Archive of May, 2026

May, 31 2026

Google May 2026 Core Update Hits Hard Saturday - May 30th The Google May 2026 core update seemed to have hit some sites in a very big way yesterday, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 29 2026

Google 1st Order Price Labels On Shopping Ads (Again) Over a year ago, we saw Google testing a "First order" label on shopping ads within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Publisher Profile Pages Tests Short URLs Google is testing short URLs with @handles for the Google Discover publisher profile pages. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests New Sitelinks On Ads Microsoft Bing is testing a new style of sitelinks for the search ads. These sitelinks differ in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why your B2B PPC metrics may be lying to you More conversions and higher ROAS don’t always translate to more pipeline or revenue. [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update Status, Buying AI Brand Mentions, Preferred Sources In AI Responses, Google Ads, Local & Legal This week in search, we gave a status update on the Google May 2026 core update. Google strongly [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New: Google Ads Prospects Mode Google Ads has expanded New Customer Acquisition with a new feature called Prospect Mode. Prospect [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Search Quality Raters Guidelines Not A Guide For Search Rankings John Mueller from Google said that the Google Search Quality Raters guidelines are not a guide for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Preferred Sources Expand, Gmail Brand Lift, Pichai On AI Overviews via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google brings Preferred Sources into AI Overviews and AI Mode, iPullRank measures Gmail's pull on [...] - Search Engine Journal
Beyond RAG: Why every AI search platform is now agentic and what that means for your content AI search has outgrown simple RAG. Learn how today’s hidden AI retrieval systems decide [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 29, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How to train Claude to sound like your brand If Claude keeps writing beige, the problem is probably the brand rules you never gave it. Train AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads launches built-in lead management dashboard Google Ads now lets advertisers manage leads and share quality signals with AI to improve bidding [...] - Search Engine Land
Matt McGee on the Wild West days of SEO Matt was also the former Editor-in-Chief at Search Engine Land, so this interview is full of great [...] - Search Engine Land
Digital PR examples: 13 powerful campaigns and strategies that work Building brand authority can be just as important as backlinks for SEO. Here are 13 effective ways [...] - Search Engine Land
Google appears to be testing new branded search controls in AI Max campaigns Google Ads is showing AI Max branded search controls that could help advertisers separate [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 28 2026

Google Tests New Sitename & Favicon Layout In Search Google is testing shifting the sitename and favicon in the search results around, where it is on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Conversion-Optimized Campaigns Coming June 5th OpenAI sent out an email to some early advertisers offering them early access to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Delete Short Term Performance Data June 1st As you know, Google updated its Google Ads data retention policy recently, which changed how long [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights Google is rolling out a new AI performance report within Google Merchant Center named AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Introducing ‘YBYS’: Your brand = Your SEO The easiest way to survive AI search may be the least exciting SEO advice ever: build a real brand. - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode & AI Overviews Add Preferred Sources & New Carousel Google is officially rolling out preferred source labels within AI Mode and AI Overviews and adding [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Strongly Warns Against Manipulating Mentions For AI Gary Illyes from Google reportedly said at the Search Central Live Shanghai 2026 event on May 15th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Brand depth determines what AI systems recommend Citations only show the outcome. The real advantage comes from building a brand AI systems [...] - Search Engine Land
Here's how AI is rebuilding the foundation of modern marketing. The finale of Ads Decoded, recorded live at Google Marketing Live 2026, features the teams behind [...] - Inside Adwords
5 places to find FAQ content that improves AI visibility Use GSC, Reddit, People Also Ask data, customer insights, and AI prompt trends to uncover the [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 28, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How persuasive content taps into human psychology TikTok Shop creators understand the psychology that drives action. Here’s how to apply the [...] - Search Engine Land
Catch up on 12 major I/O 2026 moments Here are 12 of the biggest Google I/O 2026 keynote moments, including news about Gemini Omni, [...] - Inside Search
Google expands customer acquisition targeting with “new prospects” mode Google’s new AI targeting mode is designed to help brands reach entirely new brand-unaware [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds AI shopping visibility insights to Merchant Center Google is adding new AI shopping insights to Merchant Center, giving retailers visibility into how [...] - Search Engine Land
Vanessa Fox on the birth of Google Search Console From the super early days of Google through using AI today for SEO - we covered a lot in this [...] - Search Engine Land
New SEO KPIs you’re missing: How to measure SEO beyond clicks Discover the new SEO KPIs that matter beyond clicks and rankings like AI mentions, user [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 27 2026

