Archive of June, 2026

June, 26 2026

The latest jobs in search marketing Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 24 2026

Tailor Your Feed: The Google Discover fan-out that surfaces niche sites Here's why it opens a third visibility path for small sites, beyond implicit affinity and the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Will Soon Allow Some Final URLs To Redirect To A Different Domain Google is updating its Google Ads Destination Mismatch policy in early July 2026 to allow the final [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Services Ads Broad Search Details Added To Help Doc Google added a lot more detail to a Google help document on using broad search for Local Services [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center: How To Remove Found By Google Products Google published new ways to remove and prevent Google Merchant Center from showing products [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads: Unique Search Categories With Clicks, Conversions & Impressions Google Ads is rolling out new data columns that show unique search categories with clicks, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Shop Diagnostics: Shop Sales Eligibility Google Ads is rolling out a new section under the Conversions section labeled "Shop [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Multiplex Ads Changes Ad Request Reporting Google is making a change to how it reports on the Multiplex ads units, where starting on June 23, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
B2B brands rank in Google but appear in just 3% of AI Overviews AI Overviews appear in roughly half of relevant B2B searches, yet most brands remain largely absent [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests “Strongest match” labels on Search ads Google is exploring new ways to highlight the most relevant ads in Search, potentially giving [...] - Search Engine Land
A 13-word edit can steer what deep-research AI agents recommend Fake entities appeared in 38% to 51% of reports when agents retrieved a manipulated page, rising to [...] - Search Engine Land
Stop trying to replace people with AI Fear-based AI positioning grabs attention, but it can undermine trust. Here's why augmentation is a [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 24, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API to stop supporting new Smart Campaign creation Google will end support for creating new Smart Campaigns via its Ads API, further shifting [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT recommendations drive more brand website visits: Study AI-influenced visitors viewed 12 pages and spent 11.8 minutes on site, compared with 6.5 pages and [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 23 2026

Expanding financial advertiser verification across Europe Google is expanding its mandatory financial advertiser verification program across the EU to help [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Cautions Against Markdown Versions Of Websites For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller and Martin Splitt cautioned against parallelizing content with markdown for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Creates Subscription Linking For News Publishers Google has posted a new policy document for subscription linking for news publishers under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads On Travel Promotion Ads & Booking Links Work For Search Campaigns For Travel Google added a new section to the about final URL expansion in Search document named "How the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Expands Financial Advertiser Verification Across 24 European Markets Google announced it has expanded its Financial Services Verification process to 24 new European [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
An open letter to everyone hiring a search leader The Anthropic job posting everyone’s dunking on is the new standard. Companies that get it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands financial services ad verification across 24 European markets Google requires financial advertisers to complete new compliance checks or risk losing the ability [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Clarifies AI Max For Search Campaigns Reporting Google has updated the Google Ads help document on About reporting in AI Max for Search campaigns [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console AI Performance Report Rolling Out To More Google seems to be expanding access to the new Search Console generative AI performance reports to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Cannes Lions 2026: Strengthen creative campaigns with new tools from YouTube YouTube announces new insights tools to support creator partnerships and strengthen ad campaigns at [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Search Console AI performance reports rolling out to more users John Mueller from Google added, "We're just rolling these out incrementally to sites, and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to approach build-versus-buy decisions for SEO Before requesting a new tool, understand the tradeoffs between custom solutions, SaaS platforms, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 23, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to make Performance Max focus on net new customers Reduce overlap between Google and Meta with a four-step framework that uses brand exclusions, [...] - Search Engine Land
Straight from the source: 2026 Search Engine Land Awards judges reveal what makes an application award-worthy Don't miss your chance to take home the highest honor in search. - Search Engine Land
YouTube rolls out new Gemini-powered insights tools Google is rolling out new AI-powered tools to uncover creator trends, understand audience behavior [...] - Search Engine Land
What’s trending on Google this summer From the hottest looks to the coolest dessert flavor, our new Summergeist report shows what’s [...] - Inside Search
Cloudflare and beehiiv give publishers new AI crawler controls A new dashboard shows which AI bots hit newsletters, what got blocked and whether any of that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google updates AI Max reporting guidance and DSA transition plans Google's AI help document update offers new insight into the future of AI-powered Search campaigns. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Tests Strongest & Strong Match Labels On Sponsored Results Google has confirmed it is rolling out a limited test in the search results to add labels to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 22 2026

