Google Search Volatility, AI Mode in Search Console, Audio Overviews and ChatGPT Search Quality

This week we covered the ongoing Google search ranking volatility. Google is now officially counting AI Mode in Google Search Console’s performance reports, but good luck understanding it. Google is testing Audio Overviews in Google Search. Google AI Mode is now within people also ask and Chrome. Google rolled out the Search Live feature in labs but it is audio only. Google added troubleshooting details to its help document on how to block your content from showing in AI features. Some of Google’s knowledge panels are taking you to the wrong site. Longer-lasting and larger SEO issues can take Google longer to process and can take quite some time, John Mueller of Google said. Google is investigating concerns with pages being translated when clicked from the search results. Google’s John Mueller said no AI system currently uses the LLMs.txt. Google Ads is testing a horizontal line filled halfway. Google Ads is testing a new chart interface. Google Ads has new step-by-step conversion setup process. Google Merchant Center now has website-reported autofeeds to streamline inventory flow. Google Merchant Center also updated some of its interface. Google Local Service Ads is testing a background checked label. Google Business Profiles has a new Google Posts interface. Google is testing swapping the site name and URL in the snippet. Bing is testing dropping Microsoft’s name and logo from the search bar. OpenAI released a search quality update for ChatGPT. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.Thank you to our sponsor, Yahoo Search. Yahoo knows the way people are searching is changing – and as one of the top search engines in the US, with hundreds of millions of users, Yahoo Search is constantly evolving to deliver a simplified, innovative, and helpful search experience. Yahoo Search gives you quick, AI-powered summaries, plus AI chat when you want to dive deeper. Whether it's news, finance, sports, shopping or instant answers, get connected to what you need.0:00 - Introduction1:03 - Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up June 18th1:31 - Google Search Console Now Counting AI Mode Clicks, Impressions & Positions2:36 - Google Search Tests Audio Overview3:15 - Google AI Mode Within People Also Ask & Chrome3:40 - Google Troubleshooting On Blocking Content From AI Mode & AI Overviews3:58 - Google Rolls Out Talk & Listen Version Of Search Live In Labs4:27 - Some Google Knowledge Panel Buttons Going To Wrong Sites5:02 - Google: Larger & Longer Issues Can Take Longer To Reverse In Google Search5:51 - Google Investigating Search Clicks Leading To Translated Results6:33 - Google: No AI System Currently Uses LLMs.txt7:00 - Google Ads Tests Design With Horizontal Lines Filled Halfway7:20 - Google Ads Tests New Charts Interface For Campaigns7:40 - Google Ads New Step-By-Step Conversion Setup8:02 - Google Merchant Center New Website-Reported Autofeeds8:23 - Google Merchant Center Updates Some User Interface Elements8:38 - Google Local Service Ads Tests Background Checked Labels8:52 - Google Business Profiles Rolls Out New Interface For Google Posts9:03 - Google Tests Swapping Site Name & URL In Search Snippet9:17 - Bing Tests Dropping Microsoft Name From Bing Search Box9:42 - OpenAI Improves ChatGPT Search Quality10:03 - Conclusion