The judge tasked with deciding Google’s fate would rather not

As the second phase of the Google ad tech trial was winding down, Judge Leonie Brinkema was still hoping that Google and the ...

Google’s AI bounty program pays bug hunters up to $30K

Bug hunters have already raked in over $430,000 during the two years since the company officially started inviting AI ...

Generative Engine Optimization: The Next Frontier In Digital Visibility

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the next essential strategy for brands seeking visibility in an AI-driven world.

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gains AI Overview & YMYL Definitions

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. The last time Google updated this document was on January 23, 2025, over seven months ago. This ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google AI Max For Search Goes Global In Beta

Google’s AI Max for Search is now in global beta with one-click experiments and an upcoming text guidelines feature to steer brand-safe creative. AI Max for Search is globally available in beta.
The Hill

Google’s search engine dominance curbed

Google has avoided the worst-case scenario of being forced to sell off its Chrome browser, but legal experts say the court’s remedies to the Justice Department’s ...
ZDNet

Apple's AI search engine could be driven by Google and help revive Siri, report says

Apple plans to launch an AI search engine, reportedly. The AI search experience would power the Siri voice assistant. The expected launch is in the spring as part of the Siri overhaul. Though Apple ...
Law

'Very Persuasive': US Judge's Google Search Remedies Decision Tailored to DC Circuit Precedent, Litigators Say

"There is little room for a strong appellate argument," McCarter & English antitrust litigator Robin Crauthers said of U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta's decision requiring Google to implement ...
Computer Weekly

Google/DoJ antitrust ruling: Google must share data

Google will not need to sell off its Chrome browser – which is what the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had called for – as a remedy for violating antitrust laws. Instead, the US District Court for the ...
Search Engine Land

Google Business links policies and guidelines updated

Google has made several additions to the business links policies & guidelines within the Google Business Profiles help section. Google doubled the size of the document, adding new sections for ...
PBS

Judge orders search shakeup in Google monopoly case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shakeup of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s ...