Google AI Mode Visual Update, Ads Reporting Updates, ChatGPT Instant Checkout and More

This week we covered the Google AI Mode news that it is more visual for many queries, including shopping queries. Google AI Mode agentic capabilities can now be opted into. Google AI Overviews tests a sticky citations box. Google Shopping Ask Stores feature is being tested. Google’s Liz Reid as interviewed again about AI Search. Google said the old domain history sometimes needs to be shaken off. I posted the monthly Google webmaster report. Google Search rolled out the emoji answer box. Google is testing removing the underline from the title link in the search results. Google Business Profiles has a spike in suspensions. Google is testing product reviews labeled as incentivized. Google Ads Performance Max has introduced new segmentation options in asset reporting and channel reporting features. Google Ads has new message asset requirements. Google Ads reporting may not be impacted by the num 100 change. Google will remove more lodging listings with inaccurate pricing. Google AdSense has a new traffic source breakdown report. Bing has new large image ads in Copilot boxes. ChatGPT launched Instant Checkout with Agentic Commerce Protocol. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.Sponsor: BruceClay one of the founding fathers of the SEO space, doing search marketing optimization since 1996. Bruce Clay is big into SEO training, check out seotraining.com to learn more and check them out at bruceclay.com. Also, check out their new product, Prewriter.ai - this tool empowers writers to write better and more efficiently, so check it out.0:00 - Introduction0:46 - Google AI Mode With More Visual Responses & Visual Fan-Out Technique1:41 - Google AI Mode Agentic Capabilities Opt In2:29 - Google AI Overviews With Sticky Citations As You Scroll2:43 - Google Shopping Ask Stores AI Chat3:05 - Google's Elizabeth Reid Interviewed On AI, Search, Blue Links, SEO & More3:40 - Google: Old Domain History/State Needs Time To Be Shaken Off4:32 - October 2025 Google Webmaster Report4:42 - Google Search Rolls Out Emoji Answer Box5:04 - Google Tests Dropping Underline From Search Result Snippets On Hover5:23 - Google Business Profile Suspensions Spike5:57 - Google Reviews Labeled Incentivized6:20 - Google Ads PMax Segmentation In Asset Reporting & Channel Reporting Features6:55 - New Google Ads Message Assets Requirements7:25 - Is Google Ads Reporting Also Impacted By Num=100 Change?8:10 - Google To Remove More Lodging Listings With Inaccurate Prices8:33 - New Google AdSense Traffic Source Breakdown Report8:48 - Microsoft Tests Large Images In Bing Search Copilot Ads9:01 - ChatGPT Gets Instant Checkout With Agentic Commerce Protocol9:36 - Conclusion