Archive of March, 2026

March, 31 2026

New Location for the Google Crawlers' IP Range Files Just a short note this time! - Google Webmaster Central
Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the bytes we process If you tuned into episode 105 of the Search Off the Record podcast, you might have heard us [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google May Call, Text or WhatsApp To Confirm Business Details Google is sending out emails with updates on how Google Business Profiles may verify your business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Enables Location Sharing For More Localized Near Me Results Last week, OpenAI announced a new feature for ChatGPT named location sharing. This allows you to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Asset Group Theming Google Ads is rolling out asset group theming for Performance Max campaigns. This lets you copy an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A 6-point scorecard for AI-ready product pages See how AI assistants evaluate product pages and what they need to recommend your products — [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On Why Core Updates Take Weeks To Fully Roll Out Google's John Mueller explained, one again, why it takes weeks to roll out a core update. It is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Sponsored Label That Is Almost Transparent Microsoft is at it again with its sponsored labels tests. This time, Microsoft is testing almost [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5-step Google Business Profile audit to improve local rankings Learn where competitors are outperforming you — from review recency to category selection [...] - Search Engine Land
The push layer returns: Why ‘publish and wait’ is half a strategy See how AI systems process content through five entry modes — and why relying on crawling [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT enables location sharing for more precise local responses This should result in better local responses from OpenAI's ChatGPT. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 31, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO for generative search: Optimizing for AI agents Control how AI bots access your site, structure content for extraction, and improve your chances of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Explains Googlebot Byte Limits And Crawling Architecture via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes published a blog post explaining how Googlebot works as one client of a [...] - Search Engine Journal
59% of SEO jobs are now senior-level roles: Study SEO demand is shifting to senior strategists as AI takes over execution, raising salaries and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google explains how crawling works in 2026 Google went through crawling, fetching, and the bytes it processes. - Search Engine Land
Google Gemini may tailor AI answers based on query tone: Report An internal system guides Google Gemini to align responses with user tone, intent, and emotional [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Merchant Center loyalty features to 14 countries and AI surfaces Member perks are now baked into product listings — and showing up on Gemini and AI Mode for [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube adds AI creator matching and ad formats to its partnerships platform AI matching and a reported 30% conversion lift give advertisers a good reason to take YouTube [...] - Search Engine Land
AI search engines cite Reddit, YouTube, and LinkedIn most: Study Wikipedia and Forbes rank among the most-cited sources in AI answers, with Yelp and G2 frequently [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 30 2026

Is Google Ditching Blue Background For AI Citations? New test places AI Overview citations on a white background without throwing any shade behind it. - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Performance Report Impressions Spiking??? Google Search Console's performance report may have some sort of bug or tracking issue. When you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chimes In On Teen SEO Wants To Save Family Spain Vacation Rental Google's John Mueller chimed in on Reddit when a teenager of a family vacation rental business said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to build a custom GPT for business (that your team actually uses) Most GPTs fail because they’re too broad and under-tested. Here’s how to build focused, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 30, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Where paid media optimization should stop in long sales cycles Sales in long cycles is shaped by people, timing, and operations. Lead valuation gives paid media [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google TurboQuant algorithm improves vector search speed A small error-correction signal keeps compressed vectors accurate, enabling broader, more precise [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor bug links structured snippet languages across accounts A bug in Ads Editor is causing copied structured snippets to stay linked, leading to unintended [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Pages Are Getting Larger & It Still Matters via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt discuss page weight growth, the 15MB crawl limit, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Reddit Pro opens to all publishers, adds new features in public beta Publishers can now access Reddit’s Pro tools free, with RSS posting, AI community targeting, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google removes Search Engine Land article after false DMCA claim Our report on Clickout Media's AI-driven gambling sites vanished from Google after a dubious [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Shopping Tests AI-Based Recommendations Bing is testing a new AI-based recommendations section in the Shopping Tab. Bing adds this block to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Gives Product Ads Some Cushion Bing spotted testing more listings in the sponsored product section at the top of its results. - Search Engine Roundtable
What the ‘Global Spanish’ problem means for AI search visibility AI models collapse Spanish-speaking markets into one, mixing countries, regulations, and context [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build FAQs that power AI-driven local search Turn reviews, social comments, and call data into content that answers real questions, closes gaps, [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 27 2026

