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VOL. XI, No. 3953 - Archive
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The latest jobs in search marketing

Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search marketing positions right now. Search Engine Land

Google Ads New AI-Qualified Call Conversions

Google Ads has a new help document on AI-Qualified Call Conversions. Google says AI-qualified call leads use Google AI to evaluate call recordings to determine the actual quality of the conversation. Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Advisor Gains Troubleshooting, Security Monitoring & Instant Certification

Google Ads Advisor, which officially began rolling out last November, is rolling out three new features. These features include proactive troubleshooting, 24/7 security monitoring and instant [...] Search Engine Roundtable

WooCommerce Stores Can Now Sell Products Via YouTube Videos via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google and WooCommerce announced today that the Google for WooCommerce extension now enables merchants to sell products directly through YouTube. The update connects WooCommerce stores to YouTube [...] Search Engine Journal

AI safety risk: How Best-of-N jailbreaking bypasses safeguards

A simple brute-force method exploits AI randomness to generate restricted outputs. Here’s how it puts your data, brand, and AI tools at risk. Search Engine Land

OAI-AdsBot - New OpenAI Ads Bot

We've been keeping track of the bots, spiders, OpenAI has been releasing. OpenAI just posted about a new bot for ads, it is named OAI-AdsBot. Search Engine Roundtable

ChatGPT Ad Manager Interface

Here are some early screenshots and videos of the ChatGPT ad management interface that some OpenAI advertisers have access to. You can see that you can create campaigns, ad groups, budgets, CPC [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Advertising Releases New AI Features

Microsoft Advertising has announced the launch of several new AI features and upgrades across the ad platform. This is to "To help businesses succeed across all three eras of the human, LLM, [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 22, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... Search Engine Roundtable

Want to increase visibility? Start by building trust

Search journeys now span AI, social, and communities. Learn how to earn people-led mentions that drive visibility across every touchpoint. Search Engine Land

Google changes budget pacing rules for scheduled campaigns

Google will pace Google Ads campaigns toward full monthly budgets even with limited ad schedules, increasing spend on active days. Search Engine Land

Google Ads adds app consent diagnostics to improve privacy performance

Google adds App Consent Insights to Google Ads, giving advertisers clearer visibility into how consent impacts app campaign performance. Search Engine Land

SEO seasonality explained: Strategies, trends, and optimization tips

Discover search trends, align content with demand cycles, and capture more traffic using seasonal optimization strategies. Search Engine Land

The Facts About Google Click Signals, Rankings, And SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster

What Google's systems actually do with click data and what it means for SEO and rankings. Search Engine Journal

Google Local Review Replies Are Now Moderated (ReviewReplyState)

Google may now hold your review replies for approval before showing them in Google Maps or Google Search. Previously, those replies were immediately shown but that may have changed. Search Engine Roundtable