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VOL. XI, No. 3895 - Archive
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NEW 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 Discover Update: Early Data Shows Fewer Domains In US via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Early third-party tracking data offers a first look at how Google's February Discover core update is changing what users see in their feeds. Search Engine Journal

Google Ads support now requires account change authorization

Advertisers contacting Google Ads must now authorize support-led account changes — while keeping full responsibility for results. Search Engine Land

Google Tests Removing Dates From Articles In Discover Feed

Google is testing removing the dates from the articles shown in the Google Discover feed. This is a limited test, Google confirmed, to see the impact of removing the date value. Search Engine Roundtable

Bing Updates Shopping Ads Design

Microsoft Advertising seems to be testing a new design for the Bing shopping ads carousel. The new design fills the screen more from left to right than the old design and is just wider in general. Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Thwarts AI Prompt Injection Attacks Aimed To Manipulate AI Engines

Microsoft has implemented and continues to deploy mitigations against prompt injection attacks in Copilot, the company announced last week. Spammers were using the "Summarize with AI" type [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Support Form Requires You To Authorize Google To Make Changes

Google reportedly updated its Google Ads support contact form to add a disclaimer and checkbox to say you authorize "Google Ads specialist on behalf of your company to make the changes above [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Advertising Tests Shopping Carousel With Multiple Images Toggle

Microsoft Advertising is testing an update to the shopping ads carousel that can show multiple images in a single card. Essentially, you are seeing a carousel within a carousel for Bing shopping ads. Search Engine Roundtable

The perfect local business contact page built for Google and conversions

Google crawls and parses your contact page. Structure it with the right signals and trust factors to drive rankings and real leads. Search Engine Land

AAO: Why assistive agent optimization is the next evolution of SEO

Incomplete terminology leads to incomplete strategy. Here’s a clearer framework for optimizing when AI systems recommend and act. Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 24, 2026

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

How to keep your content fresh in the age of AI

AI made publishing easier, but differentiation is harder. See how clarity, intent alignment, and small SEO changes drive real gains. Search Engine Land

Our February Demand Gen Drop has more ways to unlock high-performing Demand Gen campaigns.

Learn more about our latest Demand Gen Drop and ways to maximize campaign performance in Demand Gen campaigns. Inside Adwords

Shop visits now available in Google Ad grants

Google Ad Grants accounts can now optimize for shop visits, allowing nonprofits to drive real-world foot traffic from their campaigns. Search Engine Land

GMC video assets section now showing populated content

Google’s move to auto-populate video assets in GMC allows video to be a built-in, commerce-ready component of retail ad strategy. Search Engine Land