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 [...] - 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 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Expanding Loyalty Program Google Ads and Merchant Center is expanding the Loyalty program features to highlight key perks, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google March 2026 Core Update Is Rolling Out - First Core Update Of Year Google officially announced the rollout of the March 2026 core update early Friday morning at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Audience Exclusions & New Reporting Google announced several new steering updates for Google Ads Performance Max including first-party [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Testing Rounded Corners On Short Videos Microsoft Bing is testing using rounded corners on short videos and normal videos within the Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Live Goes Global Google announced Search Live has launched globally, for all languages and locations where AI Mode [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Will Highlight Vehicle Ads Data Quality Issues Google announced that it will begin to highlight data quality account issues related to Vehicle ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI-forward campaigns are a B2B growth gold mine — if you’re patient B2B buyers are influenced long before they search. Here's how AI-powered Google Ads campaigns build [...] - Search Engine Land
Google released v23.2 of the Google Ads API Google's v23.2 API update introduces a resource that identifies whether a video ad is [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds seasonal creative theming to PMax asset groups Google's Asset Group Theming lets advertisers clone and apply seasonal themes to PMax asset groups, [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google March 2026 Core & Spam Update, AI-Generated Title Links, Bing AI Reports Update & Much More This week we covered the release of the Google March 2026 core update that rolled out this morning [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO maturity unlocked a 133x ROAS in medical device marketing From $12K in ad spend to $1.6M in revenue, see how authority, clean conversion signals, and CRM [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 27, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Stop chasing Reddit and Wikipedia: What actually drives AI recommendations AI citation data is easy to misread. Acting on it often creates noise, risk, and weak signals [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube test replaces video titles with AI summaries YouTube test swaps video titles for AI-generated summaries, forcing taps to see content and raising [...] - Search Engine Land
Google brings its Veo video generation model to Google Ads globally Veo lets advertisers turn up to three static images into 10-second videos ready to serve on YouTube [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 26 2026

Why CPC keeps rising – and what to do by Bluepear CPC is on the rise across most industries. Here's what's driving the trend and how you can protect [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s March Spam Update Felt Muted But May Signal Bigger Changes via @sejournal, @martinibuster Why Google's recently finished Spam Update could be the beginning of something bigger that is yet [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google To Update Shopping Ads Political Content Policy On April 16 Google announced it will be updating its Shopping Ads political content policy on April 16, 2026. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center: Out-of-Stock Products Need Grayed Out Buy Button Google Merchant Center updated its landing page requirements to say that products that are out of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Expand Shopping Ads To 15 New European Markets Google is reportedly expanding Shopping Ads eligibility to 15 additional European markets. This is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Huge Block of Citations at Bottom of AI Overviews Google is running a test (or a bug) that shows a massive box of citations (massive in size, not in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Sponsored Stores Spotted in AI Mode As Google Expands Ads Across AI Surfaces Google is continuing to expand ads across AI Mode and now there's another type of ad unit for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Version 23.2 Now Available Google Ads has released a minor version update to the Google Ads API. We are now up to version [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How GSC’s branded query filter changes SEO reporting and analysis Learn how Google Search Console’s branded query filtering helps you track awareness, diagnose [...] - Search Engine Land
Google updates structured data for forum and Q&A content Forum and Q&A publishers can now clarify reply totals, quoted material, and AI use so Google [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use first-party data to find high-impact content ideas Turn internal data into content your competitors can’t replicate, from site search insights [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 26, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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 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 [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Live is expanding globally We’re expanding Search Live globally, to all languages and locations where AI Mode is [...] - Inside Search
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 [...] - 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 [...] - Inside Adwords
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 [...] - Search Engine Land
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 [...] - 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 [...] - 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 [...] - 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 [...] - Inside Search

March, 25 2026

Report: Google AI Overviews Show Less Often For Breaking News There is new data out from Newzdash that shows just how often AI Overviews appear within Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests "Skip Digging, Start Guided Research" Driving Users to Web Guide-like Results Google is testing showing a call to action in the search results that says, "Skip digging, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Performance Metrics Offer Data Added To Help Doc Google added a new section to the "Understand available performance metrics" within the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Retires Several Old Ad Format Requirements On March 17, 2026, Google retired some of its Google Ads policies on Ad format requirements. These [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google March 2026 Spam Update Unleashed Google has released the March 2026 spam update on March 24, 2026 at around 3:20 pm ET. This update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Properties For Discussion Forum & QA Page Markup & Documents Robots Tags Outside HTML Head Google had made a few changes to its SEO developer help documentation. First it documented how [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How schema markup fits into AI search — without the hype Schema won’t guarantee citations, but it helps AI understand entities. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Ads Decoded episode 5 navigates the challenges and impact of effective lead gen advertising. We’re breaking down the steps — from lead scoring to data hygiene — to enable [...] - Inside Adwords
How to optimize influencer content for search everywhere Turn creator content into search inventory with keyword briefs, platform research, and SERP [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 25, 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 write for AI search: A playbook for machine-readable content Learn how to structure clear, information-rich content that LLMs can extract, interpret, and cite [...] - Search Engine Land
Google March 2026 spam update done rolling out This update took less than a day to roll out and finished on March 25, 2026. - Search Engine Land
5 ways to collaborate with our agentic advisors Top tips and best practices for collaborating with Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor - Inside Adwords

