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December 8, 2025

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning.

Today’s roundup:

1) The Big SMB Website Trends Report: SEO, GEO, & the Future of Traffic.

2) STUDY: Google’s AI Mode May Kill Traffic For Facts—But Not For Businesses.

3) Google Discover Gains AI Mode Features.

Google is adding more AI features to Google Discover, specifically pushing people from articles in Google Discover into Google AI Mode. When you click on an article from Google Discover and then click on the three dots at the top right of the screen, you are given three options to go into AI Mode.

4) New AI models are worse at SEO: Benchmark shows sharp accuracy drop in Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT-5.1.

5) Top trending searches of 2025 revealed by Google. See what made the list..

6) Google is rolling out Gemini 3 and Nano Banana in Search: What it means for users.

7) YouTube Title A/B Testing Rolls Out Globally To Creators.

8) Social Commerce Emerges as Black Friday’s New Revenue Engine.

9) LinkedIn Provides Pointers for SMB Brand Building.

10) Google Ads WhatsApp Support Notifications.

11) Bing Tests New Search Bar With Advanced Tools Menu.

12) Google: 100MB Video Won’t Have A Noticeable Effect On Your SEO.

More insights to explore…

Google Ads Channel‬‭ Reporting For PMax Rolling Out To Some.

Deconstructing the Power of Reels: How Creative Strategies Can Drive Success.

How AI Overviews are impacting ad position and the fight for top spot.

Have an awesome week!
— Itay Paz

Itay Paz
Founder & CEO
Morning Dough
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