How to win the gatekeeper’s ‘Yes’ with stakeholder co-citation gap analysis by Citation Labs To get cited in AI answers, stop writing for keywords. Map buyer-role evidence gaps, find the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Rolling Out Text Disclaimers To All Last month, Google announced that it is rolling out text disclaimers within Google Ads globally, in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Smart Bidding Strategies Target CPA & Target ROAS Updates Google Ads is updating how bidding strategies are labeled. Specifically, Target CPA and Target ROAS [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles New Collected Info Actions Google is adding a new feature to the Google Business Profiles actions named Collected Info. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why continuous learning is now part of search performance As AI takes on more execution, you need stronger skills in interpretation, prioritization, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Says X-Frame-Options Matters For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller singled out X-Frame-Options as the only security header tied to SEO. - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Provides More Tips On Pin Headlines & Descriptions Google Ads updated its responsive search ads help document to expand on the tips section around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Site Move Outcomes Impossible To Fully Know Ahead Of Time Google's John Mueller warned a site owner from moving his domain name from a .ca to .com just for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 ways to build a more complete SEO ROI model Account for defended traffic, assisted conversions, and cross-channel influence to better reflect [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s LLM patent suggests a new goal for SEO: Teaching AI who you are Google's patent suggests AI may build entity profiles from websites, reviews, and public [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 22, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 questions that reveal your real search performance Rankings and conversions show outcomes. The bigger challenge is understanding how buyers discover, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads updates target-based bidding for budget-limited campaigns Google's upcoming bidding changes could alter campaign performance unless advertisers review and [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 21 2026

Google Search Ranking Update Hits Friday June 19th Impacting Black Hats? Google may have quietly rolled out an update on Friday, June 19th, that seems to may have impacted [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 19 2026

Google Ads Turning On Conversion-Based Customer Lists For Advertisers Google will be turning on conversion-based customer lists for Google Ads advertiser accounts [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps: Hot Pink Live Time Alerts Google is testing using a hot pink font for the live time for when a place is busy or not. This is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Color Options In Product Results Microsoft Bing is testing a color selector / viewer in the shopping and product results within Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Research Shows How AI Spam Can Be Detected via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google research suggests AI spam may be easier to detect by identifying originating networks [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Bing AI Reporting Updates, UK Orders Google To Hand Over Its Search Ranking Algorithm & More This week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK's CMA ordered [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Updated News Design In Search Microsoft Bing is testing a new updated design for the news section within Bing Search. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Speaks On Chunking, Site Signals, Content, Paywalls & AI Clicks Google held a Search Central Live event in Milan this week and spoke about several topics including [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads automatically enrols advertisers in conversion-based customer lists Google is automatically giving eligible advertisers new audience-building capabilities powered by [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads brings back Target CPA and Target ROAS naming Google's update will make it easier for advertisers to distinguish between target-based and [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 18 2026

PPC budgeting in 2026: When to adjust, scale, and optimize with data Better budget decisions start with better signals. Learn how to align bidding, conversion tracking, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tightens Requirements For Domain Migrations via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's updated documentation for domain migrations requires broader compliance demands for site [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Exposes The Fundamental Flaw Of LLMs.txt via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says a core assumption driving LLMs.txt adoption conflicts with the purpose its creators [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discover Feed With More Google News Showcase Results Google seems to be showing content from publishers in the Google News Showcase more within the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: For Site Moves, Add All Domain Variants To Change Of Address Tool Google has updated its site move and domain migrations help document to note that for domain [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
For site moves, specify all domain variants with Google’s Change of Address tool Google updated its help documentation to clarify how to handle all your domain variants for site [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests 3D Model From Attribution In Product Results Google is testing attributing where the 3D models are from that Google shows within the product [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google just released an AI opt-out feature. Your competitors hope you use it. Users aren't opting out of AI Overviews or AI Mode. If your content disappears from those [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools May Support More Country Reporting Bing may soon support more countries for the countries filter within Bing Webmaster Tools. Fabrice [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Dashboard Activities Button Google can show an "Activities" button in the Google Business Profiles dashboard within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What breaks when content operations scale Content businesses thrive when economics, systems, and editorial judgment reinforce one another. [...] - Search Engine Land
Turn your SEO process into AI-powered tools Learn how to package your workflows, expertise, and business context into AI assistants that work [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 18, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
New Adobe tool shows where brands win and lose in AI search Backed by 300 million AI prompts and Semrush data, the platform tracks mentions, share of voice, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews cite self-serving listicles, but recommend competitors 69% of the time Lily Ray’s study found Google cited brands’ own listicles in AI Overviews, yet excluded [...] - Search Engine Land
Pew: 60% of Americans read AI summaries in search results 40% of U.S. adults use chatbots for search, making information lookup their most common AI chatbot [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches AI agent for Ad Manager Google is embedding AI into publisher workflows, making it easier to analyze performance and act on [...] - Search Engine Land
USA Today vs. Google AI Overviews: A World Cup battle for breaking news traffic As Google's AI Overviews arrive more quickly for developing stories, publishers are adjusting [...] - Search Engine Land
Content pruning for AI search: When to remove, redirect, or consolidate pages Discover key metrics for content pruning and decide whether to remove, redirect, or consolidate [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads launches beta for supplemental conversion data Google is allowing advertisers to gain more complete measurement and improve bidding performance [...] - Search Engine Land
Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A coalition including Google, Microsoft, and GitHub published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 17 2026