March, 24 2026

Google Tests Reply To Reviews With Al Google is testing encouraging business owners to reply to reviews using AI. There is a new option [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance Reports Add Grounding Queries To Pages In February, Bing rolled out new AI Performance reports within Bing Webmaster Tools. Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Local Ads Coming To Apple Maps Apple is reportedly launching local ads within Apple Maps, as soon as this month. "Apple Inc. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The checks that make or break your next website migration Website migrations often fail due to small oversights. Here’s how to reduce risk with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google "Working" On Expanding AI Mode Personal Intelligence Globally Google was asked if Personal Intelligence in AI Mode will come to paid accounts across the world [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Tests Changing Some Links To Overlay Cards - Reducing Clicks Google is testing changing out some of the links within AI Mode to show as overlay cards, instead [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why better signals drive paid search performance Algorithms optimize what they’re given. Learn how signal quality, conversion data, and KPI [...] - Search Engine Land
Research: “You Are An Expert” Prompts Can Damage Factual Accuracy via @sejournal, @martinibuster Research finds that persona prompts "reliably damage" factual accuracy in certain kinds [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Commerce Media Suite: Where retailer insights meet the power of YouTube Supercharge performance across the full customer journey by connecting Kroger’s shopper [...] - Inside Adwords
The entity home: The page that shapes how search, AI, and users see your brand Define your entity home, support it with pillar pages, and build corroboration. That’s how [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 24, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple is bringing ads to Apple Maps as soon as this summer The long-awaited Apple Maps ads move opens up a new high-intent, location-based advertising [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools now links AI queries to cited pages Bing now lets you click a query to view cited pages or a page to see its grounding queries, with [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO’s biggest threat in 2026? Your own organization From AI overreliance to fragmented data and poor collaboration, internal issues are quietly [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is testing AI-generated animated video clips inside PMax Google's AI image animation feature could be a win for advertisers who've been running PMax [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT retrieves far more pages than it actually cites: Study ChatGPT pulls 6x more pages than it cites, concentrating visibility among ~30 domains and favoring [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT citations favor a small group of domains: Study ChatGPT pulls 6x more pages than it cites, concentrating visibility among ~30 domains and favoring [...] - Search Engine Land
AI citations favor listicles, articles, product pages: Study Study of 75,000 AI answers shows listicles, articles and product pages drive 52% of citations, with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is tightening political content rules for Shopping ads starting April 16 Google will soon require merchants running Shopping ads featuring certain political content to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google releases March 2026 spam update This spam update may only take a few days to roll out. - Search Engine Land
Google Adds AI & Bot Labels To Forum, Q&A Structured Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updated its Discussion Forum and Q&A Page structured data docs with new properties, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Begins Rolling Out The March 2026 Spam Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google started rolling out the March 2026 spam update. The update applies globally and to all [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 23 2026

Google Ads account suspensions: What advertisers need to know Seeing the dreaded 'Your account has been suspended' banner in Google Ads? Learn its potential [...] - Search Engine Land
Google ads are showing identical website stats across multiple advertisers Identical web statistics are appearing across competing Google paid search ads, potentially [...] - Search Engine Land
Why ‘search everywhere’ is the new reality for SEO AI may be changing search, but much of the visibility is already going to platforms that dominate [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 23, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why zero-click search doesn’t mean zero influence Zero-click changes how visibility works, not where knowledge comes from. Here’s why [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI-generated content performs in Google Search: A 16-month experiment Google indexed most pages quickly, but without authority, unique insight, or trust signals, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is blocking duplicate Lookalike audience lists From April 30, Google will block the creation of duplicate Lookalike user lists in the Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Eu signals imminent decision on Google DMA probe The EU's imminent ruling for the DMA March 2024 case against Google will potential have [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Responds To Error That Causes Old Branding To Persist In SERPs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller responds to a question about search results that display outdated branding [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 22 2026

Google Tested AI Headlines In Discover. Now It’s Testing Them In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is testing AI headline rewrites in Search using similar language to the earlier Discover [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 20 2026

Could AI eventually make SEO obsolete? From prompt engineering to data quality, here’s why SEO still depends on human input — [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2026: Get Ready for Sydney and more! It's that time of the year again! Let's talk about the Search Central Live (SCL) schedule for [...] - Google Webmaster Central
7 ways to use storytelling in a business blog Practical ways to structure blog content so it’s easier to read, holds attention, and leads [...] - Search Engine Land
Why your law firm’s best leads don’t convert after research Most referral loss isn’t random. It happens during validation — where credibility, [...] - Search Engine Land
Adobe to shut down Marketo Engage SEO tool Users have until March 31 to export SEO data as Adobe retires a little-used Marketo feature and [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO’s new battleground: Winning the consensus layer AI search rewards brands that show up consistently across trusted sources. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Cloudflare CEO: Bots could overtake human web usage by 2027 Matthew Prince says AI bots could soon surpass humans, driving massive traffic surges, breaking ad [...] - Search Engine Land
We’re launching the Top Sports Podcasts on YouTube for brands to align with sports fans. YouTube is where all sports come to life — because no sporting event or game would be [...] - Inside Adwords
Google confirms AI headline rewrites test in Search results Publishers face new risk as Google tests AI-written titles in Search, rewriting tone and intent to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tightens rules on out-of-stock product pages Google now requires visible disabled buy buttons for out-of-stock products, tightening Merchant [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile tests AI-generated replies to reviews GBP feature lets businesses generate suggested replies to customer reviews. You can review, edit, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches Ads DevCast Vodcast for developers Google’s new Ads DevCast gives developers technical insights into Google Ads and AI-driven [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 19 2026

