Archive of April, 2026

April, 30 2026

Google Showing More Links & Citations Within AI Mode? Google may be testing showing more links and citations within the AI Mode results. Google has done [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests Select Partners To Run Ads With Google Ads is testing more transparency around its partner network, letting some advertisers select [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Recommendations New Results Tab Google Ads seems to have added a new tab to the recommendations section named "results." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
From links to brand signals: The new SEO authority model Links aren’t enough anymore. Learn why consistent brand presence across trusted sources is [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Ads PMax Website Publisher URL Report Gains Conversion & Spend Microsoft Advertising has added conversion and spend metrics to the PMax Website Publisher URL [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI sees your brand as math, not messaging As discovery shifts from traditional search, brands must package knowledge so AI can read, verify, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Max gets new controls, Shopping rollout and travel consolidation Google is scaling AI Max across more campaigns while giving advertisers clearer control over [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Says Bing Reached 1B Monthly Active Users via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft says Bing reached 1B monthly active users, as search ad revenue grew 12% and Edge gained [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI Max Turns 1 with new ways to steer performance and expansion to more advertisers As AI Max turns 1, we’re helping you capture even more opportunities in the expanding Search [...] - Inside Adwords
Meet travelers in the moments that matter with Search Campaigns for Travel. Upgrade to AI Max to simplify your workflow and access our most advanced tools. - Inside Adwords
Adapt your Shopping campaigns to modern Search with AI Max. Built for the next generation of Search, AI Max for Shopping campaigns helps retailers reach [...] - Inside Adwords
Preferred Sources is now available in all languages. Preferred Sources is now rolling out globally in all supported languages, giving users more control [...] - Inside Search
What blog posts should you write to be mentioned in ChatGPT? A new ChatGPT fan-out analysis finds a strong bias toward commercial intent. Here's what it means [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI models ‘understand’ your brand Is AI misrepresenting your brand? Fix how you’re encoded, cited, and surfaced across [...] - Search Engine Land
From paid clicks to answer equity: Your new 2026 search strategy AI is crushing CTR. Learn to swap rented clicks for authority that powers answers, stabilizes [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 30, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Preferred Sources now works for all languages Preferred Sources was supported globally but English only, now it works for all languages. - Search Engine Land
Reddit marketing for SaaS: Insights from 117 brands Analysis of SaaS brands reveals what actually works on Reddit and how AI search is reshaping [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds “Association” metric to Brand Lift Studies Google Ads’ new Association metric shows how consumers link brands to key attributes, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics introduces Task Assistant GA’s new Task Assistant helps advertisers quickly improve setup and data quality with guided, [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 29 2026

Comparison Of AI Citation Patterns Offers Strategic SEO Insights via @sejournal, @martinibuster A comparison of 5 AI search engines show they cite different sources but converge on citing brands, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Gartner: 40% of agentic AI projects will fail, making humans indispensable by Optimove The failure rate is not about technology. It is about the humans deploying it... and the ones [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Panel With Show More Action Buttons Google is testing removing some of the action buttons on local panels, Google Business Profiles, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overview Ask Anything Box Sticks As You Scroll Google is testing having the AI Overview box "Ask Anything" section stick to the bottom [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Preview Impact Of Negative Keywords (& More) Google Ads is testing a way for advertisers to preview the impact of a change, like adding negative [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Searchers just want you to be helpful AI search is raising the bar, not changing the goal. Create content that answers real questions [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Enter AI Mode Button For AI Overviews Generally, when Google wants to take you into AI Mode from an AI Overview, it uses a button that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Vignette Ads Setting May Trigger Back Button Hijack Penalty Just a heads up, that a small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
4 signals that now define visibility in AI search Rankings don’t guarantee visibility in AI search. Four signals determine which brands appear [...] - Search Engine Land
Why tracking parameters in internal links hurt your SEO and how to fix them Parameterized URLs bloat crawl paths, fragment attribution, and dilute link equity. Here’s a [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is there still a long-term game for SEO in AI search? SEO isn’t going away, but the rules are shifting. Learn how to blend core tactics with AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Can a fake brand win in AI search? New experiment says yes A month-long test shows AI visibility follows repeatable signals — making it predictable, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ad Revenue Up 15.5% With Overall Revenue Up 22% Google reported its earnings today, its Q1 2026 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 15.5% at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Ads Revenue Up 12% - New Growth Microsoft reported its third quarter 2026 earnings and it showed that its search and advertising [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Revenue Grew 19% In Q1, Pichai Cites AI via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet's Q1 2026 earnings put Google Search revenue at $60.4 billion, up 19% YoY, as Pichai tied [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 28 2026

