Glenn Gabe
@glenngabe
SEO Consultant at G-Squared Interactive focused on Google algorithm update recovery, technical SEO audits, and SEO training. Podcast: "SEO From The Front Lines"
Gemini gets an integrated Audio Overview player with the perfect controls for its virtual podcasts "Playback controls look reasonably full-featured, with a seek bar for easy jogging around, buttons to jump forward and back, and even playback speed control — a podcast staple.…
404s ahead -> Google will officially deprecate links generated with its goo.gl URL shortener on August 25, 2025; the company stopped generating URLs in March 2019 theverge.com/news/713125/go…
Officially launches -> Google launches its virtual clothes try-on feature, letting users upload photos of themselves, in the US and updates price alerts to let users specify an amount "The (try-on) feature is launching in the United States today, letting users try on apparel…
Another great recap from @TaylorDanRW -> Google Search Central Live APAC 2025: Everything From Day 2 Calculating Signals: During signal extraction, also part of indexing, Google computes a mix of: *Indirect signals (links, mentions by other pages). *Direct signals (on‑page words…
I shared about this yesterday, but worth sharing again today. Obvious to many in the industry but glad Gary explained this. Again, no GEO/LLMO/AEO/WhateverEO needed. :)
Google's @methode said you don't need GEO, LLMO, etc - you just need SEO to show up in Google AI Overviews seroundtable.com/google-ai-over… via @suzukik also a neat photo from @saregamapal
Alpha Preview: "The Google Trends API data goes back 5 years, and it include daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly aggregations. It also has geo restrictions (region and sub-region)"
Google Trends API alpha is now out - limited users only but sweet data seroundtable.com/google-trends-… via @danielwaisberg @JohnMu @googlesearchc and @farhansrambiyan
"Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $96.43B, net income up 19% to $28.2B, YouTube revenue of nearly $10B."
Google Ad revenue up 10.4%, and overall revenue up 13.8% seroundtable.com/google-earning…
Google Analytics has an MCP server! We can now ask about GA4 data with natural language with an LLM. youtu.be/PT4wGPxWiRQ?si… github.com/googleanalytic…
From Google: "This study uses a flawed methodology and skewed queryset that is not representative of Search traffic. We consistently direct billions of clicks to websites daily and have not observed significant drops in aggregate web traffic as is being suggested."
Google calls the @pewresearch study on AI Overviews "flawed" and "skewed" - added Google's full statement to seroundtable.com/pew-google-ai-…
Using AI-generated content heavily? Like I've explained before, heads-up (from Google Search Live APAC: Day 1) -> Gary Illyes: Google's ranking systems are trained on the highest-quality content, which is clearly human content "Across several talks, speakers emphasized that…
Without touch -> Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data "With a gentle turn of the wrist, you can push a cursor across your laptop screen. If you tap your…
Using YouTube Shorts? -> Unlock next level Shorts with new creation tools *Transform photos into videos *Play with new effects "Photo to video and generative effects are powered by Veo 2, and we’re excited to bring Veo 3 to YouTube Shorts later this summer!"…
From Search Central Live (via @suzukik) -> Gary Illyes: To get your content to appear in AI Overviews, simply use normal SEO practices. You don't need GEO, LLMO or anything else. Yes, this is obvious for many, but glad he decided to say it :) linkedin.com/posts/kenichis…