A more personal digital health experience for people in Europe Google and DocMorris have announced a partnership to create a more intuitive and supportive digital [...] - Inside Adwords
Google: 404 Crawling Means Google Is Open To More Of Your Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller implies that Googlebot crawling 404 pages is a positive sign about that [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI Mode is Google’s next ads engine — and it already knows how to monetize it As AI Mode expands, ad formats, reporting, and control are starting to take shape, with Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Your SEO maturity score doesn’t measure what you think it does VGMM scoring reveals governance gaps, single points of failure, and whether your SEO can scale [...] - Search Engine Land
Multi-location SEO strategy: Stop competing with your own content Content overlap, unclear ownership, and poor planning can limit growth. Learn how to align [...] - Search Engine Land
AI shopping gets simpler with Universal Commerce Protocol updates Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) releases new capabilities, and Google shares a new onboarding [...] - Inside Adwords
What patents reveal about the foundations of AI search AI search is built on years-old patents. Here’s how those blueprints shape AEO, GEO, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands its Universal Commerce Protocol to power AI-driven shopping Google’s UCP update shifts shopping to AI-agents, where product data — not just ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Perplexity’s Comet for iOS uses Google Search by default Perplexity’s iOS browser defaults to Google for navigation and local queries, while its [...] - Search Engine Land
Walmart: ChatGPT checkout converted 3x worse than website After testing 200,000 items in ChatGPT, Walmart found sharply lower conversions and will use its [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 18 2026

Google Explains Why HTTPS Migration May Negatively Impact SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says why migrating a site to HTTPS may cause a site to lose all rankings. - Search Engine Journal
SEO Test Shows It’s Trivial To Rank Misinformation On Google via @sejournal, @martinibuster An SEO experiment shows how easily misinformation ranks in Google Search and spreads to other sites. - Search Engine Journal
Why customer personas help you win earlier in AI search Most content is too generic to compete in AI search. Customer personas help you uncover real [...] - Search Engine Land
30-day vs. 7-day attribution in Google Ads: What the shorter window revealed Overlapping attribution can inflate channel performance. Learn how tightening the window reduced [...] - Search Engine Land
Local content playbook: From service pages to jobs-to-be-done pages Turn “what’s wrong?” searches into revenue with a structure built around [...] - Search Engine Land
Where to focus technical SEO when you can’t do it all When dev resources are limited, the wrong fixes waste time. Start with architecture, indexing, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google brings vehicle feeds to Search campaigns Vehicle feeds in Google Ads let automotive advertisers show real inventory directly in Search, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google retires several legacy ad format policies Google is removing legacy ad format policies in Google Ads, reflecting the shift toward newer, [...] - Search Engine Land
Small publisher search traffic fell 60% over two years: Data Google Search pageviews fell 34% year over year and Discover dropped 15%, as ChatGPT referrals rose [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews now appear on 14% of shopping queries: Report Shopping searches are no longer safe from AI Overviews. A new study of 20.9 million SERPs shows AI [...] - Search Engine Land
You could unlock your share of $2,000,000 USD in prizes with your daily searches The Microsoft Rewards Total Prize Drop is officially underway, and it’s bringing the [...] - Bing Search

March, 17 2026

How Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol could reshape search conversions Google’s new protocol enables purchases inside Gemini and AI search. Here’s how it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor 2.12 adds creative control and campaign flexibility The latest update gives advertisers more creative flexibility, budget control, and tools to better [...] - Search Engine Land
Why social search visibility is the next evolution of discoverability Consumers increasingly search on TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit. Learn why social platforms are [...] - Search Engine Land
5 competitive gates hidden inside ‘rank and display’ The annotation, recruitment, grounding, display, and won gates determine which content AI engines [...] - Search Engine Land
How nonprofits can build a digital presence that actually drives impact From domain ownership to analytics and mobile donations, here’s how you can build a secure [...] - Search Engine Land
Google says AI Mode stays ad-free for Personal Intelligence users Google AI Mode will remain ad-free if you link apps, even as ad testing expands in its U.S. rollout [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Personal Intelligence to AI Mode, Gemini, Chrome Google is bringing Personal Intelligence to U.S. users across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, [...] - Search Engine Land
Yahoo CEO: Google AI Mode is the biggest threat to web traffic Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone warns that answer engines are starving publishers of clicks, and says [...] - Search Engine Land
Bringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more people We're expanding Personal Intelligence across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app and Gemini in Chrome. - Inside Search
YouTube tests sticky banner after ad skip YouTube is testing a sticky banner that keeps ads visible after skips, giving advertisers extended [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds video visibility to Performance Max reporting A new video usage segment in PMax reporting gives advertisers clearer insight into how video [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Cut Germany’s Top Organic CTR By 59% via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern SISTRIX analyzed over 100 million German keywords and found AI Overviews reduce the position one [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search Referral Traffic Down 60% For Small Publishers, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Chartbeat data shows search referral traffic fell 60% for small publishers over two years, compared [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 16 2026