Google Showing How Many Reviews Were Deleted Google is now showing the number of reviews that were deleted on a specific Google Business Profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up April 27th & 28th I am seeing new signs of the Google search ranking volatility heating up. When I reported on it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Ads Tests Pricing In Superscript Google is testing using a superscript font for the cents portion of the pricing in the Shopping [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools New AI Reporting Features Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft Bing demo'ed some new AI reporting features that should launch [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Sends Warning Notices On Back Button Hijacking Spam Penalty As you know, Google announced a new search spam penalty for back button hijacking. Site owners have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube testing new search experience, Ask YouTube YouTube calls it a "conversational search experience to complement how you already search on [...] - Search Engine Land
We’re donating Agent Payments Protocol to the FIDO Alliance to support the future of secure, agentic payments. Google donates the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to the FIDO Alliance to help secure the evolution [...] - Inside Adwords
Why more content is no longer a reliable way to grow SEO Content at scale can dilute authority, split rankings, and waste crawl budget. Here’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 28, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The framing gap: Why AI can’t position your brand AI can verify claims, but it won’t choose the conclusions that benefit your business. Learn [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO isn’t just about being seen — it’s about being believed and chosen Wil Reynolds says rankings alone fall short as AI exposes zombie content and weak signals that [...] - Search Engine Land
Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate: Fun facts, tips and new features to try Google’s sharing 20 fun facts to celebrate Google Translate turning 20, from its roots as a [...] - Inside Search
LinkedIn expands Event Ads beyond its own platform LinkedIn's Off-Platform event ads, lets marketers promote external events in-feed and drive [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 27 2026

Bing Tests Less Clickable Links In Copilot Search Results Microsoft Bing is testing making the links within the AI results, the Copilot Search results, less [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Label On Search Ads Google is testing adding an AI label to some of the search ads, the sponsored results, within the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Video Editing Within Google App Google now lets you edit videos within your Google Business Profiles, directly in the Google app. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Cultural SEO: A practical framework for Spanish markets in AI search AI systems flatten Spanish markets into a single default. Learn how to build market-specific [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Click Through Rates Improving For Organic Results With AI Overviews Google may be doing something right with improving the click-through rates from the organic search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Confirms Demand Gen Image Ads Approval Delays Google's Ginny Marvin, the Ads Liaison, has confirmed there are delays for some Demand Gen Image [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Albertsons Media Collective brings retail signals to YouTube with Google’s Commerce Media Suite. Supercharge performance across the shopper journey by connecting Albertsons data with [...] - Inside Adwords
What are you optimizing for in paid search when keywords matter less? Search platforms rely less on keywords. Signals, data quality, and intent mapping now drive how ads [...] - Search Engine Land
7 lessons from moving from agency to in-house SEO Owning performance means turning analysis into action, navigating internal teams, and answering for [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 27, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools teases new AI reporting updates These include citation share, grounding query intent, and GEO-focused recommendations. - Search Engine Land
Google’s AI Overviews Cut Organic Clicks 38%, Field Study Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A randomized field experiment found Google AI Overviews reduced organic clicks on triggered queries [...] - Search Engine Journal
New data: 77% use AI to shop. Nearly 1 in 3 won’t let it spend. More than 3 in 4 people use AI for shopping — but trust drops to $0 when money’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Top 4 ecommerce trends for 2026 Discover the top ecommerce trends for 2026, including AI-driven shopping, unified commerce, TikTok [...] - Search Engine Land
GoDaddy Transferred A Domain By Mistake And Refused To Fix It via @sejournal, @martinibuster GoDaddy accidentally transferred someone's domain name to someone else then refused to fix the [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 26 2026

AI Overview CTR Fell 61%, But Clicks Didn’t Collapse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Seer Interactive says brand-cited AI Overview CTR fell 61% as impressions grew faster than clicks [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 25 2026

Google Pushes “Bounce Clicks” Explanation For AI Overview Traffic Loss via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google’s Liz Reid told Bloomberg AI Overviews cut “bounce clicks,” not deeper [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 24 2026

Google Won’t Act On Spam Reports If They Contain Personal Information via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated their spam reporting tool to warn they won't process reports that contain personal [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Testing Audio Overviews In The Wild (Not Just In Labs) About a year ago, Google announced you can opt in, within Search Labs, to see Audio Overviews [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Sorts Photos By Most Recent Google Business Profiles lets you upload photos of your business to your Business Profile. Those [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New: Google Won't Use Spam Reports With Personally Identifying Information A couple of weeks ago, Google stunned many by saying that they updated their spam report to pass [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The bureaucracy tax: How disruptors are winning AI search visibility Slow approval cycles and rigid workflows are costing enterprises AI visibility. Faster execution [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Heated Google Ranking Volatility, Commodity Content, Getting SEO Right, Search Ads This week, we covered new heated Google search ranking volatility. Google's Danny Sullivan spoke [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Liz Reid Of Google Interviewed By Bloomberg On Google Search & AI Here is another interview from Google's head of search, Liz Reid. This one was done on the Odd Lots [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Fix AI Mode Bug Where It Changes Title Links Google is working to fix a bug in AI Mode where it is changing the title links and citations. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google spam reports with personally identifying information won’t be used and processed This is a change from what Google announced only a week ago. - Search Engine Land
Google’s Robots.txt Docs Expand, Deep Links Get Rules, EU Steps In – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google documents deep link best practices and signals robots.txt doc expansion. The EU proposes [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why GEO is a reputation problem Most GEO tactics don’t move the needle. Learn how brand positioning, category alignment, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Automate the busywork: 8 SEO tasks you shouldn’t do manually Identify repeatable SEO tasks and build simple automation workflows so you can focus on strategy, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 24, 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 structure AI-driven SEO: 3 frameworks that drive execution AI can accelerate results or amplify chaos. Learn how to coordinate teams, clarify ownership, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Demand Gen campaigns hit by review delays Advertisers are reporting week long delays for Demand Gen ads stuck in review, a known issue Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews CTR shows early signs of recovery: Study Organic click-through rate on Google searches with AI Overviews is rising, breaking a year-long [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 23 2026