Google’s Updated Guidance Now Says It’s “Fine” To Use LLMs.txt For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated its guidance to strike a less discouraging tone about the use of LLMs.txt, special [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Explains Why URLs Blocked By Robots.txt Can Still Be Indexed via @sejournal, @martinibuster Search Console reported 51,000 URLs as "Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt," and [...] - Search Engine Journal
CMA: Google Must Share How Search Results Are Ranked & Data Portability The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK has told Google it must be transparent on how it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Updates Its Campaign Status Interface Google is rolling out a new look and feel for the Google Ads campaign status notifications and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads New Security Tasks Summary Tab Google added a new summary tab to the access and security section that shows the security tasks you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Topics matter for third-party authority signals AI doesn't rely on the same publishers for every query. Here's how to find the voices shaping [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools AI Reporting Adds Intents, Topics, Citation Share & Compare Bing Webmaster Tools is rolling out a preview release of those new AI reporting features [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues Into This Week I've been watching the chatter in the SEO industry, and honestly, it hasn't calmed down much since [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What replaces the ultimate guide in AI search Long-form content alone no longer guarantees visibility. Learn the principles behind content AI [...] - Search Engine Land
AI search adoption rises as consumer trust declines: Study Survey data from 1,008 consumers and 150 marketers reveals how AI is reshaping search visibility, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 17, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads to automatically classify conversion-based customer lists Advertisers are now required to give Google's automated systems clearer signals about where [...] - Search Engine Land
7 AI search shifts you can’t afford to ignore Why Claude and ChatGPT surface different sources, how ChatGPT ads work, and what new AI search data [...] - Search Engine Land
AI referrals to travel sites surge 194% as engagement rises: Adobe AI-referred travelers spend 70% longer on sites, engage 21% more, and bounce 41% less as the [...] - Search Engine Land
80% of ChatGPT product recommendations change when search is enabled: Study Turning on search cut recommendation overlap to 19.8%, reshuffling product picks across 20,000 [...] - Search Engine Land
UK CMA orders Google to explain how search results are ranked Plus, Google is ordered to provide data portability to some third-party services. - Search Engine Land
Google Must Give Notice Before Significant Ranking Changes via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern The UK's CMA introduced two new conduct requirements for Google Search, covering fair ranking of [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 16 2026

