Google Ranking Movement, Discover On Desktop, Linking To Self, Google Ads, Maps Bing & Apple News [Video]

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This week, we covered yet again some more Google search ranking volatility. Google Discover will be coming to the desktop version of Google’s homepage. Google Search Analytics API now shows hourly data for the past ten days. Google refreshes its Merchant opportunities report in Search Console. Google Search is showing more AI Overviews. Google AI Mode now supports images and tests anchor text and URL-based links. Google made it official, AI Overviews can link to its own search results. Google Things to Know and People Also Ask are linking back to its own search results. Bing is also linking back to its own search results in its answers. Copilot Search in Bing is finally officially live. Google is testing “relevant topics” in search. Google Maps shared how Gemini is helping fight spam but does it mess up. Google Business Profiles performance messaging clicks report seems new. Google will remove reviews …