Google to Discontinue Euro-Denominated Check Payments for AdSense Publishers

Google is testing placement of its AI Mode sidebar interface on the main search results page rather than in a separate AI Mode tab.

Google clarified how it ranks PDFs in both traditional Search and AI Mode, providing guidance on optimizing them for visibility.

Search Engine Journal argues that Google's alleged poisoning of search results undermines the accuracy of rank-tracking tools that SEO professionals rely on.

Google's Martin Splitt and John Mueller discussed how Google crawls, indexes, and ranks PDFs, including file limits and link handling.