The Facts About Google Click Signals, Rankings, And SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster What Google's systems actually do with click data and what it means for SEO and rankings. - Search Engine Journal
Google Chrome Tab Transforming To Gemini With Deep Search & Create Images Google is experimenting with the new tab view in Chrome. This view brings more Gemini features to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Job Listing For Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Partner Manager Google recently posted a new job listing for a GEO Partner Manager. The position calls for you to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Version 24 Now Available Google has released version 24 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release with dozens of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Review Replies Are Now Moderated (ReviewReplyState) Google may now hold your review replies for approval before showing them in Google Maps or Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heating Up April 23rd I know it has been a while since I covered the Google Search ranking volatility and algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Publishing Commodity Content Danny Sullivan from Google spoke at the Google Search Central event in Toronto a couple of days ago [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
When search growth stalls: How to diagnose what’s really holding you back Pinpoint whether demand, targeting, conversion, or execution limits are driving the slowdown [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build an enterprise SEO strategy that actually gets buy-in Want leadership to act on your strategy? Start with the right narrative, align to enterprise goals, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 23, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console job data logging issue Google is actively working on the issue, but it just a data logging and reporting issue. - Search Engine Land
How to use customer acquisition and retention goals in Google Ads Set smarter bids using first-party data, customer match lists, and lifecycle segmentation, while [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests “App Labs” hub for early ad features Google tests App Labs in Google Ads, giving advertisers early access to experimental app campaign [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Demand Gen tools to drive faster YouTube conversions Google is enhancing Demand Gen with commerce data and view-through optimization to drive faster [...] - Search Engine Land
5 lessons from delivering bad SEO news to executives Executives don’t need SEO jargon. They need clarity, diagnosis, and direction. Here’s [...] - Search Engine Land
3 easy ways to shop for spring with Google Here are three Google Search and Shopping tools that can help you shop for spring fashion. - Inside Search
Capris, bright makeup and more trending spring style searches Take a look at Google’s trending fashion and beauty searches for spring 2026, including [...] - Inside Search
Convert faster on YouTube with April’s Demand Gen Drop. Learn more about our latest Demand Gen Drop and ways to maximize campaign performance in Demand Gen [...] - Inside Adwords
Google’s Liz Reid on AI search changes, query shifts, and AI slop As queries grow longer and less keyword-driven, Google's Search VP says AI is reshaping search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May Expand Unsupported Robots.txt Rules List via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google may expand its unsupported robots.txt rules list using HTTP Archive data and could broaden [...] - Search Engine Journal
There's a new playbook for partnering with creators on marketing campaigns. How Google is building tools to make creator partnerships accessible and effective. - Inside Adwords

April, 22 2026

The hidden ‘bland tax’ that could erase your brand from AI search Visibility now hinges on being chosen by AI, as authority, unique insights, and consistent signals [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads New AI-Qualified Call Conversions Google Ads has a new help document on AI-Qualified Call Conversions. Google says AI-qualified call [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Advisor Gains Troubleshooting, Security Monitoring & Instant Certification Google Ads Advisor, which officially began rolling out last November, is rolling out three new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Releases New AI Features Microsoft Advertising has announced the launch of several new AI features and upgrades across the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
WooCommerce Stores Can Now Sell Products Via YouTube Videos via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google and WooCommerce announced today that the Google for WooCommerce extension now enables [...] - Search Engine Journal
OAI-AdsBot - New OpenAI Ads Bot We've been keeping track of the bots, spiders, OpenAI has been releasing. OpenAI just posted about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ad Manager Interface Here are some early screenshots and videos of the ChatGPT ad management interface that some OpenAI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI safety risk: How Best-of-N jailbreaking bypasses safeguards A simple brute-force method exploits AI randomness to generate restricted outputs. Here’s how [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 22, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Want to increase visibility? Start by building trust Search journeys now span AI, social, and communities. Learn how to earn people-led mentions that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google changes budget pacing rules for scheduled campaigns Google will pace Google Ads campaigns toward full monthly budgets even with limited ad schedules, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds app consent diagnostics to improve privacy performance Google adds App Consent Insights to Google Ads, giving advertisers clearer visibility into how [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO seasonality explained: Strategies, trends, and optimization tips Discover search trends, align content with demand cycles, and capture more traffic using seasonal [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 21 2026

