Google drops support for 7 different structured data elements, which may reduce your CTR from Google Search - they include:
- Book Actions
- Course Info
- Claim Review
- Estimated Salary
- Learning Video
- Special Announcement
- Vehicle Listing
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-drops-support-more-structured-data-39583.html

Google softens its stance on using AI to automate translating pages, that can get nice regional traffic from Google; also Google drops a warning in the help doc https://www.seroundtable.com/google-softens-automated-translation-stance-39579.html nice work on this @glenngabe

Google's @johnmu hints that unrelated content on a site may be the cause for ranking and indexing issues https://www.seroundtable.com/unrelated-content-google-seo-39574.html

Google updated the search ranking systems page, the removal-based demotion systems section to say "significant volume" vs "high volume" https://www.seroundtable.com/google-removal-based-demotion-systems-threshold-39577.html

Google Search Calm Storm - tools show heated search ranking volatility over the weekend but the SEO community is eerily calm https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-calm-storm-weekend-39556.html

Google structured data docs for events and recipes updates; removed online events and said recipe markup has no impact on the image chosen for a text result image https://www.seroundtable.com/google-event-recipe-structured-data-update-39544.html

Google's explicit search ranking algorithm is now more strict, especially with videos Googlebot can't access - Google also updated its SafeSearch docs - check it out over at https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ranking-algorithm-explicit-content-videos-safesearch-39536.html

Google Search indexing less since late May? Is it widespread? Is it a recent quality algorithm update? https://www.seroundtable.com/google-indexing-less-may-39538.html via @tafnaj @adoubleagent @glenngabe @gaganghotra @24Cryptoverse @Vijaychauhan @johnmu and more

Google Search ranking volatility https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-39531.html

Google's @methode on how Googlebot has changed https://www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-crawling-changed-39512.html spoiler - it hasn't much...

Google Search ranking update/volatility heats up May 29th... https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-39509.html

Google Search products now have a third level overlay with product pricing history, store details and much more https://www.seroundtable.com/google-products-overlay-store-pricing-39493.html nice find @Derek_Perkins

Google's @johnmu doesn't want you to lump programmatic SEO with technical SEO - one is needed and respected and the other is spammy https://www.seroundtable.com/google-technical-seo-vs-programmatic-seo-39473.html

Complaints about Google live broadcast and indexing API having issues - mostly from India - this morning https://www.seroundtable.com/google-live-broadcasting-indexing-api-complaints-39479.html

Google's @johnmu once again warns against using the Google Indexing API for unsupported content types https://www.seroundtable.com/google-indexing-api-unsupported-content-39470.html

New Google SEO documentation on (1) guidance on using generative AI content on your website and (2) the AI features and your website https://www.seroundtable.com/google-docs-ai-content-ai-search-features-39456.html

Google Search ranking volatility heats up in a big way during Google I/O https://www.seroundtable.com/google-i-o-2025-search-ranking-volatility-39454.html

Google Merchant Center now recommends to add the product's brand name in the title (when it differentiates) https://www.seroundtable.com/google-merchant-center-product-brand-name-title-39429.html hat tip @FeedArmy

Google Search ranking volatility and possible unconfirmed Google update this weekend - most notable on Friday, May 16th https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-may-16-39433.html

Google DOJ doc on link position bias with clicks from the search results, and the need for an adjustment or modifier https://www.seroundtable.com/google-link-position-click-bias-ranking-bias-39409.html hat tip @gaganghotra