This week, we talked about the ongoing changes in Google search rankings. January was a hectic month. Google AI Overview now has more buttons to officially enter AI mode, which is not good for publishers. Gemini 3 is currently powering AI Overview around the world. Google is being forced to consider ways to say they don’t want their content used in AI Overview or AI Mode. According to the poll, 33% said they would block Google. Yahoo has relaunched search with Yahoo Scout. Bing Webmaster Tools is testing AI performance reporting. Google’s Personal Intelligence is also creating Frankenstein AI recipes. Google is testing 10 sitelinks for some search result snippets. Google has published new help documentation on how to respond to reviews. Google is testing third-party recommended content in search ads. Google Ads data exclusions for PMax are rolling out. Google Ads Test Center help documentation is now available. The Google Ads campaign mix experiment is in beta. Google Ads now has new billing reports. Google Ads API version 23 has been released. Microsoft releases earnings results, but Microsoft Advertising revenue may slow. That was the search news at this week’s Search Engine Roundtable.
Sponsored: This week’s video is sponsored by Semrush. Semrush has announced the 2025 AI Visibility Award winners. Here are the brands most prominently mentioned, cited, and recommended by ChatGPT and Google AI Mode, based on AI Visibility Index data from August to December 2025. For more information about the winners, please see this link or the link in the video description.
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