Google Says Markdown For AI SEO Strips Away The Parts That Matter via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says that markdown solves one problem while potentially creating others for search [...] - Search Engine Journal
New Microsoft Advertising Product Explorer Microsoft Advertising has rolled out a new feature named Product Explorer. This tool gives [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: LLMS.txt Files Won't Help Or Hurt Your Search Rankings Google has updated its guide for optimizing for generative AI search help document to clarify that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Image Search Mixes Ads Within Organic Results Too Google has been mixing sponsored ads within its organic free search listings since October 2023. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why next-question intent matters for AI search visibility Many pages answer the query but stop short of the decision. Next-question intent helps create more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: HTML The Standard For SEO, Not Markdown Files Google's latest Off The Record podcast was titled Markdown vs HTML with John Mueller and Martin [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: No Practical SEO Difference By Going With Folder For US Site John Mueller from Google said that when it comes to having a multinational site, making a specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI helped build hreflang XML sitemaps at scale Learn how iterative prompting, Python, and Google Colab helped turn a multilingual hreflang mapping [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI is merging paid and organic visibility The line between paid and organic is fading as Gemini shapes campaigns, search experiences, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 16, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads shifts Demand Gen billing to CPM for some Discover campaigns Google Ads will switch Demand Gen campaigns optimized for VTC on Discover from CPC to CPM billing [...] - Search Engine Land
Content repurposing map for better SEO and LLM visibility Learn how to repurpose content, discover which formats LLMs prefer, and get our content repurposing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google penalties: Why prevention is cheaper than recovery Recovering from a manual action can take months of cleanup and review. Regular compliance audits [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools updates AI reporting with Intents, Topics, Citation Share and Compare Microsoft said this is beginning to roll out in preview within Bing Webmaster Tools globally today. - Search Engine Land
New AI Visibility Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, Compare Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools introduces four expanded AI performance capabilites in preview: [...] - Bing Search
Meta launches AI Mode in Facebook search to answer questions Public posts, Groups and Reels now power responses, turning conversations into a new discovery [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 15 2026

Google’s Unexpected Take On Site Folder Structure And SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller said localized URL folders for a site's primary market offer little practical [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads To Limit Ad Impressions From Unqualified Advertisers Google sent out an email notice to some advertisers saying, "Google will update its Limited Ad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Owner/Manager Access Invites Not Working For Some There are reports of a bug with Google Business Profiles where using the feature to invite others [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Results With Good Price Label Google is showing a new label or extension on the Google Shopping product carousel named "Good [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands Smart Bidding Exploration, adds Promotion Mode Google is adding new ways for advertisers to scale campaigns while maintaining tighter control over [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Bidding Target Optimization Changing, Promotion Mode Beta, Smart Bidding Exploration Expands Google Ads announced a number of updates and changes this morning including changes to bidding [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Rolls Out Information Agents In AI Mode For A Fee Google is rolling out Information agents within Google Search AI Mode. Information agents was [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Finder Interface Drops Pagination It looks like Google has removed the pagination feature within the Google Local Finder interface. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What new AI search data reveals about visibility and trust Consumers are validating information across more platforms before making decisions. New findings [...] - Search Engine Land
Retrieval vs. citation: How AI search changes content strategy From product pages to third-party publications, learn how to create content that helps AI systems [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 15, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How travel brands can earn AI recommendations TripAdvisor, Google Business Profile, OTAs, and reviews help AI understand travel brands. Learn how [...] - Search Engine Land
Headline formats and Google Discover: What 3.4 million articles reveal This Google Discover study separates format from editorial context, showing why simple headline [...] - Search Engine Land
Google says LLMS.txt files won’t harm or help your search rankings Google clearly also states that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files. - Search Engine Land

June, 12 2026

Google Search Personalization Settings Are Changing Google sent an email to some searchers notifying them that changes are coming to how to control [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Search Console Tool/Report: Platform Property Tooltips Google has a new help document in the Google Search Console tools and reporting section named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility This Week: June 8-12 This week has been weird, in terms of Google Search ranking volatility. The volatility seems to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI prompt patterns vary by industry and shape search visibility From symptom-based questions to software comparisons, see how user prompts influence what AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Post-Core Update Volatility, Zero Clicks Rising, Appleâs Siri AI & Google SEO Docs This week, we covered the post-Google core update volatility that hit some folks hard. An updated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Home Listings Come To Google Local Services Ads Google is adding home listings to Google Local Service throughout the United States. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Extends Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) To AI Max Timeline Google has pushed off its deadline and timeline for the transition from Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Link Report Finally Fixed & Updated Google has finally fixed the link report within Google Search Console. It was broken for the past [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Reddit Climbs, Clicks Drop, GBP Comes To GA4 – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Reddit gains ground after the May core update, new zero-click data lands, Google updates its SEO [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to build a Claude Code-powered second brain for agency work See how memory, search, MCP integrations, and AI skills work together to reduce context-switching [...] - Search Engine Land
Google delays Dynamic Search Ads migration to AI Max The extended DSA transition timeline gives advertisers more time to test AI powered options & [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 12, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Claude visibility may depend heavily on Brave Search rankings, new data suggests Claude frequently pulls from Brave Search results, with ranking, recency, and comparison prompts [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics adds source grouping and hostname filtering Google Analytics is introducing cleaner source attribution and new filtering controls, for easier [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands limited ad serving policy on Search Clear branding and positive user experiences may play a larger role in maintaining Google Search ad [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Publishes Tennessee Search “Blacklist” Guidance via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google publishes guidance after new law gives small businesses power to challenge lost visibility [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 11 2026

