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Google May 2026 Core Update Hits Hard Saturday - May 30th
The Google May 2026 core update seemed to have hit some sites in a very big way yesterday, Saturday, May 30, 2026.
As a reminder, the May 2026 core update was announced on May 21, 2026, and then [...]
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Google Disco Ball Doodle
Google's Doodle today is an animated Disco ball, titled "The Art of Disco." Google wrote, "In celebration of Pride Month, today's Doodle celebrates the art of disco by shining a light [...]
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Downplays Google Zero Concerns via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google CEO Sundar Pichai downplays Google Zero concerns, saying low-quality clicks are being filtered out.
Search Engine Journal
How to use schema markup to optimize for the agentic web
AI agents rely on structured data to understand and act on your content. Learn how schema markup supports the emerging agentic web.
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Google Ads Invalid Activity Credit Report - New Help Document
Google added a new help document to the Google Ads help documentation section named About the Invalid Activity Credit Report. I am not sure if the report is new, or if it is just that the help [...]
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Google Begins Limited Test Of Healthcare Ads In AI Mode
Google has confirmed it is doing a small test of healthcare-related ads in AI Mode. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said this on LinkedIn when asked if the rumors of Google testing ads in AI [...]
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Google Ads New Branded Searches Controls For AI Max
Google Ads is rolling out branded searches controls to some advertisers within AI Max. This allows advertisers to control how your ads appear in searches that include brand names.
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Google Hosted Forms Leads Screen In Google Ads
Google Ads has a new leads section under the Conversions section that shows Google-hosted form leads for the past 60 days.
This will give you the lead's name, stage, date submitted, email, phone, [...]
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Google AI Mode & AI Overviews Sliding Carousel For Link Cards
Google is testing a new way to show citation link cards within AI Overviews and AI Mode. In this test, if you click on a citation bubble, Google opens a carousel at the bottom of the screen that you [...]
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How a ‘client brain’ gives AI the context SEO work needs
Structured client memory helps AI-generated work stay grounded in brand guidance, campaign history, and technical limitations.
Search Engine Land
Link intent: How to combine great content with strategic outreach
Link intent combines authoritative content with strategic outreach to build links, referral traffic, and AI search visibility.
Search Engine Land
New SER Volatility Aggregator Chart & Backend Update
The Search Engine Roundtable Google volatility aggregator tool is finally live. This takes the volatility scores from the tools I use for my Google update stories and aggregates them into one score. [...]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 1, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
The Google May 2026 core update was super heated [...]
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DV360 API Adds Demand Gen Support
Advertisers and developers will soon have new tools to automate campaign management and targeting within existing DV360 workflows.
Search Engine Land
Google expands Data Manager API with GMP event ingestion
Google is helping advertisers unify measurement workflows and boost audience match rates across Google's advertising ecosystem.
Search Engine Land