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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2025

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

Sep 12, 2025 - 10:00 am
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heated Spam Update, Web Declines, AI Mode Updates, AI Max Rolls Out & More

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heated Spam Update, Web Declines, AI Mode Updates, AI Max Rolls Out & More

This week, I covered the ongoing Google August 2025 spam update and how it heated up this week. Google got into hot water over saying the web is rapidly declining. Google AI Mode also said AI Mode would be the default...

Sep 12, 2025 - 8:01 am

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Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gains AI Overview & YMYL Definitions

Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gains AI Overview & YMYL Definitions

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The last time Google updated this document was on January 23, 2025, over seven months ago. This update gives minor clarification as it relates to rating YMYL content and adds a handful of additional examples for rating newer features like AI Overviews. Google also posted fixes for typos and other minor clarifications.

Sep 12, 2025 - 7:51 am
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Google Search Tests Dropping 100 Search Results Parameter

Google Search Tests Dropping 100 Search Results Parameter

Google Search seems to be testing dropping the ability to see 100 search results on a single page. When you add the results parameter to the end of your search results URL string, i.e. &num=100, it works about half the time.

Sep 12, 2025 - 7:41 am
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Bing Tests Microsoft Sponsored Ads With Three Dots By URL

Bing Tests Microsoft Sponsored Ads With Three Dots By URL

Microsoft Advertising is testing using three dots, instead of the arrow down, for the sponsored ads URL in the Bing search results. We've seen Bing test three dots before but they were horizontal, the new test are vertical three dots.

Sep 12, 2025 - 7:31 am