Google Search Was Unaffected By Gemini Outage Google Search and its search generative features like AI Mode and AI Overviews were unaffected by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Temporary Delay On Product Submissions Google Merchant Center has API issues, causing a temporary delay in product submissions. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Dotted Underlined & Shaded URLs In Search Snippet Google is testing using a dotted underline and a shaded URL for the search result snippet's URL. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Gains Upload Product Feeds For Ad Creation OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Ads Manager tool to allow advertisers to upload product feeds that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Sitelinks With Images Google Ads is testing showing images within the sitelinks portion of the ad unit. I've seen plenty [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Interviewing SEOs in an AI-first world One group of SEO talent is becoming dramatically more valuable. The other is watching their skill [...] - Search Engine Land
We’re bringing Walmart Connect to Display & Video 360. The new partnership will help brands reach high-intent shoppers through YouTube campaigns and [...] - Inside Adwords
Gemini Can Help With Your Google Business Profiles Google will soon allow you to connect Google Business Profiles with Gemini. This will allow you to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
WhatsApp Numbers Added To Google Business Profiles In Bulk Google seems to have added WhatsApp phone numbers to tons of Google Business Profiles automatically [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What co-mentions reveal about the AI recommendation gap Being understood by AI isn't the same as being recommended by it. New research reveals the gap [...] - Search Engine Land
AI can write SEO content, but it can’t replace real experience Generic advice is everywhere. Learn why firsthand knowledge and real-world experience are becoming [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 11, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands richer Local Services Ads for real estate nationwide Google is bringing richer home listing ads to Search, helping agents connect with high-intent [...] - Search Engine Land
How to estimate the traffic impact of SEO fixes A practical framework for forecasting SEO outcomes, prioritizing opportunities, and defending your [...] - Search Engine Land
Enhanced Local Services Ads for Home Listings bring homebuyers and local agents together. When buyers search for homes, they get critical property details — and they can contact an [...] - Inside Adwords
Instagram now lets users tell the algorithm what they want Topic controls give users more say in what they see, pushing brands to create content tied to clear [...] - Search Engine Land
Walmart Connect audiences come to Google Display & Video 360 Google and Walmart team up to let advertisers target Walmart shoppers on YouTube and measure the [...] - Search Engine Land
AI Bots Keep Overloading Servers. Should Website Owners Keep Paying? via @sejournal, @martinibuster With 80% of AI traffic draining website infrastructure for model training, what can you do to fight [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 10 2026

US Publishers Demand Common Crawl Stop Scraping Their Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Digital Content Next sent Common Crawl a cease and desist letter demanding it stop scraping [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO Panel Agrees: Brand Is The New Backlink For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordCamp SEO panelists say AI visibility depends less on chasing clicks and more on branding, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Report: Google Zero Click Searches To Open Web Fall To 27.6% Rand Fishkin and friends (Sparktoro and Similarweb) released an ongoing Google zero-click study [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Schema.org Adds Usage Statistics For Schema Types The folks over at Schema.org have added usage statistics to each schema type. So if you want to see [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Updates Applebot Docs To Include Siri AI & AI Features Apple has made changes to its documentation for AppleBot to include crawling and usage for its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
11 PPC errors uncovered in recent B2B audits From broken conversion tracking to unmanaged automation, these common mistakes continue to waste [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Rejected Google Review Replies - The Hidden Rejections A new study has been released that looks at the review replies that have been rejected by Google. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests Blue Dotted Underlines Sitelinks On Sponsored Listings Google is testing a new format for sitelinks within the search ads, sponsored listings. This format [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How real people actually prompt AI — and what it means for GEO Survey data reveals how users combine short queries with personal context — and why that [...] - Search Engine Land
Research Suggests AI Engines Assign Ranking Roles To Sources via @sejournal, @martinibuster BrightEdge research suggests AI engines assign citation roles to Reddit and LinkedIn for ranking [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to make SEO reports more actionable Turn keyword research, audits, and technical findings into clear recommendations stakeholders can [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 10, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Sends 23% Of Queries To The Open Web via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New data shows most U.S. Google searches end without a click, with a shrinking share of traffic [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to make prompt tracking much more accurate AI answers are variable, but measurable. Use repeated runs, confidence intervals, and journey [...] - Search Engine Land
Google can be directly liable for false AI Overview claims: German court The injunction targets AI-generated accusations that tied two publishers to scams despite no [...] - Search Engine Land
Publishers push Common Crawl to stop collecting content for AI training Could AI lose a key source of training data? Major publishers want Common Crawl to stop collecting [...] - Search Engine Land
Schema.org now shows you how many sites are using each schema type Ever wonder how many sites are using a specific type of structured data element? Now you can know. - Search Engine Land
Ginny Marvin clarifies AI Max, AI Search ads and what advertisers should prioritize after GML Ginny Marvin shared details on AI Max, AI Search ads, measurement and first-party data in a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Is Adding Business Profile Tools To The Gemini App via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is adding a direct Google Business Profile connection and Business notebooks to the Gemini [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 9 2026

