Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2025
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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2025
"Google is testing AI-generated summaries for search result snippets. A Google bug overwhelmed the search results with ads. Google said searchers want AI summaries over links to publishers. Google Merchant Center has a new video verification process. Google local Q&A feature may be going away, the API is. OpenAI improved ChatGPT search. Google Discover is testing showing X posts from people you follow."
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Google is testing AI-generated summaries for search result snippets and reports searchers prefer AI summaries over links to publishers. A recent Google bug caused search results to be overwhelmed with ads. Google Merchant Center introduced a new video verification process. The Google Local Q&A feature may be discontinued and its API is affected. OpenAI updated ChatGPT search capabilities. Google Discover is testing showing X posts from people a user follows. Coverage includes Search Engine Roundtable, Search Engine Land, other search forums, and multiple verticals including analytics, marketing, local, mobile, voice, SEO, and PPC. Contact options and social channels are provided for feedback.
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