How to avoid 11 common SEO interview mistakes and land your next job What hiring managers notice in SEO interviews — and how candidates can present their [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Shares More Information On Googlebot Crawl Limits via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google shared that Googlebot's crawl limits are flexible and can be increased or decreased [...] - Search Engine Journal
Breaking Through Creative Ops Bottlenecks: Your 2026 Technology Roadmap by Canto How to win at creative operations without sacrificing quality or burning out teams? Learn how in [...] - Search Engine Land
7 organic content investments that drive ecommerce ROI Fewer searches lead to clicks, and discovery now happens across AI, social, and search. These [...] - Search Engine Land
Why entity authority is the foundation of AI search visibility AI systems rely on entities and relationships to understand and cite brands. Learn how schema and [...] - Search Engine Land
What incrementality really means in affiliate marketing Some affiliates claim incremental sales but only intercept checkout customers. Learn how to spot [...] - Search Engine Land
LinkedIn updates feed algorithm with LLM-powered ranking and retrieval The new feed system will analyze what users read, like, and discuss to connect related topics and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests “Sponsored Shops” blocks in Shopping results “Sponsored Shops” in Google Shopping could shift competition from individual products [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI is impacting local search and what tools to use to get ahead Understand AI’s role in local SEO: See how AI is changing local results, user behavior, and [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 13 2026

Google Says They Deploy Hundreds Of Undocumented Crawlers via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes offered a candid overview of Googlebot, explaining there are hundreds of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Stop paying for traffic: The enterprise CMO’s guide to ROI-driven SEO The new search playbook ties content to revenue: win AI recommendations, cut defensive ad spend, [...] - Search Engine Land
Why surface-level SEO tactics won’t build lasting AI search visibility Advice around AI search is getting simplistic. The real edge comes from knowledge graphs, expert [...] - Search Engine Land
Only 15% of pages retrieved by ChatGPT appear in final answers: Report Most brands chase AI visibility, but discovery isn’t the win. Pages are retrieved, evaluated, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Core Update Data: Local Publishers Lost Reach via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New third-party data shows local publishers lost national reach after Google's Discover core update. - Search Engine Journal
Beyond keywords: Mastering AI-driven campaigns PPC experts explain how AI Max and Performance Max reshape search, when automation wins, and where [...] - Search Engine Land
SerpApi asks court to throw out Reddit scraping complaint In its dismissal bid, SerpApi argues reading public Google results isn't DMCA circumvention and [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 12 2026

Google Answers Questions About Search Console’s Branded Queries Filter via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced that Search Console's brand queries filter is open to all eligible sites, spurring [...] - Search Engine Journal
What 23 tests reveal about Google AI Max performance Testing across 16 advertisers reveals how text customization, URL optimization, and account-wide [...] - Search Engine Land
Defensive SEO: How to protect your brand narrative in AI search AI search summarizes your brand before users visit your site. Defensive SEO helps you monitor and [...] - Search Engine Land
Prompt research: The next layer of SEO and GEO strategy As AI search becomes conversational, prompt patterns reveal how questions evolve and how content [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Maps Launches AI Conversational Search With Ask Maps via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Maps launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for local discovery in the [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO analytics: How to interpret SEO data & anomalies Master SEO data analysis: Identify spikes and drops in organic traffic, uncover root causes of, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads refreshes Asset Optimization layout for Demand Gen Google Ads' new Asset Optimization panel lets Demand Gen advertisers automate creative formatting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Maps turns exploration into a conversation with “Ask Maps” Ask Maps, a new AI-powered conversational Google Map feature lets users ask get personalized [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews cut search clicks 42%: Report Publishers are losing Google organic search traffic, but breaking news traffic jumped 103% and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google leaves door open to ads in Gemini A senior Google executive says the company is "not ruling out" ads in its Gemini AI app [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 11 2026

Search Central Live is coming to Canada Our event series, Search Central Live, is coming to Toronto, Canada on April 21, 2026 for the [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google explains undocumented way to disavow entire TLDs (and why you probably shouldn't) Google's John Mueller revealed an interesting tip on Bluesky the other day for anyone still [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Your Related Activity Adds Chart Google has offered this feature that shows you your past searches, including being able to see your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Tripadvisor still matters for local SEO in 2026 Tripadvisor is more than reviews. Optimize listings, images, and engagement to strengthen local SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Ads Decoded episode 4 explores how to fuel your bidding and budgeting for better campaign performance. Ads Decoded features a conversation on bidding and budgeting with product managers Kristina Park [...] - Inside Adwords
AI citation data shows there is no universal top source for brands AI citation patterns vary widely by platform, industry, and intent, making headline-driven [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Launches Merchant Center For Agencies A new agency-dedicated experience Merchant Center experience from Google should streamline [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google launches dedicated Merchant Center hub for agencies Agencies can now use a single login to monitor all merchant clients — with proactive alerts [...] - Search Engine Land
Why the answer in SEO is almost always ‘it depends’ SEO rarely has universal answers. From schema to domain age and 404s, context determines what [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Search Console branded queries filter to all eligible sites Google Search Console now shows how much traffic your site gets from branded versus non-branded [...] - Search Engine Land
Eight out of ten PMax advertisers are now running CTV ads CTV impressions for PMax advertisers have surged over the past year as Google rapidly expanded [...] - Search Engine Land
Yahoo adds personalized homepage to its Scout AI search engine Yahoo introduced MyScout, a personalized homepage for its Scout AI answer engine. It turns [...] - Search Engine Land
Branded Queries Filter Rolling Out in Search Console Branded queries filtering is now available for all eligible sites within Search Console. - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 10 2026