Google Shopping Results Tests Linking Directly To Merchant Site Google is testing directly linking to merchant/retailer web sites, instead of to product listing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Campaign Guidance With Experiment Power Score Google Ads has a new feature named Campaign Guidance that will give you an "Experiment [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Tests Citation Counts & Favicons Under Results Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why your brand campaign may not be ready for AI Max AI Mode eligibility isn't enough reason to expand automation. Learn where to focus before testing [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Siri AI & New Apple Intelligence Apple had its big annual developer conference, WWDC, and as expected, they spent a lot of time [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links Google seems to be testing new "top pages" links within the Google Ads sponsored [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What server logs reveal that SEO tools miss Search engines leave behind a detailed record of every visit. Here's how that data helps uncover [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI forms opinions about your brand Build a digital footprint that helps AI understand your expertise, recognize your credibility, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 9, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google zero-click searches hit 68% in early 2026: Study Google’s AI answers keep more users on-platform, with AI Overviews reducing CTRs and AI Mode [...] - Search Engine Land
Reddit Gained Top Positions In Every Niche After May Core Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern SE Ranking found Reddit gained top 3 share across all 20 niches after Google's May core update, [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 8 2026

Google Search Profiles Insights & Analytics Google launched Search Profiles late last week, a way for creators and publishers to have a place [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Gives Searchers A Way To Disable AI Copilot Answers Microsoft Bing announced a new way to disable the Copilot, Microsoft AI, responses from showing up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Google Chrome Won't Set AI Mode The Default Search Experience Google has confirmed that the search company has no plans on making AI Mode the default search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Document On Third-Party SEO Tools, Services & Advice Google not only updated its advice on hiring an SEO document, but also created a new one named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Its Hiring An SEO Doc Warning On SEO Tools & AI Optimization Google has updated its help document titled Do you need an SEO? Google said the changes are to help [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility This Weekend - Around June 6th Earlier this month, the Google May 2026 core update was completed on June 2, 2026. But the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Brief may be the replacement keywords never had After 15 years of premature obituaries, the keyword may finally have a replacement. Here's why [...] - Search Engine Land
4 ways to keep up with the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Google tools — like Maps, Gemini and AI Mode in Search — can help guide you from the [...] - Inside Search
The problem with AI share of voice and 3 metrics that matter more Many AI visibility platforms extrapolate from a small subset of prompts. Explore three metrics [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 8, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to update Local Services Ads policies in July Google will update its Local Services Ads policies on July 6, renaming them as [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds new Performance Max asset testing tools Google is giving advertisers more ways to evaluate creative performance and make data-driven [...] - Search Engine Land
What's trending on Search during the 2026 NBA Finals Explore Google Trends Data on the 2026 NBA Finals featuring the San Antonio Spurs vs. the New York [...] - Inside Search
Google Says Hyphenated Domain Names Are Okay For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says hyphenated domains are OK for SEO, challenging one of SEOs longest-running assumptions. - Search Engine Journal

June, 7 2026

Google’s New Guidance Claims Authority Over SEO, Tools, And AEO/GEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google positions itself as the benchmark for SEO and AEO/GEO advice and questions third-party SEO [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google adds guidance on third-party SEO tools, services, advice and updates hiring an SEO doc Google added in topics about generative AI optimization, how third-party tools are not endorsed by [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 5 2026