Google Adds New Tasked-Based Search Features via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced new tools that further transforms Search to a tasked-based platform. - Search Engine Journal
Google Shopping Showing Shopping Ads Within Free Listing Grid Google is reportedly showing shopping ads in the free listing grid in the Google Shopping tab. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Performance Report Job Listings Reporting Bug Google Search Console seems to have a bug with the performance report, specific to the jobs listing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Documents Read More Snippet Links Best Practices Several months after Google launched the Read more links within the Google search results snippets, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to measure Demand Gen creative impact with asset uplift tests Platform reporting can mislead. Use controlled experiments to validate whether your Demand Gen [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: When It Comes To SEO, Nobody Knows Everything Google's John Mueller said the other day that "SEO is not belief-based, nobody knows [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: You Can Do A Lot Of SEO That Don't Work & Still Do Ok Google's John Mueller said that since SEO is complex, multifaceted, and resilient, you "can do [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO reporting outgrew Data Studio — here’s what comes next Rigid dashboards are slowing reporting down. Learn how AI coding tools and APIs enable faster, more [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build a YouTube analytics report in Data Studio Learn how to connect YouTube data, fix template issues, and customize dashboards for clearer, [...] - Search Engine Land
Why IBM says every brand now needs a GEO playbook As AI reshapes brand discovery, IBM outlines a 12-part system brands need to stay visible in [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 21, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google rolls out new AI safety features in Ads Advisor Google adds AI features to Google Ads that automate policy fixes, security, and certifications to [...] - Search Engine Land
3 new ways Ads Advisor is making Google Ads safer and faster Three new agentic safety and policy features integrated into Ads Advisor will help protect and [...] - Inside Adwords
The funnel flip: Why AI forces a bottom-up acquisition strategy AI changed how the funnel works. Acquisition now starts at the bottom — build understanding, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds AI-qualified call leads to improve measurement Google uses AI to qualify call leads, helping advertisers optimize for real conversions instead of [...] - Search Engine Land
Query fan-out tools and software to optimize content and track results Learn how to use query fan-out tools to improve AI search rankings on platforms like ChatGPT and AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Query fan-out optimization guide: How to rank in AI searches Want to optimize your content for fan-out queries? Learn how to find sub-queries, create [...] - Search Engine Land
Query fan-out in AI search: What is it and how does it work? Discover query fan-out: what it is, how it works, and how understanding it can improve your content [...] - Search Engine Land
Query fan-out in AI search: What is it and how does it work? Discover query fan-out: what it is, how it works, and how understanding it can improve your content [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 20 2026

68 Million AI Crawler Visits Show What Drives AI Search Visibility via @sejournal, @martinibuster Research on 68 million AI crawler visits show what SEOs should do to improve AI search performance - Search Engine Journal
Is your AI readiness a mirage? by AtData Everyone is rushing to apply AI, but foundational identity gaps, fraud and bad inputs are only [...] - Search Engine Land
Can Google Handle Domains With One Letter Difference? Usually A Reddit thread asks if there are any issues with Google Search handling a domain name that has a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Better Competitor Targeting In ChatGPT Ads? Are ChatGPT ads allowing advertisers to go after competitors with greater specificity, or is this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing Offers IndexNow Support To The Internet Archive The folks at the Internet Archive are having issues with archiving the web. Something it has done [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use the three-act structure for data storytelling Data doesn’t persuade on its own. Structure your insights to show what’s working, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Search Ads With Videos Ads Google is testing showing video ads within the local pack ads. This is also known as immersive map [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Opening Search Results In New Window Google is reportedly testing opening search results in a new window. Yes, there is a setting to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Lists Best Practices For Read More Deep Links via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has outlined best practices that can increase the likelihood of "Read more" deep [...] - Search Engine Journal
Is Google Ads Asset Studio a game changer? Not so fast Asset Studio speeds up ad creation, but limited control, workflow trade-offs, and shifting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May Have To Share Search Data With Rivals via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern The European Commission proposed Google share data with rival search engines and qualifying AI [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google adds Read more links best practices This was added to the search developer documentation. - Search Engine Land
Rand Fishkin: Zero-click search began long before AI Fishkin also discussed AI’s unreliable answers, Google reducing organic visibility, and why [...] - Search Engine Land
Utility news content: How to win beyond clicks in AI search Clicks are declining, but utility content still builds visibility and trust. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 20, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The digital PR duplication method: Rinse, reuse, repeat Journalists are flooded with generic AI pitches. Here’s how to reuse winning structures to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests video ads in local search results Video ads in the local pack could give advertisers a more engaging way to stand out in high-intent, [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube & Discover political ad rules updated Google clarifies election ads are exempt from placement rules but still follow Google Ads policies. - Search Engine Land