Core Web Vitals: WordPress And Astro Versus Everyone Else via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordPress and Astro emerge from the latest performance comparison as a contrast between platform [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discover Report Bug Cause Decrease In Clicks/Impressions May 21 Google has confirmed another bug with the Search Console Discover performance report on May 21st. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Real-Time Policy Reviews During Ad Creation Google is rolling out what it calls Real-Time Policy Reviews within Google Ads for Responsive [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Similarweb: ChatGPT Shows More Links Leading To 150% Increase In Referrals New data out of Similarweb says that since OpenAI began surfacing more prominent links to brands in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Users behave differently in AI Overviews vs. AI Mode New clickstream data shows AI Overviews reshape user behavior, from reverse scrolling to longer [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Results Tests Check Real-Time Stock Google is testing letting searchers check for real-time stock, inventory, of products through the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Interviews Of Google's Sundar Pichai & Nick Fox There are two interviews that is probably worth a listen of Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to get your Google Ads seen in AI Overviews Here's how feeds, landing pages, and audience signals help Shopping, Performance Max, and AI Max [...] - Search Engine Land
The SEO-GEO gap: How AI search traffic differs from organic traffic Data from 10 websites shows why original research, tools, and answer-first content outperform [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 27, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The micro-macro shift: How to measure AI visibility now that precision is gone AI visibility is now a macro measurement problem. Here’s how to build a defensible framework [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads will start deleting historical reporting data after set retention periods Google Ads will begin deleting over 37 months reporting data in June unless advertisers export it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches Real-Time Policy Reviews for faster ad approvals Google is introducing Real-Time Policy Reviews to speed up ad approvals with instant feedback [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews & AI Mode gain preferred sources, plus new perspectives carousel and highly cited labels Google says these are "new ways to help you find high-quality content and firsthand [...] - Search Engine Land
New ways to find your favorite sources and original content in AI Search New updates to help you spot and connect with high-quality, original content in Google Search. - Inside Search

May, 26 2026

Google Business Profiles Photos / Videos Add View Counts Google is now showing the number of times a photo or video was viewed and seen by users in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Growing Expanding Shopping Ads Google is testing Shopping ads that enlarge, grow and expand when you hover your mouse cursor over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Conversational Attributes For AI-Driven Surfaces Part of Google Marketing Live was a small note about conversational attributes, a way to add more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The new playbook for localized AI search optimization Learn how to influence the reviews, citations, and third-party mentions AI search engines use in [...] - Search Engine Land
EU May Fine Google Triple Million Euros Over Favoring Itself In Search Results The European Union may fine Google its largest fine for a breach of the 'new Digital Markets Act [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Ads In AI Mode Tries New Styles? We know Google said it was expanding shopping ads into AI Mode and saw some examples of that. We [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO changelogs: The missing layer of enterprise site governance Enterprise SEO teams can’t afford invisible website updates. Changelogs help surface risky [...] - Search Engine Land
Interrupting buyer journeys: The SEO strategy hiding in plain sight Create SEO content that surfaces alternative solutions, captures high-intent traffic, and reaches [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console links report showing old data after breaking Google Search Console's link report broke last Thursday so Google decided to show old data from [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 26, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Nick Fox: AI search rewards content that goes deeper As AI answers simple search queries, Google says you need richer human perspectives AI summaries [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s latest AI ad push shows ads are becoming conversations, not clicks Google’s latest AI ad updates revealed major shifts and raises big questions about [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Display Ads has a new home in Demand Gen. Display advertisers can still serve ads exclusively on the Google Display Network while unlocking [...] - Inside Adwords
Google folds Display Ads into Demand Gen campaigns Google is giving Display ads advertisers access to broader reach, AI-powered optimization and newer [...] - Search Engine Land
Sundar Pichai: Google Search, AI agents, and tools will become one Google CEO says AI will reshape Search into a task-running system, even as Google insists it will [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 25 2026

Google Posts Memorial Day 2026 Doodle Google has historically not posted a Doodle, a special Google logo, for Memorial Day in the United [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Removes Lag For AI Overviews & AI Mode Showing Penalized Content Since Google launched AI Overviews (and AI Mode), there was an apparent lag or delay from when a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Home Page Promoting AI Features Out Of I/O Google has added a lot of content boxes below the search box on the Google home page. These boxes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Detailed Rejection Notices Generally, when a Google Business Profile email notice gets sent, especially the rejection notices, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Pichai Says Google Is ‘A Bit Behind’ On Agentic Coding via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Sundar Pichai says Google is "a bit behind" in agentic coding, citing a lack of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google May 2026 Core Update Landed Over The Weekend As you know, Google announced the May 2026 core update on Thursday afternoon and it didn't take [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Officially Appeals Search Monopoly Ruling We knew Google would appeal the search monopoly ruling; in fact, Google asked the courts to pause [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Officially Releases AI Guided Image Search Experience Back in March, we were the first to talk about Microsoft Bing testing a new AI version of Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 25, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 22 2026