McKinsey’s ‘Organize to Value’ a blueprint for evolving to positionless marketing by Optimove Analysis shows that unclear objectives, uncommitted leaders, a stagnant culture are the culprits [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Tests Large Publisher Header Images Google is testing a larger header image for the Google Discover publisher header images. It looks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Voice Models Coming To Google Ads PMax Videos Google Ads is rolling out Google AI voice models as a new asset optimization feature for your video [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Date Toggle/Selector Buggy Google seems to have a bug with the Crawl Stats report in Google Search Console. The date selector [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Offline For Several Days This is a programming note that I will be not be posting here for the next several days. I am not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated Yep, more of the same - the Google Search ranking volatility remains heated. Many are asking when [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Robby Stein Of Google On Teaching AI To Link Out Robby Stein, VP, Product at Google Search, was interviewed by Zain Kah on Google AI Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Content alone isn’t enough: Why SEO now requires distribution AI search pulls from a wider and constantly shifting set of sources. SEOs need broader distribution [...] - Search Engine Land
The infinite tail: When search demand moves beyond keywords AI search expands the long tail into endless prompt variations. Here’s how fan-out queries, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 10, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The five infrastructure gates behind crawl, render, and index Where do AI systems lose confidence in your content? Discovery, selection, crawling, rendering, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds automatic end screens to video ads Google is automatically appending AI-generated conversion cards to the end of video ads — but [...] - Search Engine Land
How to get media coverage: A practical guide to pitching journalists Great coverage starts with a real story. Discover what journalists want, why most pitches fail, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Court restricts Perplexity’s AI shopping bot from accessing Amazon Judge orders Perplexity to stop using a browser agent to reach password-protected Amazon accounts [...] - Search Engine Land
Survey Says: PPC is Harder Than It Was 2 Years Ago A new survey from the aptly named PPCsurvey.com shows that the majority of PPC practitioners [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

March, 9 2026

Google: You Can Disavow Entire TLDs Like .XYZ With Domain Directive via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller shared the Disavow File Domain Directive which disavows entire Top Level [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s undocumented method to disavow a whole TLD Google does not document it because it is not something the company recommends. - Search Engine Land
Organic search is fundamentally disrupted. Here’s what to do about it. by Brightspot With Google referrals down and LLM use rising, discoverability now depends on metrics, structure [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Trending Posts & Discussions Added To What People Are Saying Google added "Trending posts & discussions" title under What People Are Saying [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console BigQuery Exports Not Working? There are a number of complaints that the Google Search Console bulk data export to BigQuery is not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Sends Notices For European Union Political Ads Google has sent notices to some advertisers asking them to confirm whether their campaigns contain [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Digital Markets Act promised fairer search. It’s failing. Two years after the DMA took effect, user experience is worse, business metrics are down, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's Liz Reid On Progression Of Google AI Search Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger interviewed Google's head of Search, Liz Reid, on Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Follow Widget Home Card Google is testing a new widget for the Google Discover feed where you can follow news publishers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 9, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI assistants now equal 56% of global search engine volume: Study Mobile apps drive most activity as ChatGPT, Gemini and others push AI discovery to 45B monthly [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Marketing Live 2026 set for May 20 An email from the Accelerate with Google program inviting entries to the Google Ads Impact Awards [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds AI voice-over to Performance Max video ads Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 8 2026

10 Reddit comment frameworks that drive engagement without sounding like ads Learn practical comment structures that help brands add value in Reddit threads and attract [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 6 2026