April, 17 2026

Bing Tests Animated People Also Search For Microsoft is testing animating the Bing "people also search for" boxes. Bing will run [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's AI Mode Now Opens Links In Split View On Desktop Google rolled an important change with how AI Mode works yesterday and it can have a big impact on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Reviews Policy To Restrict Staff Mentions & Solicitations Google has updated its reviews policy to add two items; (1) do not have your staff solicit a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads To Pull Rich Content Through Your URLs Google sent out emails to some of its Local Service Ads advertisers introducing "rich [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to optimize for keywords you can’t use When legal, brand, or perception limits block key terms, use related keywords, anchor text, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Back Button Hijacking Penalty, Spam Reporting Change, Google Ads AI Max Replacing DSAs & More This week we covered a new Google Search spam penalty for back button hijacking. Google also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Blocked 292 Million Reviews & Removed 13 Million Fake Profiles Google also released the annual Google Maps safety report saying blocked or removed over 292 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Removed 8.3 Billion Ads - Up Over 60% (Most Before Serving) Google has released its annual Google Ads safety report and the big number that stands out to me is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
No-JavaScript fallbacks in 2026: Less critical, still necessary Rendering isn’t always immediate or complete. Learn where no-JavaScript fallbacks still [...] - Search Engine Land
7 ways to travel smarter this summer, with help from Google The latest tools from Google can help you plan trips, find a great deal and explore your next [...] - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 17, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why bottom-of-funnel content is winning in AI search Traffic is falling as AI answers replace clicks. The upside: bottom-of-funnel content converts [...] - Search Engine Land
AI traffic converts better than non-AI visits for U.S. retailers: Report AI traffic to U.S. retail sites is up — and it's converting better than traditional channels [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI begins rolling out ads in select markets OpenAI’s expansion of ads into new markets signals growing opportunities for brands to reach [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads tests direct Google Tag Manager integration for conversion setup A new Google Ads integration with Google Tag Manager could make conversion tracking faster to set [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API to require multi-factor authentication Google’s new MFA requirement for the Ads API strengthens security but may require advertisers [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover and the content discovery revolution transforming digital marketing Google Discover is a personalized content feed that surfaces articles without a search. Learn how [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 16 2026

Google’s Patent On Autonomous Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster A recently updated patent describes how an automated assistant can circle back to a user when an [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Some Merchant Center Product Specs For 2026 Google has made a number of updates to its Merchant Center product data specifications. Some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Retiring Dynamic Search Ads For AI Max Google Ads announced that starting in September Dynamic Search Ads will automatically upgrade to AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Offerwall Is Now Generally Available Google announced this week that Offerwall is now generally available on AdSense. Google has been [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Wikipedia Deletes World-Famous SEO From Site: An Ode To Barry Wikipedia says famed SEO news journalist is "non-notable" as the industry rages in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Channel Performance Spend Over Time Google Ads has rolled out a new update to the channel performance report on the insights report [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why log file analysis matters for AI crawlers and search visibility Track how AI crawlers access your site, identify crawl gaps, and understand what content gets [...] - Search Engine Land
How to fix a suspended Google Merchant Center account Identify why your Merchant Center was flagged, audit your site and feed, and fix issues before [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 16, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why your website is now the source of truth in local AI search AI may surface your business, but your website is where decisions happen. Learn how to structure [...] - Search Engine Land
Gemini is stopping harmful ads before people ever see them Gemini-powered tools vastly improved our ability to stop deceptive ads, and we’re continuing [...] - Inside Adwords
Gemini blocked more than 99% of bad ads before they ran in 2025 Google says Gemini is making ad enforcement faster and more accurate, meaning fewer false [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode in Chrome now lets you search deeper with fewer tabs There is new side-by-side mode, search across tabs and more tools. - Search Engine Land
A new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome Today’s upgrades for AI Mode in Chrome transform how you interact with the web - Inside Search
ChatGPT citations reward ranking and precision over length: Study Heading alignment and narrow answers drive citations, while long, broad content underperforms, [...] - Search Engine Land
Lead generation: The evolution from spray-and-pray to precision targeting New to lead generation? This guide explains what lead generation is, common methods, types of [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 15 2026

Google Just Made It Easy For SEOs To Kick Out Spammy Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google just handed SEOs a new way to hit spammy sites with manual actions and get them deindexed [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Confirms Confirming Search Console Email Is A Bug A bug has triggered scores of emails from Google saying it is collecting impressions on sites long [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising SOAP API Being Retired Jan 31, 2027 Microsoft Advertising will be transitioning from its SOAP to REST API and with that, on January 31, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Consolidating Enhanced Conversions With On/Off Switch Google sent out emails the other day to some advertisers that may be impacted by changes coming to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The new PPC playbook: From media buyer to profit engineer Platforms run the tactics. Your value now comes from data strategy, business alignment, and owning [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: We May Use Spam Report Submissions For Manual Actions Google has posted a clarification that says it now "Google may use spam report submissions to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Posts Repeat Posts Feature Now Live A few months ago, we saw Google testing recurring, repeating Google Posts options. Well, now that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google spam reports can now be used for manual actions Plus, the text you use in your report may be shared with the reported site. - Search Engine Land
Google to retire Dynamic Search Ads in favor of AI Max Google will stop allowing new DSA creation in September and auto-migrate DSA, ACA, and broad match [...] - Search Engine Land
We’re upgrading Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max AI Max is moving out of beta, with improved performance quality across targeting and creative [...] - Inside Adwords
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 15, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Agentic engine optimization: Google AI director outlines new content playbook A Google Cloud AI director is urging teams to rethink SEO for the age of AI agents, introducing a [...] - Search Engine Land
Your homepage matters again for SEO — here’s why As AI reduces clicks to content pages, more users arrive via branded search. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds campaign-level filtering to bulk ad review appeals Google is giving advertisers more control over policy appeals, helping them speed up reviews and [...] - Search Engine Land
March 2026 Google core update more volatile than December — here’s what changed Nearly 80% of top results shifted as Google’s latest update hit aggregators and boosted [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 14 2026

