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Google Search Hits $63B, Details AI Mode Ad Tests via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern 4 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Google is testing ads in AI Mode as Search revenue grew 17% to $63 billion. AI Mode queries run 3x longer than traditional searches. The post Google Search Hits $63B, Details AI Mode Ad Tests appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson 5 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Five Google Analytics reports PPC marketers should use to improve targeting, justify spend, and understand how paid traffic supports conversions across the customer journey. The post 5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google AI Overviews Bug Removes Links & Citations 9 hours ago www.seroundtable.com Google confirmed there is a bug with AI Overviews not showing links for some responses. The bug was spotted by Lily Ray, who posted some examples several hours ago. Rajan Patel, Google's VP, Engineering for Search, replied saying it is a bug and Google is working on fixing it.

Google Ad Revenue Up 14% - Google's Biggest Revenue & Ad Revenue Yet 10 hours ago www.seroundtable.com Google reported its earnings today, its Q4 2025 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 14% at $82.3 billion and overall revenue was up 17% at $113.8 billion. I specifically like to dig in as best as I can on the ad revenue side to see how Google Ads have performed.

Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern 10 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Google Search Advocate John Mueller is pushing back on the idea of serving Markdown files to LLM crawlers. The post Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google Ads tightens access control with multi-party approval 15 hours ago searchengineland.com Google Ads’ new multi-party approval feature adds an extra safeguard against unauthorized or malicious account changes.

In Google Ads automation, everything is a signal in 2026 15 hours ago searchengineland.com Automation performance depends on signal quality. Learn how Google Ads prioritizes signals, how pollution starts, and how to correct drift.

Anthropic says Claude will remain ad-free as ChatGPT tests ads 15 hours ago searchengineland.com Anthropic argues ads inside AI chats would erode trust, warp incentives, and clash with how people actually use assistants like Claude.

Update: AI Overviews Reduce Clicks by 58% 15 hours ago ahrefs.com Since then, AI Overviews have rolled out to more countries and more languages, and many websites have continued to see the clicks from organic search decline month-over-month. Today, it seems likely that the impact of AI Overviews has worsened. As…Read more ›