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๐Ÿ”ญ Your SEO + AI Search News of the Week [SEOFOMO, June 8, 2025]


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๐Ÿ† โ€‹The Top 3 SEOFOMO News Stories Of The Week

Check out the top trending SEO stories this week on โ€‹SEOFOMO Newsโ€‹ -these are the most upvoted entries, whether SEO news, guides, or resources- to check out:

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โ€‹What Is AI Mode in Google Search? A Simple Guide for Marketers and Creators [10 Votes]โ€‹
Doreid Haddad / AI Search
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This guide by Doreid breaks AI Mode down with simple terms, real examples, and expert insights โ€” no jargon, just clarity.

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โ€‹12 new KPIs for the generative AI search era [8 Votes]โ€‹โ€‹
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Duane Forrester / AI Search
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Weโ€™ve spent years tracking clicks and rankings. But in the age of LLMs and AI search, are we still measuring what matters? Duane goes through it.
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โ€‹From Organic to AI: Navigating the Video Marketing Landscape with Phil Nottingham [7 Votes]โ€‹โ€‹
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Gianluca Fiorelli, Phil Nottingham / General SEOโ€‹
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Join a deep dive discussion on video marketing with Phil Nottingham, covering organic growth, creator strategies, AI tools, and the future of video content.

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๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Search Updates and News from Search Engines

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โ€‹New Data: Google's AI Mode Adoption vs Other Search Verticals via Similarweb clickstream data in Desktop US [May 20 to June 4]โ€‹
โ€‹Aleyda Solis / Google AI Search Trends
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AI Mode Adoption has stabilized in the last few days, slightly dropping from May 29 (1.31%) until June 4 (1.16%). This is still very small in comparison to the adoption of other search verticals such as Google Images, Videos, Shopping, or News.

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โ€‹Google AI Overviews & Bing Copilot Answers With Shortsโ€‹
โ€‹Barry Schwartz / Google and Bing Search Trends
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Google and Microsoft Bing have added short videos, also referred to as "Shorts" to their AI answers in search, AI Overviews and Copilot Answers. They display short videos in the answers that you can click on to view.

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โ€‹Google Search Console Discover Report Flatlining - Might Be A Reporting Bugโ€‹
โ€‹Barry Schwartz / Google Search Trends
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Google Search Console performance report for Google Discover has reported zero impressions and clicks starting Thursday, June 5th, or has underreported impressions and clicks significantly since that date.

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โ€‹Google Publishes Guidance For Sites Incorrectly Caught By SafeSearch Filter
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Roger Montti / Google Search Guidelinesโ€‹
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Google explains how to fix websites that have lost rankings after having been mistakenly flagged by the SafeSearch filter.

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โ€‹Google updates event and recipe structured data
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Barry Schwartz / Google Search Updatesโ€‹
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Google removed the online event properties, added new examples and also said recipe image markup doesn't influence which image is chosen.

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โ€‹Bloomberg Interviewed Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai: Search Will Grow, AI Content & Publishers Decline
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Barry Schwartz / Google Search Trendsโ€‹
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Bloomberg's Emily Chang interviewed Sundar Pichai at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco. The interview covered many topics across AI, search, the monopoly case and more.

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โ€‹Zero-click searches rise, organic clicks dip: Reportโ€‹
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Danny Goodwin / Google Search Trendsโ€‹
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AI tools like ChatGPT are growing, but Google still dominates. YouTube is a destination and more clicks stay within Googleโ€™s ecosystem.

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โ€‹FTX Sued Neil Patel For Millionsโ€‹
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Barry Schwartz, Cyrus Shepard / Search Industry Insightsโ€‹
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Cyrus Shepard posted about how FTX is suing Neil Patel. Neil has now commented on Barry's coverage of the news.

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๐Ÿ‘Œ This week's SEO Awesomeness

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โ€‹GSCโ€™s Huge Search Gapโ€‹
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Tomek Rudzki / SEO Measurementโ€‹
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"Google Search Console is missing a massive chunk of the modern search landscape, for instance it canโ€™t properly track conversation-style queries."

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โ€‹โ€œYes; (Google Sucks) ANDโ€ฆโ€ โ€“ The Off-Site Reasons Why Organic Is Dropping Across the Boardโ€‹
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Lea Scudamore / Search Trendsโ€‹
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โ€œConsumer fear, inflation fatigue, job insecurity, and a sluggish economy are killing search demand before anyone even types a queryโ€.

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โ€‹An interesting look at which pages Google started deindexing in late May, 2025โ€‹
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Marie Haynes / Search Trendsโ€‹
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Marie goes through what types of pages are being deindexed, how to check your pages, and if this means your site content is low quality in this guide.

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โ€‹Good SEO Plus Lazy Marketing Wonโ€™t Cut It Anymoreโ€‹
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Despina Gavoyannis / General SEOโ€‹
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Search isnโ€™t just limited to Google anymore. Rankings donโ€™t guarantee clicks. Content doesnโ€™t stand out just because it exists. Despina goes through where todayโ€™s top SEOs are winning.