How Google’s removal tools work for SEO and reputation management by Erase Technologies A practitioner’s guide to deindexing, removal requests, and managing client search results. - Search Engine Land
Google Lists 9 Scenarios That Explain How It Picks Canonical URLs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller lists nine scenarios that lead Google to choose one URL as the canonical over [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profile Updates Identity Change Policy Language Google has made some changes to the Google Business Profile policy document, specifically the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Is Aware Of And Warns Against Self-Serving Listicles As part of an article from The Verge taking aim at SEOs, Google says that they are aware of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads & Google Analytics Data Controls Update Google posted an update for the Google Ads and Google Analytics data controls yesterday where [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads MCC hacked? Here’s what to do immediately Here’s a look at how an MCC hack unfolds, what attackers change once inside, and how teams [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Goes After Back Button Hijacking With New Spam Penalty It's been a while since Google has come out with a new search spam policy and penalty to accompany [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Can Handle Multiple URLs To A Page But Why Make It Harder Google's John Mueller said on Reddit that Google can handle and deal with having multiple URLs for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ask Maps is moving from listings to recommendations New tests show Ask Maps is guiding users with recommendations, shifting how businesses get surfaced [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 14, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why topical authority isn’t enough for AI search AI systems don’t just evaluate content. They choose between entities. Learn the nine-cell [...] - Search Engine Land
The Google app for desktop is now available for Windows users around the world. Google app for desktop is now available for Windows users around the world in English - Inside Search
Advertisers are gearing up to hit Google with mass arbitration claims worth billions Advertisers may soon have a new path to recover billions from Google as mass arbitration claims [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads advertisers report wave of unexplained ad disapprovals Unexplained Google Ads disapprovals tied to DNS and server errors are disrupting campaigns, raising [...] - Search Engine Land
Meta is on track to overtake Google in global ad revenue for the first time Meta overtaking Google in ad revenue, reflects a broader shift toward platforms built for [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Search Console Message Glitch Gives SEOs A Scare via @sejournal, @martinibuster A Google Search Console glitch resulted in a message to site owners implying that impressions have [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 13 2026

Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking" Today, we are expanding our spam policies to address a deceptive practice known as "back [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Console Testing AI Contribution It looks like Google is testing a new report within Google Search Console named AI contribution. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Still Processing Status To XML Sitemaps - Nothing To Announce Google was asked if it is possible to add a new status to the XML sitemap statuses for "still [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Ignore Links From Sites That Spam & Violate Policies Google's John Mueller reconfirmed that Google Search may simply ignore outbound links from sites [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why no amount of SEO can fix a broken brand Traffic loss isn’t always technical. See how reputation, inventory decisions, and leadership [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AdSense Will Experiment With New Ad Technology Partners Google announced that on August 20, 2026 it will experiment with an updated set of commonly used ad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Study Points to Holes In AI Overviews The NY Times commissioned a study that says AI Overviews have holes in both grounding and accuracy. - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Task-Based Agentic Search Is Disrupting SEO Today, Not Tomorrow via @sejournal, @martinibuster A recent announcement by Google signals the start of a massive change in how the internet and [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI search adoption isn’t equal and income is driving the divide Higher-value audiences are adopting AI faster, fragmenting search behavior and reshaping decisions [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 13, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI buttons: Smart UX play, risky GEO tactic, or both? From AI poisoning fears to usability gains, AI buttons are sparking debate. Here’s a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search to penalize back button hijacking schemes You have until June 15, 2026 to remove the back button code before Google begins to take action. - Search Engine Land
Google is bringing back a familiar name: Data Studio Google is reviving Data Studio as a simpler hub for analyzing marketing and business data across [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Spam Policy Targets Back Button Hijacking via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 11 2026

What Pichai’s Interview Reveals About Google’s Search Direction via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Sundar Pichai outlines search as an “agent manager,” signaling a shift from link-based [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 10 2026

What 400 Sites Reveal About Organic Traffic Gains via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern An analysis of 400+ websites found five characteristics associated with estimated organic traffic [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google March Core Update Left 4 Losers For Every Winner In Germany via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern SISTRIX analyzed German search results after the March core update and found uneven visibility [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Answers If Outbound Links Pass “Poor Signals” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Mueller answers whether links pass negative signals and says unhelpful links may be [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discusses Page Weight, Average Mobile Homepage Size, and Googlebot File Limit Sizes On the latest Search Off The Record Podcast, Martin Split and Gary Illyes discussed the growing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Paid media efficiency: How to cut waste and improve ROAS Up to 30% of paid media spend is underperforming. Learn how to audit accounts, prioritize spend, [...] - Search Engine Land
LLM nudges: The hidden force behind AI-driven journeys Deals and comparisons dominate AI nudges, shaping behavior and influencing decisions across the [...] - Search Engine Land
Healthcare reviews: How to stay compliant and win in local SEO Learn how to create a sustainable review engine in healthcare, from reducing friction to handling [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads simplifies enhanced conversions into a single switch Google providing a single toggle and multi-source data capture promise more accurate conversion [...] - Search Engine Land
Hashtags explained: What they are and how to use them Confused about hashtags? This guide explains what hashtags are, why they matter, and how to choose [...] - Search Engine Land
Merchant API lands in Google Ads scripts ahead of Content API sunset The new Merchant API gives advertisers more scalable, feature-rich tools to manage product data [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 9 2026

