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VOL. XI, No. 3926 - 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

The parts of Performance Max you can actually control

Focus on what you can control in Performance Max to reduce wasted spend and improve efficiency with search terms, placements, and targeting. Search Engine Land

Report: Clickout Media turned news sites into AI gambling hubs

Google calls it site reputation abuse: legacy news brands, fake bylines, casino links, layoffs, and deindexing in a search spam scheme. Search Engine Land

SMX Now: Learn how brands must adapt for AI-driven search

Join us April 1 for the first SMX Now, featuring iPullRank’s presentation: AI Search Picks Winners: Here’s the GEO Strategy Behind It. Search Engine Land

Search Live is expanding globally

We’re expanding Search Live globally, to all languages and locations where AI Mode is available. Inside Search

Google-Agent user agent identifies AI agent traffic in server logs

New user agent reveals when Google-hosted AI completes tasks like browsing or form fills, opening visibility into assisted user journeys. Search Engine Land

Upgrade your creative performance with March’s Demand Gen Drop.

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

Automated traffic is growing 8x faster than human traffic: Report

Automated traffic now exceeds human activity across the web. Machines aren't just indexing or scraping it. They're actively using it. Search Engine Land

Google Search Live expands globally where AI Mode is available

Google credits its new audio and voice models in Gemini 3.1 Flash Live for the expansion. Search Engine Land

Google PMax gets new exclusions, expanded reporting features

Google’s Performance Max now includes customer-list exclusions, demographic insights, spend forecasts, and network segmentation. Search Engine Land

Google Takes Search Live Global With Gemini 3.1 Flash Live via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google expands Search Live to 200+ countries, powered by its new Gemini 3.1 Flash Live model with multilingual voice and camera search in AI Mode. Search Engine Journal

We’re partnering with multiple national teams ahead of soccer’s biggest global showdown.

The countdown to a summer of unforgettable soccer is officially on! This year, we're helping fans explore the tournament, find inspiration and get closer to the action b… Inside Search

Google Begins Rolling Out March 2026 Core Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google has started rolling out the March 2026 core update. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete. Search Engine Journal

Google March 2026 core update rolling out now

This is the first core update of 2026, followed by the March 2026 spam update and February 2026 Discover update. Search Engine Land

If your local rankings are off, your map pin may be the reason

Your rankings depend on where Google places your business on the map. Learn how hidden addresses and setup issues can hurt local visibility. Search Engine Land