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Google Posts Memorial Day 2026 Doodle
Google has historically not posted a Doodle, a special Google logo, for Memorial Day in the United States. Instead, Google has placed an American flag and message below the search box over the past [...]
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Pichai Says Google Is ‘A Bit Behind’ On Agentic Coding via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Sundar Pichai says Google is "a bit behind" in agentic coding, citing a lack of developer-facing products as one reason for the gap.
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Google May 2026 Core Update Landed Over The Weekend
As you know, Google announced the May 2026 core update on Thursday afternoon and it didn't take long for the update to be felt by the SEO community.
Many, not all, but many, started to feel the [...]
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Google Officially Appeals Search Monopoly Ruling
We knew Google would appeal the search monopoly ruling; in fact, Google asked the courts to pause the remedies until the appeal is handled.
Google was ruled an illegal monopoly in August 2024 but [...]
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Bing Officially Releases AI Guided Image Search Experience
Back in March, we were the first to talk about Microsoft Bing testing a new AI version of Bing image search.
Microsoft was not talking about it, but it was clear that this was an AI-curated, [...]
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Google Removes Lag For AI Overviews & AI Mode Showing Penalized Content
Since Google launched AI Overviews (and AI Mode), there was an apparent lag or delay from when a web page would be removed from the Google Search index, including after getting a manual action [...]
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Google Home Page Promoting AI Features Out Of I/O
Google has added a lot of content boxes below the search box on the Google home page. These boxes promote a lot of the news out of Google I/O around AI Mode, AI image generation, tips on using AI [...]
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Google Business Profile Detailed Rejection Notices
Generally, when a Google Business Profile email notice gets sent, especially the rejection notices, the details around that rejection are obscure and unknown.
But Google seems to be trying harder to [...]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 25, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Google Business Profiles Photos / Videos Add View Counts
Google is now showing the number of times a photo or video was viewed and seen by users in the Google Business Profiles photos/videos section.
So now, business owners can see if the images and [...]
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The new playbook for localized AI search optimization
Learn how to influence the reviews, citations, and third-party mentions AI search engines use in local business recommendations.
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EU May Fine Google Triple Million Euros Over Favoring Itself In Search Results
The European Union may fine Google its largest fine for a breach of the 'new Digital Markets Act (DMA).
It would be in the triple millions of Euros and would be done because Google allegedly favors [...]
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Google Shopping Ads In AI Mode Tries New Styles?
We know Google said it was expanding shopping ads into AI Mode and saw some examples of that. We also know about the new conversational discovery ads and highlighted answer ads. So I am not sure if [...]
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Google Tests Growing Expanding Shopping Ads
Google is testing Shopping ads that enlarge, grow and expand when you hover your mouse cursor over the ad unit. We saw something like this for another Google ad format in March and now we are seeing [...]
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Google Merchant Center Conversational Attributes For AI-Driven Surfaces
Part of Google Marketing Live was a small note about conversational attributes, a way to add more attributes to your product feeds within Google Merchant Center that can be used "to update their [...]
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