Google Says Disavow Links If You’re Conflicted And Need To Be Sure via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller confirmed that most sites don't need to use a disavow file but if you need to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Local Service Ads Won't Credit Calls For Existing Clients (Not Lead) Google Local Service Ads can be super expensive; each call or click can cost hundreds of dollars. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Customer Match Data Uploads Changes Coming April 1 Google sent out emails to some advertisers about changes coming to the Customer Match uploads in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing With Asian Owned Labels On Microsoft Ads A few years ago, Microsoft Advertising the support of Asian owned labels and attributes on its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heat Continues, AI Mode Recipe Link Cards, ChatGPT Web Search With Fewer Links & AI-Generated Search Landing Pages This week... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Most Sites Don't Need To Disavow Links But That's Not All Sites Google's John Mueller again spoke about the disavow link file. This time he said that while [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Tests Go To Shopping Button Microsoft is testing a "Go to Shopping" button within the Bing Search results. This is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Break down data silos: How integrated analytics reveals marketing impact Channel dashboards don’t tell the whole story. Connecting paid media, analytics, and CRM data [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 6, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How structured data supports local visibility across Google and AI Schema helps Google and AI systems verify business information and reduce conflicts across local [...] - Search Engine Land
Google contacts advertisers with a mandatory EU political ads deadline Advertisers have until March 31 to complete a mandatory EU political ads declaration — or [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Liz Reid: Search and Gemini may converge, or diverge further Google’s search chief says the line between web discovery and AI assistants is still [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI’s big ChatGPT Instant Checkout plan just changed Shoppers browse in ChatGPT but finish orders elsewhere, pushing OpenAI to rethink how AI drives [...] - Search Engine Land
10 advanced ecommerce SEO tips that boost rankings and revenue Go beyond basic SEO efforts with these small-but-mighty ecommerce plays. Learn how to use filters, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s AI Mode is citing Google more than any other site: Study Nearly one in five sources in Google’s AI answers now comes from Google itself, with many [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 5 2026

Google Removes JavaScript SEO Warning, Says It’s Outdated via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google removed its JavaScript accessibility guidance from help documents, saying the advice is [...] - Search Engine Journal
Accessibility Can’t Stop at the Shelf: An $18 Trillion Lesson for Marketers by AudioEye Why accessibility is emerging as a brand differentiator and a measurable growth driver for modern [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Expandable Drop Downs Google seems to be rolling out a new format for some of the AI Overviews it shows within search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Adds More Links To Recipe Sites Google announced it updated AI Mode to link to more recipe sites and bloggers. "Starting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Build to Order Attribute For Vehicle Listings Google has added a new attribute to the Google Merchant Center availability options within vehicle [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use AI for SEO without losing your brand voice AI excels at scale and data-heavy SEO tasks. But without clear brand voice, automation can make [...] - Search Engine Land
Loading Content With JavaScript Does Not Make It Harder For Google Search Google has removed a whole section from its JavaScript SEO documentation because it was outdated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Recipe Widget Sucks Searchers Into AI Frankenstein Recipes Google is testing a new AI Mode widget within the main search results that drives searchers away [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How the DOM affects crawling, rendering, and indexing Learn how the DOM structures your page, how JavaScript can change it during rendering, and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
How to chunk content and when it’s worth it Clear structure helps readers scan content and AI systems identify answers. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 5, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
200+ AI audits reveal why some industries struggle in AI search Audit data across 10 industries shows access failures, weak evidence, and low utility make some [...] - Search Engine Land
New finding: ChatGPT sources 83% of its carousel products from Google Shopping via shopping query fan-outs A new study reveals what data sources ChatGPTs product carousels prefer to use. Here’s how we [...] - Search Engine Land
Ask a Techspert: How does AI understand my visual searches? Learn more about AI Mode in Search’s query fan-out method for visual search. - Inside Search
AI Max increases revenue 13% but drives higher CPA: Study Independent research and an exclusive with Google's Ads Liaison confirm AI Max's real-world [...] - Search Engine Land
NanoClaw Creator Loses SEO Battle To Impostor Website via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern NanoClaw's creator says Google ranks a fake website above his project's real site despite 18K [...] - Search Engine Journal

March, 4 2026

Yoast SEO’s New Schema Aggregator Improves Entity Disambiguation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Yoast SEO introduces a feature that consolidates site schema and disambiguates entities like [...] - Search Engine Journal
New Google Help Doc About Google's Web Crawling Google has posted a new help document named Things to know about Google's web crawling. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Wider Images For Some Travel Queries Google Search may have rolled out an update for the images it shows in the search results All tab. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms Discover Feed Shows More Social Posts Google has reportedly confirmed that the Google Discover feed has recently increased how often it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
WebMCP explained: Inside Chrome 146’s agent-ready web preview WebMCP exposes structured website actions for AI agents. See how it works, why it matters, and how [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google help document says frequent crawling is a good sign Google has a new help document on how Google's crawlers work. - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT's GPT-5.3 Instant May Show Fewer Links In Web Search Results OpenAI announced GPT-5.3 Instant and said it "delivers more accurate answers, richer and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Bold Site Names In Search Results Google is testing bolding the site names in the search results. We've seen Google bold many other [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to turn Claude Code into your SEO command center Most SEO work means tab-switching between GSC, GA4, Ads, and AI tools. What if one setup could [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 4, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Click fraud in Google Ads: Where exposure rises and how to reduce it From Video Partners to Search, fraud exposure isn’t equal. Learn where invalid clicks spike [...] - Search Engine Land
Google removes accessibility section from JavaScript SEO section This change was made because the advice was "out of date" and Google handles JavaScript [...] - Search Engine Land
Google to disable Customer Match uploads in Ads API From April 1, 2026, Google will block inactive developer tokens from uploading Customer Match data [...] - Search Engine Land
Are your PPC ads still authentic in the age of AI creative? AI can generate endless ad variations, but not every edit is ethical or policy-safe. Here’s a [...] - Search Engine Land
Use Canvas in AI Mode to get things done and bring your ideas to life, right in Search. Canvas in AI Mode is now available for everyone in the U.S. Plus, it can now help you draft [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads status dashboard flags Ad Manager reporting issue Advertisers may see reporting discrepancies in Google Ad Manager, affecting how they track [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center adds “build to order” for vehicle listings Google has added a “build to order” availability option in GMC giving vehicle sellers a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode updates recipe results to better connect people with recipe creators These changes are based on feedback from recipe bloggers - but will it be enough? - Search Engine Land
How to QA AI-generated content: A complete workflow Learn how to review and QA AI-generated content with a step-by-step QA workflow: Check for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates AI Mode Recipe Sites Results In Response To Backlash via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated AI Mode to change how it displays recipes and links to the creators - Search Engine Journal

