Google is bringing the Gemini 3.7 Flash model to AI Mode in Google Search. This is available globally starting today for Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Google Search VP of Product Robby Stein confirmed this on X. Stein wrote: “News Flash: We’re bringing Gemini 3.7 Flash to Search! -> Better at following instructions […]

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The Google Merchant Center Help document was recently updated with new information. GMC for agencies can now link up to 1,000 client accounts. Previously, there was no clear information available about account linking limits. Now Google has spelled it out directly. Google wrote: “As an agency admin, you can link up to 1000 client merchant […]

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Google is now showing AI-generated images directly within AI Overviews. Google announced this last month, writing: “To help bring those unique ideas to life, we’re bringing image generation directly into AI Overviews in Search.” We’re now starting to see this play out in actual search results. Here is how it looks. Inspired Taste shared a […]

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Google is testing new functionality within its free listings checkout experience. Earlier this year, Google launched direct checkout for free listings, and now it appears Google has made further changes to how it works. Brodie Clark spotted this and shared it on X and the SERP timeline. Brodie wrote: “Worth noting that the new ‘cart’ […]

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Bing is testing large images for ads appearing at the top of its search results page. I spotted this yesterday. Last year, Bing tested something similar within Copilot ads, but this test looks different it shows larger images specifically for sponsored ads sitting at the very top of the page. Here is the screenshot of […]

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Since AI Mode launched in Google’s search results, Google has continued rolling out changes to how it looks and functions. We’ve spotted another change: Google is now showing links at the bottom of the page, after the cards, within AI Mode. Usually, these links appear before the cards, so seeing them positioned after felt new. […]

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Google is testing a new addition to sponsored results on mobile, displaying a website’s overall rating out of 5. We spotted this yesterday. When searching for “best phones,” Samsung’s sponsored result appeared with a rating shown alongside it. It looks like a solid addition. Here is the screenshot of this, showing how it looks. This […]

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Plus, how to style skeleton UIs, how to enable diagonal scrolling, how images can overflow themselves, and yet, still more. Basically, how to do a lot of really cool (CSS) stuff.

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What’s !important #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

New EU guidelines, why AI sparkles aren’t enough, when AI labels are required, and what the rules mean for AI-powered features and products.

Yahoo launched a new feature called Yahoo Scout back in January, similar in concept to Google’s AI Mode. I spotted this and shared it on X. Just like Google’s AI Overviews, Scout appears above your regular search results, and here’s what it looks like: Yahoo is now testing a section within its search results called […]

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Looking for an SEO conference without opening 28 tabs, finding three different prices and discovering that the “upcoming” event happened six months ago? This is the calendar we wanted too. The remaining 2026 schedule is unusually good. There are focused events for technical SEO, local search, publishers, international teams and the rapidly multiplying world of […]

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Here we are on the verge of my 3rd review! I’ve already reviewed SerpStat and SE Ranking, and have decided to review SurferSEO (or is it Positive Surfer?) next. After being acquired by the French company Positive Group they are now referring to themselves as ” AI visibility platform for maximum organic growth”. And yes, […]

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The warning is correct. And the recommended fixes you've probably seen are wrong. Here's what you can do instead to properly fix the issue.

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Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for building a digital stress-relief squeeze toy game using Lottie animations, DOM events, and distance-based math to maintain absolute control over their designers’ intentional motion.

Border images are an overlooked feature. One neat fact is that border image slices can run across entire borders on an element, and animating it creates beautiful effects.

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Animating CSS border-image originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.