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โ€‹Hallmarks of Good Enterprise SEO Managementโ€‹
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Amanda King / Enterprise SEOโ€‹
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Amanda goes through what successful enterprise SEO management looks like, the ways we can implement it in our day-to-day or the shifts we may want to take into account.

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โ€‹How to Communicate Site Migration to Clients โ€” Whiteboard Friday [Video]
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Rebecca Yu / Technical SEOโ€‹
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Rebecca shares essential strategies for SEO professionals to clearly explain the process and potential impacts to non-SEO clients.

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โ€‹Keyword clustering using Python and the SERP APIโ€‹
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Morteza Najafi / SEO Automationโ€‹
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Morteza goes through how to group similar keywords using Python and SERP APIs to avoid content cannibalization, improve site structure, and drive targeted traffic in this step-by-step guide.

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โ€‹How to Create Accessible Content or "The Practical Guide to SEO and Accessibility"โ€‹
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Franzi Dietrich / Content Optimizationโ€‹
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Franzi explains how to create accessible content with WCAG, inclusive typography, screen reader tips, accessible forms, and more. Learn how to audit content for accessibility now.

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โ€‹Why Search Has Always Been a Brand Channelโ€‹
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Francine Monahan / General SEOโ€‹
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If you Googled your business right now, would you like what you saw? Francine explains why brand representation has never been more important in search.

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๐Ÿค– AI in Search and Marketing

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โ€‹SEO VS GEO: Optimizing for Traditional vs AI Search [Updated June 2nd, 2025]โ€‹โ€‹
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โ€‹Aleyda Solis โ€‹
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โ€‹Whatโ€™s the overlap between AI Search vs traditional search results optimization? Take a look at this comparison going through search behavior, areas of optimization, results presentation & delivery, KPIs to track & goals to achieve, and more.

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โ€‹Revisiting โ€˜useful contentโ€™ in the age of AI-dominated searchโ€‹
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Amanda King โ€‹
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What if your content strategy signals incompetence? In the AI era, even well-meaning SEO could be hurting your brand. Amanda goes through how to rethink your content strategy.

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โ€‹How HubSpot creates quality content in the age of AI: Tips from our content strategistsโ€‹
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Amy Rigby โ€‹
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So, what are the quality content secrets of the talented team at the helm of one of the best-known business blogs on the internet? Read on to find out.

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โ€‹AI Overviews research: Media presence and paywalled content analysis
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Yulia Dedaโ€‹
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Find out which media sources are cited in AIOs the most, how often they appear, and how Google handles paywalled content in its AI responses. โ€œ20.85% of AIO responses include at least one citation from a recognized news outletโ€.

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โ€‹From Prompts to Pipelines: Scaling Content Research with LLM Workflows
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Clarissa Fonseca Chenโ€‹
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Clarissa goes through how to scale content research with AI by moving from one-off prompts to structured workflows. Automate topic research, real-time SERP scraping, localization, & content briefs.

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โ€‹What happens when your buyer is a bot?
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Jono Aldersonโ€‹
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Websites become sources, not destinations. And your real audience isnโ€™t a person with a browser. Itโ€™s a model with a mission. Jono goes through what happens when your buyer is a bot.

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๐Ÿฅ Other Digital Marketing News

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โ€‹Google Ads API Version 20 Now Availableโ€‹
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Barry Schwartzโ€‹
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Google has released version 20 of the Google Ads API. This is a major release, and we are expecting two more major releases in 2025.

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โ€‹TikTok adds new tools to customize For You feed with Manage Topics and Smart Filters
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Swipe Insightโ€‹
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TikTok is introducing new control options for the "For You" feed to help users better customize their content preferences and discover creators they love.

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โ€‹Reddit now lets you hide content, like posts and comments, from your user profileโ€‹
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Sarah Perezโ€‹
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Reddit says itโ€™s rolling out an update that will introduce a โ€œContent and Activityโ€ setting that allows users to decide which content from the subreddits they participate in will appear on their profiles.

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โ€‹LinkedInโ€™s new playbook taps creators as the future of B2B marketingโ€‹
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Anu Adegbolaโ€‹
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LinkedInโ€™s new guide reveals how B2B creator content is reshaping the buyer journey and why you need to act now to stay relevant and trusted.

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๐ŸŽ‰ SEOFOMOer Of The Week

Chima Mmeje is Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz and Founder of The Freelance Coalition for Developing Countries, a non-profit community that provides free mentorship and continuous training for BIPOC marketers in developing countries.

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As a Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz, Chima works at the intersection of all Moz content channels, including email, social media, video, podcast, and blog initiatives.

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Chima is also an experienced content marketer speaker, having spoken at many of the most prominent digital marketing conferences like MozCon, BrightonSEO, and WTSFest.

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Watch Chima hosting the MozPod, going through topics like Personal Branding 101 with Rejoice Ojiaku, or How to Become a Successful SEO Consultant with Luke Carthy.

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Read some of the latest Chima's resources: "Should We Stop Creating Informational Content?" and "SEO Topic Clusters: Complete Guide, Examples & Free Templates".

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Learn more about Chima and follow her on LinkedIn now.


Thanks for reading, until next week!

Aleyda Solisโ€‹
SEO Consultant & Founder
Orainti, SEOFOMO, MarketingFOMO & AI Marketers
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