Here’s a recap of what occurred within the search boards right this moment, via the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and different search boards on the internet.
Google is testing advert / sponsored label variations. Google Purchasing has this “Researched with AI” AI Overview format. Google Service provider listings now helps certification markup. Google has dropped assist for the noarchive meta tag. Google product particulars in search have close by labels.
Search Engine Roundtable Tales:
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Google Tests Sponsored Ad Label Variations
Google is testing a number of variations of the sponsored advert label in its search outcomes. These are extra delicate than the large advert sponsored labels we noticed weeks in the past. Google is testing including “by” or | or ‘¢ or : between the sponsored label and the positioning identify or area identify. -
Google Shopping “Researched with AI – Experimental” Answer
Google Purchasing is testing a brand new AI Overview reply titled “Researched with AI – Experimental.” This appears to tug collectively evaluations for particular merchandise based mostly on Google Gemini AI. -
Google Merchant Listings Adds Certification Markup Support
Google now helps Certification markup assist for service provider listings within the product structured knowledge documentation. Google wrote, “beginning in April 2025, we’re changing the EnergyConsumptionDetails sort with the extra sturdy Certification sort, as the brand new sort helps extra nations and a broader scope of certifications.” -
Google Search Product Detail Grid With Nearby Label
Earlier we reported Google was testing “hottest” and “finest value” labels within the product element grid inside Google Search. Now, Google can be testing a “close by” label in that very same product grid element view. -
Google Drops Support For Noarchive Meta Tag Directive
With Google eradicating the cache operator from its search service, Google has stopped supporting the noarchive directive in Google Search. The directive, the noarchive meta tag, would inform Google to not maintain a cache copy of your web page. Since Google does not have a cache anymore, there isn’t a want for Google to assist this directive. -
Google Bird House Wall
Within the Google places of work in Colorado, they’ve this wall of birdhouses. I’m not certain why. I do not assume birds stay in there. However they’ve them.
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- Apple Podcasts adds transcriptions for 8 more languages, AppleInsider
- Hands on with the Pixel Buds Pro 2, Google Weblog
- How to Generate an AI Podcast Using Google’s NotebookLM, Wired
- Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask Ray-Ban Meta AI to analyze, TechCrunch
- Students used Meta’s smart glasses to automatically dox strangers via Instagram streams, Engadget
- Apple releases Depth Pro, an AI model that rewrites the rules of 3D vision, VentureBeat
- Google Home for iPhone adding Favorites homescreen widget, 9to5Google
- Apple Intelligence and iOS 18.1 due October 28, AppleInsider
- When Will Apple Intelligence Be Released? When Is Apple Releasing M4 Macs, iPad?, Bloomberg
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