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Google Ads Text Disclaimer Override Pinned Descriptions Position One
Google Ads is testing a new text disclaimer feature that lets you set the text disclaimer to override descriptions pinned to position 1. This is labeled as "new" under where you add text [...]
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Handle Swapping Coming To Google Search Profiles
Google is currently beta testing a new Search Profiles feature named Handle Swapping. Handle Swapping allows you to switch your handle to any of your linked verified platforms within Google.
Some [...]
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August 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the big Google Webmaster Report for August 2026, including of course the ongoing Google search ranking volatility; we saw volatility on...
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Google Ads Tests Anchor Text Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions
Google is testing adding keyword-rich anchor text hyperlinks to the ad descriptions in the sponsored results within Google Search.
Clicking on the link takes you to the same ad landing page URL as [...]
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Google Ads Ad Preview & Diagnosis Captcha Bug
The Google Ads Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool, where you can preview your ads in the Google Search results, within the Google Ads interface is broken. It loads a CAPTCHA box and doesn't let you remove [...]
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Google Search testing forcing searchers to sign in to get more search results
This is instead of using a captcha to verify the searcher is human and not a bot.
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The latest AI news we announced in July 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from July 2026
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 4, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Report That Cloudflare AI Bot Blocking Prevents Googlebot From Indexing Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.
Search Engine Journal
Reddit CEO Intends To Show More Reviews And Recommendations via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed intent to leverage the platform's vast amount of evergreen content on recommendations and reviews.
Search Engine Journal
Google: Reddit Gets No Special Preference In Google Search Rankings
Google's communications representative, Jennifer Kutz, told The Verge that Reddit gets no preference in Google Search or Google's AI Search features. Kutz told The Verge that Reddit "gets no [...]
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Google Assistant Shutting Down On Mobile Devices On September 4
We knew this day was coming, and now Google has sent out emails announcing the date when Google Assistant will be going away on mobile devices. The date is September 4, 2026, and Gemini will replace [...]
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Google Ads Government Documents & Services Policy To Be Updated
Google will be updating its Other restricted businesses: Government documents and services policy on October 5, 2026.
There are a lot of changes coming to this policy, so if you are in the business [...]
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Bing Top Source Search Feature
Microsoft is testing a "Top Source" section within the Bing Search results interface.
This section shows the Top Source with various sections from the site or various news articles from [...]
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Google Local Services Platform Policies Now Local Services Ads Requirements
Google has renamed the Local Services platform policies document to Local Services Ads requirements. I am not sure if this was renamed and reworded because the Google Local Service Ads platform is [...]
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