Yes, you need to use AI, but you need to use it strategically Stop losing revenue to missed opportunities. Here's how strategic automation cuts costs, captures [...] - Search Engine Land
Are Google Search Console Email Alerts Enough? Are you the type of SEO that digs into all the Google Search Console reporting every single day, to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Showing Sale Prices In Shopping Ads Microsoft Bing is testing showing the sale price in the shopping ads within the Bing search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Was & Usually Pricing Labels In Product Results Google is testing showing pricing labels on product and shopping results. It shows if the price is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s AI search guidance is naive and self-serving Here's why you should take all of Google's latest guidance on optimizing for AI search with a grain [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google's New Search Box, Gemini 3.5 Flash Powers AI Mode, New Google Ads, Ranking Volatility & More I/O GML News This week, we had both Google I/O and Google Marketing Live, so we have a lot of news. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Ads Manager Updates & Ads Tests OpenAI sent out an email a couple of days ago to advertisers announcing three updates to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Why Split Your XML Sitemap File For many many years, some SEOs have a strategy of breaking up their XML sitemap files into [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Launches Core Update Amid I/O AI Search Overhaul – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launched the May core update, redesigned Search around AI at I/O, released its first AI Mode [...] - Search Engine Journal
‘Fix everything’ is the wrong SEO strategy Audit tools flag everything equally, but SEO success depends on prioritization. Focus on the [...] - Search Engine Land
Organic traffic is still worth tracking — just not all of it Not every organic visit deserves equal weight anymore. Here’s how to focus SEO reporting on [...] - Search Engine Land
Velocity: What the Googlers not on stage said at I/O 2026 Google I/O 2026 felt like a victory lap. Here's what the conversations behind the demos actually [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 22, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What makes a brand machine-readable in AI search A review of 19 businesses found the same problem repeatedly: strong expertise buried in content AI [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 21 2026

We’re partnering with U.S. Soccer to bring fans closer to the action with Search. Soccer is the most searched sport in the world, and U.S. fans’ passion is reaching new [...] - Inside Search
A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided [...] - Bing Search
Google Ask Advisor Brings Together Ads Advisor & Analytics Advisor Google announced it is making one uniform AI-agentic advisor named Ask Advisor that brings together [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests For You Label In Product Grid Results Google is testing a "for you" label in the product grid, shopping results, within Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Adds Dynamic Anchors Ads Google has made a new anchor ads format named Dynamic anchor ads for AdSense. I don't see the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Conversational Discovery Ads & Highlighted Answers In AI Mode Google announced at Google Marketing Live two new ad formats that will show up in Google's AI Mode. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Shopping Ads, Business Agent For Leads & Direct Offers Coming Google announced at Google Marketing Live that it is also bringing Shopping ads, Business Agent for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The search everywhere optimization pyramid: How to build visibility before search Your buyers already have a shortlist before they reach Google. Here’s how to influence the [...] - Search Engine Land
Reddit’s AI search influence goes beyond training data Reddit’s role in AI search is often oversimplified. Here’s how AI training, licensed [...] - Search Engine Land
What multilingual regions reveal about the future of AI search Catalan search behavior exposes a deeper AI retrieval problem: language identification errors [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 21, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why AI adoption may look bigger than it really is: Data AI use may be stalling with consumers while surging among professionals, according to new Datos and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May 2026 core update rolling out now This is the second Google core update of 2026 and follows the March 2026 core update. - Search Engine Land
Google Begins Rolling Out May 2026 Core Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google began rolling out the May 2026 core update, the second broad core update this year. It may [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google May 2026 Core Update Is Rolling Out - You Felt It Google officially announced the rollout of the May 2026 core update just now, on Thursday at around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Offline For Shavuot On Friday This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the holiday of Shavout/Shavous on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Links Report Is Broken It looks like the Google Search Console link report has gone haywire and is broken pretty badly. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