Google’s CEO Predicts Search Will Become An AI Agent Manager via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's CEO says that informational queries will become agentic search and that search itself will [...] - Search Engine Journal
Reusable "Skills" Are Coming To Gemini In Chrome If you're using Gemini in Chrome (the sidebar you can summon via a button in Chrome), then you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use AI prompts to generate better ad campaigns Turn AI into a strategic ad partner with prompts that help reveal buyer emotions, high-intent [...] - Search Engine Land
How to measure intent gaps using Google Search Console data Use this free tool to compare your page’s positioning with real search demand using GSC data, [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube tests 90-second unskippable ads on TVs YouTube’s move toward longer TV-style ads signals a shift to more premium inventory for [...] - Search Engine Land
Inside Google Discover: 20 pipelines, 42 million cards, and what they mean for publishers Three months of feeds reveal how trends, news, video, and ads flow through pipelines — and [...] - Search Engine Land
Dell: Agentic AI is growing, but search still wins Early data shows AI drives discovery, not sales. Dell says a great search experience still matters [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads drops Display and Video planning from Performance Planner Google is shifting away from impression-based planning, pushing advertisers toward more [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 8 2026

Google Says It Can Handle Multiple URLs To The Same Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers question about how Google handles multiple URLs and duplicate content. - Search Engine Journal
Google Testing Jumping To AI Mode Directly From AIOs ON DESKTOP In January Google announced a change to how AI Overviews worked where clicking the "Show [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
âJarvis Approachingâ: Google's Sundar Pichai Signals an Agentic, Multi-Threaded Future for Search Google's Sundar Pichai was on the Cheeky Pint podcast and was asked about the future of Search. He [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI search defines market relevance beyond hreflang Explore how AI evaluates content across markets, and what signals help your local pages get [...] - Search Engine Land
AI is changing retail. Here’s how businesses can keep up. How retailers can adapt to the rapidly evolving advertising landscape, on the Ads Decoded Podcast. - Inside Adwords
Why product feeds need an organic strategy for AI search Most product feeds are built for paid media. Aligning them with organic search behavior improves [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms March 2026 Core Update Is Complete via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's March core update finished rolling out. Here's what to know about the rollout and when to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google March 2026 core update rollout is now complete Google’s first 2026 core update finished its 12-day rollout. You can now assess impact and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out onboarding guide for Universal Commerce Protocol Google’s new commerce protocol signals a shift toward in-search checkout, changing where and [...] - Search Engine Land
The new, AI-powered Google Finance is expanding to more than 100 countries. Google Finance brings AI tools to 100+ countries. Use AI to research stocks and follow live [...] - Inside Search
Google tests swipeable location carousel in search ads Google is testing a swipeable location carousel in search ads, making local results more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches developer hub for ads and measurement tools Google’s new developer hub simplifies access to tools for automation, tracking and scalable [...] - Search Engine Land
AI bot traffic surged 300%, hitting publishers hardest: Report AI fetcher bots siphon traffic and revenue from publishers, delivering real-time answers that [...] - Search Engine Land
HubSpot rebrands its flagship conference from Inbound to Unbound After declaring inbound dead last year, HubSpot is renaming its annual conference to something less [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's March 2026 Broad Core Update Has Completed Rolling Out Google's March 2026 broad core update has officially completed rolling out. Google announced this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 7 2026

Google’s Mueller On SEO Gurus Who Are “Clueless Imposters” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says that those who self-identify as SEO gurus are clueless imposters. - Search Engine Journal
Google Explains Why It Doesn’t Matter That Websites Are Getting Larger via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google explains why it doesn't matter if websites are getting heavier and the takeaway has [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google, Meta, and the long history of misaligned incentives in paid media From default settings to reporting, here’s how ad platforms shape performance — often [...] - Search Engine Land
Programming Note: Offline For Last Days Of Passover Wednesday & Thursday This is a programming note that I am completely offline for the last days of Passover holiday [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Mad Men era of SEO: Why AI is shifting search to persuasion Content gets brands found. AI decides who gets recommended — based on positioning, proof, and [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI decides what your content means and why it gets you wrong AI systems label and score content before ranking. Annotation determines how you’re [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Maps features: Local Guides redesign, AI captions, photo sharing New Maps tools surface recent media, suggest camera roll uploads, and flag top reviewers with gold [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Testing New Layouts for Multi-Location GBP Assets? Spotted in the wild are what appear to be swipeable GBP location assets. - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Open-Sources Industry-Leading Embedding Model Harrier is a new embedding model series designed for the demands of modern AI systems. It is our [...] - Bing Search
Google starts showing sponsored ads in the Images tab on mobile search Eligible campaigns can pick up incremental impressions in a brand-new visual placement on Google [...] - Search Engine Land
One in five ChatGPT clicks go to Google: Study Despite a 206% jump in referrals, most sites see minimal traffic as queries rely less on live [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews: 90% accurate, yet millions of errors remain: Analysis Nine out of 10 correct may sound strong for generative AI, but that means searchers could be [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: AI ads driving up to 80% sales lift for some brands Google’s shift to AI-powered, intent-driven ads is helping brands boost performance, [...] - Search Engine Land
Sundar Pichai sees Google Search evolving into an ‘agent manager’ Google CEO says searches will turn into multi-step tasks, with AI coordinating actions across tools [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads lets marketers reuse AI text rules across campaigns Google Ads now helps advertisers scale AI-generated ads faster while maintaining consistent brand [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds “Results” tab to show impact of recommendations Google Ads now shows the real impact of its recommendations, giving advertisers a way to evaluate [...] - Search Engine Land
Pichai Says AI Could ‘Break Pretty Much All Software’ via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI models could expose more software vulnerabilities and agreed it [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 6 2026