Google’s May Core Update Favored Pages That Match Intent via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Aleyda Solis analyzed US and UK SISTRIX data from Google's May core update, finding visibility [...] - Search Engine Journal
Coming Soon: Connecting Google Business Profile To Google Analytics Google will soon allow you to connect your Google Business Profile with Google Analytics. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Passkey & Security Agent Added To Account Security and Safety Doc With the rise of Google Ads accounts being hijacked, Google has updated its Account security and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Dialog: Does This Business Offer Rewards In Exchange For Reviews About five months ago (I missed it), Google began asking searchers if the business location they [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How TV ads create search demand — and what to do about it Viewers don't just watch TV ads. They search. Here's how to capture demand, measure search lift, [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update Done, AI Performance Reports & Controls, Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads, Microsoft Scout & Tools This week... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Profiles: Publisher Profile Pages Officially Live After tons and tons of testing and tweaking, Google is officially announcing what it calls Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising To Update UTM Analytics Auto-Tagging Sep. 2 Microsoft emailed advertisers notifying them that Microsoft Advertising will update UTM [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Delegation search: Why users outsource decisions to AI From travel planning to product research, users increasingly seek confidence, recommendations, and [...] - Search Engine Land
4 ways to track AI search visibility when attribution falls short The path from discovery to decision is getting harder to see. Learn how to combine traditional [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 5, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The latest AI news we announced in May 2026 Here are Google’s latest AI updates from May 2026 - Inside Adwords
Google Analytics Is Adding Google Business Profile Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has documented a native link between Google Business Profile and Google Analytics, bringing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Cloudflare: Bots now make up 57% of webpage requests CEO Matthew Prince expected bots to outnumber humans by 2027. New Cloudflare data shows that the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google clarifies sensitive audience targeting rules for Demand Gen campaigns The update provides additional guidance on when audience targeting restrictions could affect [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 4 2026

Warning: Google Ads Phishing Attack For Google Accounts It is not that uncommon, unfortunately, to see Google Ads that are designed to steal your login [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is OK With AI Mode Replacing Classic Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster As AI Mode becomes more seamless, Google appears increasingly comfortable with a world beyond [...] - Search Engine Journal
Microsoft: Bing Webmaster Tools AI Reporting To Gain New Features Soon Microsoft's Fabrice Canel confirmed on LinkedIn last night that more features are coming sooner [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Mass Product Page Unavailable Notices Last Night? Google Merchant Center may have a bug in its automated validation of products and landing pages. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Larger Favicons For Top Sponsored Ads Microsoft Bing is testing using a larger favicon format for sponsored ads in the top position. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s expanded candidate set and the selection crisis As AI systems evaluate broader content pools, selection depends on verification, semantic [...] - Search Engine Land
Merchant Center Expands Attribute Rules To Automatically Found Products Google has expanded the attribute rules feature in Google Merchant Center to work for automatically [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
June 2026 Google Webmaster Report Here is the monthly Google webmaster report - the June 2026 edition - where I cover all the larger [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI in the wild: Confident, wrong, and weirdly expensive AI doesn’t need to be fully correct to sound convincing. Three Gemini conversations reveal [...] - Search Engine Land
Your #1 competitive advantage in Google Ads: Customer Match Uploading your customer list to Google Ads can give Google’s AI a competitive advantage as [...] - Search Engine Land
Why so much SEO work no longer drives growth Keyword research and on-page optimization still matter, but authority, distribution, and brand [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 4, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google introduces Search profiles within Google Discover These are enhanced publisher landing pages, where you can follow the publisher, see the publishers [...] - Search Engine Land
A new profile to help publishers and creators highlight their work on Search We’re introducing a new, dedicated space for creators, publishers and brands. - Inside Search
Google Launches Search Profiles For Creators With 100K Followers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches Search profiles, giving eligible creators a customizable page for articles, social [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 3 2026

