February 2025 Google Webmaster Report
While this month was not as busy as last month, it was still a pretty stressful month for a lot of site owners and SEOs. I was expecting more core updates this past month, but we had none, whereas the previous report, we covered three confirmed Google updates.
Latest Articles
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 4, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Generative AI Mentions In Google's Search Quality Rater Guidelines
As you know, Google updated its Search Quality Raters guidelines with 11 new pages a couple of weeks ago. But with that, Google also added the term "generative AI" to the quality raters guidelines for the first time, and it is listed 14 times.
Search Video Recaps
Google Writing Popular Products Descriptions With Generative AI
Google is now testing using generative AI to write descriptions within the popular products section in Google Search. We've seen this with knowledge panels, local listings and many other parts of Google Search but I don't think I've seen it for the popular products section.
Yahoo Search AI Features Powered By Microsoft Copilot?
Ever since we began seeing the new Yahoo Search AI features and AI Chat, we've been asking if they were powered by their own AI, by maybe OpenAI or maybe Microsoft Copilot. Well, it seems there is evidence that these features are powered by Microsoft Copilot.
Google: Embedded Resources Are Cached For A While
If you embed resources on your pages, those embedded resources can be cached longer than other parts of the page in Google Search.
Archives
Google Ads Prompt To Book A Tagging Appointment
Feb 4, 2025Daily Search Forum Recap: February 3, 2025
Feb 3, 2025Google To Test AI Generated Background Images For Your Shopping Ads
Feb 3, 2025Head of Search at Microsoft Touts Bings Growth & Power Of LLMs
Feb 3, 2025Google Business Profiles Edit Products Feature Gains Product Studio AI
Feb 3, 2025Google Search Related Places Carousel Map
Feb 3, 2025Daily Search Forum Recap: January 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Site Reputation Abuse, AI Overviews 2.0, Yahoo Search AI & More
Jan 31, 2025Google: Demographic Exclusions To Apply To Google Ads Shopping Inventory in PMax
Jan 31, 2025Picture of the Day
