recipes. This new…...