SEO breaking news: September/August 2025 Edition

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  1. September 30, 2025: Google launched a major update to AI Mode in Search, introducing a new way to explore and shop visually.
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  2. September 29, 2025: #ChatGPT — Instant Checkout: Buy Directly from Merchants through ChatGPT.
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  3. September 23, 2025: AI Mode in Google Search is starting to roll out globally in Spanish.
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  4. September 18, 2025: Gemini is rolling out in Chrome for Mac and Windows users in the U.S. with English language settings.
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  5. September 16, 2025 – ChatGPT Search Improvements:

    • Factuality: Reduced hallucinations for higher-quality answers.
    • Shopping: Enhanced search to detect shopping intent and show relevant products.
    • Formatting: Improved answer formatting for quick comprehension without sacrificing detail.

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  6. September 15, 2025: “How people are using ChatGPT” (A new study published on OpenAI.com).
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  7. September 4, 2025: A new episode of Search Off the Record, titled “Optimizing login-page content for Google Search”.
    Most interesting points: LinkedIn summary
    ➡️ Watch on Google Search Central YouTube channel
  8. September 4, 2025: “Introducing EmbeddingGemma: The Best-in-Class Open Model for On-Device Embeddings.”
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  9. September 2025: John Mueller discussed choosing a Top-Level Domain (TLD) for new websites.
    Key takeaways:

    • Avoid free, cheap, or spammy TLDs.
    • Domains on such TLDs may face slower crawling & indexing.
    • Sitemaps may struggle to be considered worthwhile.
    • Emails/messages could be dropped.
    • People often disavow or filter links from those TLDs.

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  10. September 2025: Google removed the &num=100 parameter.
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  11. Major Google Search Central Documentation Updates

    September 9, 2025:

    • Removed documentation for structured data types: course info, estimated salary, learning video, special announcement, and vehicle listing.

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    August 2025:

    • Added new guidance on JavaScript-based paywall considerations.
    • Updated structured data carousels (beta) documentation to include South Africa.

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  12. September 8, 2025: New in Microsoft Clarity: “Turn Long Session Recordings into Short Insights with Clarity Highlights.”
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  13. August 21, 2025: New episode of Search Off the Record — “Lazy loading demystified.”
    Most interesting points: LinkedIn summary
    ➡️ Watch on Google Search Central YouTube channel
  14. August 22, 2025: “Google Discover Publisher Entity Pages With Follow, Social & Latest Posts.”
    ➡️ Source & read more (Barry Schwartz)
  15. August 21, 2025: Google expands AI Mode to over 180 new countries and territories in English.
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