GSC Logging Error Yielded Inflated Impressions Since May 2025 Google announced a logging error on Friday, April 3rd in the data anomalies report and explained [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Guest post outreach in 2026: A proven, scalable process Learn how to find the right sites, pitch relevant topics, and improve reply and publish rates with [...] - Search Engine Land
How to produce content that naturally builds AEO clout Backlinks still matter, but authority now extends to mentions and citations. Learn how to create [...] - Search Engine Land
How to design content that AI systems prefer and promote See how passage-level retrieval works and why answer-first, well-structured content is more likely [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO in 2026: Higher standards, AI influence, and a web still catching up Technical SEO is getting easier by default — but decisions around bots, LLMs.txt, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing, not Google, shapes which brands ChatGPT recommends Case study finds that even top brands disappear without a Bing presence. Here’s how ranking [...] - Search Engine Land
Human content is 8x more likely than AI to rank #1 on Google: Study New Semrush data shows human-written pages dominate top Google rankings, while AI content appears [...] - Search Engine Land
Are low-quality listicles about to lose their edge in Google Search? Google says it's aware of weak 'best of' lists and said it 'works to combat that kind of abuse' in [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 3 2026

Google Answers Why Some SEOs Split Their Sitemap Into Multiple Files via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers question of whether splitting a sitemap is worth the extra work. - Search Engine Journal
Grokipedia Continues To Drop in Search Visibility And AI Search Visibility In February I shared how Grokipedia started dropping heavily in Google after initially surging. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why AI search is your new reputation risk and what to do about it From Reddit threads to repeated claims, learn how AI search constructs brand narratives — and [...] - Search Engine Land
Building high-ROAS ecommerce search campaigns in Google Shopping and Amazon Ads Turn search intent into profit by routing queries from discovery to high-performing terms across [...] - Search Engine Land
Why Agentic AI Shopping Feels Unnatural And May Not Threaten SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Agentic AI shopping may not be good for SEO. But there's a reason why SEOs won't need to worry [...] - Search Engine Journal
If you can’t say what problem your brand solves, AI won’t either AI is collapsing discovery, search, and purchase into a single moment. Brands without clear [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is fixing a Search Console bug that inflated impression counts Google Search Console misreported impression data since May 13, 2025 due to a logging error. [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 2 2026

Search Central Live is Coming to Shanghai in 2026! We are hosting Search Central Live Shanghai 2026 on May 15. This event is structured for the [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Build your own AI search visibility tracker for under $100/month Follow a practical framework to build an AI visibility tracker using vibe coding across ChatGPT, [...] - Search Engine Land
6 Google Ads mistakes that hurt ecommerce campaigns Expanding beyond paid social? Learn how to structure campaigns, control spend, and unlock demand [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds channel performance timeline view to PMax campaigns Google's new channel performance view for PMax gives advertisers a timeline breakdown of what's [...] - Search Engine Land
Why your content doesn’t appear in AI Overviews (even if it ranks in the top 10) Top rankings don’t guarantee AI Overview visibility. Learn how to optimize for retrieval, [...] - Search Engine Land
Build your marketing ark: A framework for AI, empathy, and design Customers are overwhelmed and teams are burned out. Here’s how to use AI to simplify [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 1 2026

Google Answers Why Core Updates Can Roll Out In Stages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answered a question about the nature of core updates: Are they rolled out in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Explains Googlebot Crawling, Fetching & Byte Limits Google posted a new blog post named Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Merchant Center Enables Store & Domain Name Updates You can now update your store's name and / or domain name directly in Merchant Center within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ask Maps Fully Available In US and India Earlier this month, Google rolled out the "Ask Maps" feature. Now, Google said it is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
‘Google Zero’ misses the real problem: Your next visitor isn’t human The real shift is machine-driven discovery, where AI agents research and decide before humans ever [...] - Search Engine Land
Programming Note: Offline For Passover Thursday & Friday This is a programming note that I am completely offline for the Passover holiday Thursday and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
20 practical ways to use AI in SEO Based on hands-on SEO work, these examples show where AI fits across content, technical tasks, and [...] - Search Engine Land
The latest AI news we announced in March 2026 Here are Google’s latest AI updates from March 2026 - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 1, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO leads martech replacements, but not for the reason you think Marketers swap SEO platforms less frantically, driven by AI upgrades, budget pressure, and new [...] - Search Engine Land
Why too many micro-conversions hurt PPC performance Overusing micro-conversions can distort CPA and ROAS. Learn how to structure signals to align PPC [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads experiments now auto-apply results by default Google Ads experiments now auto-apply winning variants by default, a time-saver with guardrails, [...] - Search Engine Land