It was an honour to attend Google I/O in person.
Search is changing radically! Google called it a new era of Search with Gemini 2.5 at its core.

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0:00 – 0:51 Welcome & recap of Google I/O invitation, outline of the live episode’s agenda
0:51 – 1:55 Screen-share setup; meeting Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin anecdotes
2:40 – 4:15 What AI Mode is, why Google may replace “classic” search, and the query fan-out patent
4:15 – 6:02 How clicks train AI Mode; demo showing 59 source sites and the result carousel
7:03 – 9:14 Ethics of Google using web content; E-E-A-T impact on carousel inclusion
9:55 – 12:22 Accuracy, hallucinations, feedback buttons, and why original content matters
14:00 – 17:21 Freshness signals, library analogy for originality, Gemini Live phone demo
17:21 – 27:55 Gemini AR glasses test, personal-context search & privacy implications
32:21 – 35:22 Gemini in Chrome: on-page AI assistance, summarisation, e-commerce concerns
35:22 – 40:47 Project Mariner: browser agents that automate multitab workflows; job impact
40:47 – 43:59 Agent Mode & agent-to-agent checkout; custom charts/graphs in AI Mode
43:59 – 50:52 Deep Search (multi-query research) and uploading your own files for reports
50:52 – 54:42 E-commerce upgrades: “Try it On” virtual fitting, price-tracking, “Buy for Me” with Google Pay, Wing drone delivery
54:42 – 57:00 Gemini V3 multimodal video creation, Flow editor, AI content production costs
57:00 – 60:00 Google’s universal AI assistant vision, coming hardware, and industry upheaval
60:00 – 61:00 Sergey Brin on the web’s unpredictability ten years out; reflections on accelerating change
61:00 – 62:27 Dario Amodei’s forecast of 20 % unemployment from AI; balancing fear with opportunity
62:27 – 63:50 Learning-curve discussion: experiment daily, let Gemini/ChatGPT tutor you step by step
63:50 – 66:00 Question on falling organic clicks: focus on conversions, cite Will Reynolds’ data, report revenue over raw traffic
66:00 – 67:12 Who gets credit—SEO or CRO? Rebranding SEO as AIO/GEO and outlining the evolving practitioner role
67:12 – 68:32 Brand building beyond Wikipedia: podcasts, social presence, authoritative mentions; example of podcast mention boosting AI-overview visibility
68:32 – 69:20 LLMs.txt debate: no major model honors it yet, so implementing it is likely wasted effort
69:20 – 70:10 Server-log analysis of AI bots: seeing ByteDance and others, limited actionable value beyond selective blocking
70:10 – 71:10 Google Agent Space: 100-seat minimum, use cases for large agencies (onboarding, HR, process agents)
71:10 – 72:10 MCP for e-commerce customization tools; preparing your site for future agent-to-agent APIs
72:10 – 73:20 Speculation that many third-party agent frameworks will fade once Google/OpenAI integrate agents natively
73:20 – 74:10 Community learning benefits; SEO skillset as problem-solving edge in the AI era
74:10 – 75:25 Overview of the Search Bar Pro community, tutorials, “happy hour” discussions, member advantages
75:25 – 76:50 Coping with upheaval: lamplighter analogy, choosing optimism, hunting for new opportunities
76:50 – 78:00 Closing remarks: upcoming talks on BCIs and agents
78:00 – 87:08 Final chat exchanges, farewells, and session wrap-up

What I learned at Google I/O - Search is radically changing!

In this special episode of Search News You Can Use, Marie Interviews Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, John Mueller!

Just prior to their conversation, Marie discusses some SEO new including:
- Core web vitals announced as a future ranking factor
https://www.mariehaynes.com/core-web-vitals/
- Was there a tweak to the Google core update?

In the full interview with Google’s John Mueller they dive into topics like link quality, content quality, thin content, manual actions, E-A-T and much more.

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