March, 3 2026

Google AI Generated Landing Page Patent Is Limited To Shopping & Ads via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's landing page generator patent is limited to low conversion shopping pages, product feeds [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Titans And MIRAS: Significant Advancement In Long-Context AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Titans architecture and MIRAS framework enable AI to handle massive amounts of data and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google launches VRC non-skip ads globally VRC Non-Skip ads are now globally available in Google Ads, giving advertisers AI-optimized, [...] - Search Engine Land
How Google Search & Google Discover Picks Image Thumbnails Google updated its image SEO best practices and Google Discover documentation to clarify how Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Gambling & Government Policies Google has updated or is updating a number of Google Ads and Google Merchant Center policies. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Help Document On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Checkout Google has published a new help document titled About the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
4 CRO strategies that work for humans and AI Before overhauling your CRO for AI, focus on fundamentals. Clear messaging, strong UX, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode Sidebar Links Don't Pass Referrers - Google To Fix Google AI Mode doesn't always pass referrer data from the links on the sidebar. This is supposedly [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Knowledge Panels With Colored Table Elements Sections Rolling Out Google seems to be rolling out colorful sections in the knowledge panels. Sometimes you will see [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Content marketing in an AI era: From SEO volume to brand fame AI is collapsing informational SEO. Learn why discoverability is now an economic problem — [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads’ three-strikes system: Managing warnings, strikes, and suspension Google can suspend your account after three policy strikes in 90 days. Here’s how the warning [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The AI engine pipeline: 10 gates that decide whether you win the recommendation AI recommendations are decided upstream. Understand the 10-gate pipeline, where brands fail, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API enforces daily minimum budget for Demand Gen campaigns Starting April 1, Google will require a $5 daily minimum budget for Demand Gen campaigns in the [...] - Search Engine Land

March, 2 2026

New “Voiceprint” Claude Plugin Clones Your Writing Style via @sejournal, @martinibuster Voiceprint Claude plugin clones your writing style based on five writing samples. Works with any [...] - Search Engine Journal
Will Google To Allow Publishers To Claim Google Discover Profiles Google might be allowing publishers to claim their profiles and publications on Google Discover. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
March 2026 Google Webmaster Report Are you ready for the monthly Google Webmaster report... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Label: Sponsored Options In The Area Google Ads has often used dynamic labels for some of the ad groupings. I mean, we've seen tons of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to increase Google Discover traffic with technical fixes Discover traffic is shifting toward social posts and AI summaries. Learn which publisher, image, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Patent: Sending Searchers To AI-Generated Pages Over Your Site There is a Google patent named AI-generated content page tailored to a specific user. It describes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Into March Google Search rankings remain heated into March - I mean, I can post about this every day but now I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol changes ecommerce SEO Product feeds, structured data, and Merchant Center now determine visibility in Google’s AI [...] - Search Engine Land
How to revise your old content for AI search optimization AI rewards clear answers and structured, retrievable content. Learn how to reformat, prioritize, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google publishes Universal Commerce Protocol help page Google released new guidance explaining how its Universal Commerce Protocol powers AI-driven [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 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 uses both schema.org markup and og:image meta tag for thumbnails in Google Search and Discover Google clarified this within its Google image best practices and Google Discover documentation. - Search Engine Land
Google Clarifies How It Picks Thumbnails For Search, Discover via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updated its Image SEO and Discover documentation to explain how schema markup and the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google expands recurring billing policy Certified online pharmacies can now offer prescription drug subscriptions and bundled services [...] - Search Engine Land
Googlebot: What it is, how it works & how to optimize Learn how Googlebot crawls, renders, and indexes your site. See every crawler type, how crawl [...] - Search Engine Land
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available, allowing brands to reach TV audiences with Google AI. VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available globally in Google Ads and Display & Video 360. - Inside Adwords

March, 1 2026

Google AI Overviews Surges Across 9 Industries via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google AI Overviews shows fast growth across nine industries, now triggering AI Search in nearly [...] - Search Engine Journal