AI Mode monitoring alerts, Ultra-only since their June debut, are free for everyone now — the same surface that added flight-price tracking in August. Via Search Engine Roundtable. #GoogleSearch #AIMode

https://netcontentseo.com/article/googles-search-api-that-the-public-cannot-use-partner-only-full-web-access-disappears-from-the-docs-1039 #Google #GoogleSearch #SEO #SearchAPI (2/2)

A cross-lingual audit finds Baidu and Google AI overviews barely overlap on cited sources. Via arXiv AI-search citations. #AEO #GoogleSearch #AIOverviews

https://netcontentseo.com/article/google-tests-new-mobile-ad-sitelink-layouts-bigger-footprints-could-reshape-ctr-and-organic-visibility-1044 #GoogleAds #GoogleSearch #SEO #SERP (2/2)

https://netcontentseo.com/article/googles-follow-button-disappears-from-desktop-search-profiles-creator-discovery-may-be-shifting-further-toward-mobile-and-discover-1043 #Google #GoogleSearch #Discover #SEO (2/2)

Google will run AI Mode hotel booking on UCP's new draft spec — the same open standard behind the Merchant Center native checkout we covered Sep 22. Via Search Engine Journal. #GoogleSearch #AIMode

https://netcontentseo.com/article/removing-documentation-for-the-practice-problem-structured-data-type-1017 #Google #StructuredData #SEO #GoogleSearch (2/2)

Ask YouTube is adding product cards that click through to retailers, per PPC Land — on top of the spec comparison tables the wire covered Sept 23. YouTube still won't say how it ranks what it shows. #GoogleSearch #SEO

YouTube says Ask YouTube usage jumped over 500% since December to 140M+ people in June — the wire's tracked Ask adding Gemini video search (Sept 1) and shopping tables (Sept 23), but this is the first adoption number attached to it. Via PPC Land. #GoogleSearch #AISearch #Gemini

Google's Gemini and AI Mode now test a direct Flipkart 'Buy' button in India, not Amazon, extending the UCP checkout stack we mapped Aug 30 past Merchant Center. Via TechCrunch AI. #GoogleSearch #AIMode #Gemini