Introducing Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console Today, we're excited to announce the launch of new Search Generative AI performance reports in [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Console AI performance reports and controls to block your content in AI responses These features are rolling out to subset of website owners in the UK and will expand it to more in [...] - Search Engine Land
New opportunities, control and insights for website owners We’re introducing new tools to help website owners navigate AI in Search. - Inside Search
Yahoo Scout Slighted By Microsoft Scout? And More on Microsoft Web IQ. Microsoft held its Microsoft Build event and announced Web IQ, a search engine platform for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Multi-Advertiser Placements & Ads Manager Updates OpenAI sent out an email to advertisers announcing some new ad unit tests, specifically [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Hotel Ads Drops Several Bid Adjustments - A Bug? Google Hotel Ads may have dropped several bid adjustments, or maybe it is a bug. Bid adjustments [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What to do now that AI Overviews turned search into reading sessions Search intent still shapes content strategy, but AI Overviews now shape how users behave on the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console AI Performance Report & AI Blocking Controls (Limited) Google has announced the new Search Console Search Generative AI performance reports and a toggle [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adding More Link Cards To AI Responses Google may be adding more link cards to the sidebar of the Google AI responses. Specifically, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The overlooked business value of SEO and affiliate alignment SEO and affiliate teams affect the same revenue, rankings, and LLM visibility. Alignment can reduce [...] - Search Engine Land
5 ways Google Search can level up your thrift and vintage shopping Uncover second-hand scores with AI tools in Google Search and Shopping. - Inside Adwords
How Google Display exclusions guide AI-driven optimization Accidental clicks, bot traffic, and low-quality placements contaminate campaign data. Strategic [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 3, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube earns industry's first MRC accreditation for short-form video. YouTube achieves its sixth consecutive MRC brand safety accreditation, and becomes the first [...] - Inside Adwords

June, 2 2026

Google Says LLMs.txt Is Purely Speculative… For Now via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller casts doubt on LLMs.txt and says he likes WebMCP, a Google-backed alternative. - Search Engine Journal
Google AdSense New Full IP Address Sharing Google announced a new feature in Google AdSense to share the full IP address in bid requests. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Showing Threads Posts More Often? Google Discover may be showing Threads (the Facebook Twitter alternative social network) more often [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft: AI Summarizes Results, Reducing Clicks & Website Visits James Murray, Global Product Storytelling Lead, Generative AI at Microsoft, gave a webinar named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How ‘it’s just SEO’ took over the GEO conversation The GEO debate has become a distraction from a larger shift in how AI systems surface brands, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May 2026 Core Update Volatility Hits Hard Again June 2nd Just when I thought the Google search volatility would start to cool, I am seeing another spike in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Terms of Service Updated For AI Changes After 8 Years Google has updated the Google Ads Terms of Service (TOS) in the area of policy, payment, and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May 2026 core update rollout is now complete The the second Google core update of 2026 was a big one, causing a lot of search ranking volatility [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May 2026 Core Update Has Completed Rolling Out Google's May 2026 broad core update has officially completed rolling out. Google announced this via [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO turns customer success into AI-readable proof Much of the evidence AI systems rely on lives inside customer success, support, and delivery teams. [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 2, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s May Core Update Complete After Volatile Rollout via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's May core update finished rolling out on after nearly 12 days. SEO professionals described [...] - Search Engine Journal
Microsoft releases Web IQ, powered by Bing but designed for how AI-agents search Microsoft releases a search service just for AI-agents, because agents search differently from [...] - Search Engine Land
Announcing Microsoft Web IQ AI applications are only as good as the information they reason from. Without fresh, high-quality [...] - Bing Search
Google Ads updates terms of service ahead of July 2026 rollout Google's updated Ads terms expand its use of AI-driven automation, raising advertiser concerns [...] - Search Engine Land
Google begins testing healthcare ads in AI Mode Google has confirmed a test of healthcare ads in AI Mode, offering an early look at how advertising [...] - Search Engine Land
Google spotlights invalid click credits with new Ads help documentation Google's Invalid Activity Credit Report gives advertisers a clearer view of refunded spend from [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 1 2026

Google Disco Ball Doodle Google's Doodle today is an animated Disco ball, titled "The Art of Disco." Google wrote, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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 [...] - Search Engine Journal
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 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Hosted Forms Leads Screen In Google Ads Google Ads has a new leads section under the Conversions section that shows Google-hosted form [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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 [...] - Search Engine Land
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 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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, [...] - 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 [...] - Search Engine Land
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 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New SER Volatility Aggregator Chart & Backend Update The Search Engine Roundtable Google volatility aggregator tool is finally live. This takes the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Commerce media expands beyond retail sites with Demand Gen integration The update now lets brands use retailer data to reach high-intent shoppers across YouTube, Discover [...] - Search Engine Land
DV360 API Adds Demand Gen Support Advertisers and developers will soon have new tools to automate campaign management and targeting [...] - 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 [...] - Search Engine Land