May, 20 2026

Google launches Ask Advisor across Ads, Analytics and Merchant Center Google’s new Ask Advisor aims to unify campaign management, analytics and optimization [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Preferred Sources Label In AI Mode Citations Google is now testing adding the Preferred Sources label in the AI Mode links and citations. It is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adult Property Added To Merchant Listing & Product Variant Google added the hasAdultConsideration property to the Merchant listing and Product variant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Updates Import Center, Cross-Account Portfolio Bidding & Bidding Strategy Report Microsoft Advertising announced its monthly releases, and they include updates to the import [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How Google Discover publisher profiles work and why they matter A deeper look at the profile features, eligibility patterns, and optimization opportunities shaping [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's New Search Bar, The Intelligent Search Box Google has released the first major update to the search bar, the search box, ever - Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Now Powered By Gemini 3.5 Flash With New Agentic Features Google Search is now using Gemini 3.5 Flash to power AI Mode globally and also there are several [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s llms.txt Guidance Depends On Which Product You Ask via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search says llms.txt isn't needed for AI features, while Lighthouse now checks the file for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ask Maps: How to optimize for visibility Ask Maps changes local visibility from ranking in a long list to being confidently recommended. [...] - Search Engine Land
How to stand out in AI search when every business sounds the same AI builds your brand narrative from every digital signal you publish. Sharpen your positioning [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 20, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google tests new conversational ad formats in AI Mode and Search Google is rolling out Gemini-powered conversational ad formats across AI Mode and Search as it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Marketing Live 2026: Everything you need to know GML 2026 showcased how Gemini is transforming Search, advertising, commerce and measurement into a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Universal Commerce Protocol and launches new agentic shopping tools Google is expanding its UCP with AI-powered checkout, shopping and payments features designed to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google upgrades Asset Studio with Gemini-powered creative generation and video tools Google is adding multimodal Gemini-powered asset generation, video creation and creative testing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Demand Gen with YouTube creator tools Google is introducing new creator partnerships, Maps inventory and AI-powered campaign tools for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google brings Meridian marketing mix modeling into Analytics 360 Google is integrating Meridian into Analytics 360 and launching predictive conversion metric to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Direct Offers with AI-generated bundles, native checkout and travel deals Google is upgrading Direct Offers with AI-generated promotions, native checkout and travel [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches AI Performance Insights and Conversational Attributes in Merchant Center The new Merchant Center tools are set to help retailers optimize product discovery and measure [...] - Search Engine Land
Nearly half of online articles are now AI-generated: Study Study of 55,000 webpages finds AI-written content surged after ChatGPT and now accounts for about [...] - Search Engine Land
Meet Ask Advisor, your new AI-powered collaborator Our new cross product AI agent, Ask Advisor, creates a continuous thread of intelligence to help [...] - Inside Adwords
Fuel your next wave of growth on YouTube with Demand Gen Boost performance with YouTube Demand Gen. Use Gemini AI, Google Maps reach, and new creator tools [...] - Inside Adwords
Asset Studio is entering a new era of AI-powered creativity. We’re introducing new multimodal capabilities into Google Ads’ Asset Studio — [...] - Inside Adwords
A new generation of ads for the AI era of Search Google is introducing new Gemini-powered ad formats in Search and expanding the Direct Offers pilot [...] - Inside Adwords
Google adds llms.txt check to Chrome Lighthouse Google says llms.txt is not needed for AI search visibility, but Lighthouse now flags whether sites [...] - Search Engine Land
100 things we announced at I/O 2026 This year at Google I/O 2026, we announced Gemini Omni, Google Antigravity, Universal Cart and so [...] - Inside Search
Mueller Explains Why Google Uses Markdown On Dev Docs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller says markdown pages can help developer documentation, but most sites should [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 19 2026

AI search loves listicles: What 25,000 URLs reveal about citations by Evertune A review of 25,000 URLs yielded insights about the type of content most cited by ChatGPT and other [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI / ChatGPT Has A Web Cache OpenAI's ChatGPT web search feature does offer a web cache, an offline, locally stored version of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests New Fonts, Links & Products Within Copilot Answers Microsoft is running a number of tests and experiments for Bing Search and the Copilot answers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Clarity New AI Citations Report Microsoft, not to be outdone by Google, added AI citations to Microsoft Clarity, its web analytics [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Markdown Files To Help Docs But Not Used For Search Google has added markdown files, .md.txt files, to the Google Search help documents. But John [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google I/O 2026 Search Ranking Volatility & Update Today is Google I/O, where Google announces many of its new features across its products, including [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI may increase the value of SEO expertise As AI automates repetitive SEO tasks, the biggest advantage may go to practitioners who know how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 19, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How to build custom SEO reports with Claude Code and Google Search Console Connect GSC data to Claude Code, generate custom visualizations, and create flexible reporting [...] - Search Engine Land
The funnel query pathway: A framework for measuring AI visibility Traditional SEO metrics break in AI environments. Here’s a new model for tracking visibility [...] - Search Engine Land
Reasoning lift: What happens to brand visibility when AI thinks harder An analysis of 200 GPT-5.2 responses found high reasoning cites more sources, runs deeper research, [...] - Search Engine Land
How ecommerce brands actually get discovered in AI search See how ecommerce brands can improve AI visibility in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and other LLMs [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Universal Cart, expands UCP and AP2 Google's Shopping Graph is now over 60 billion products. - Search Engine Land
Google lets you build your own app within Google Search with agentic coding This is powered by Google Antigravity and uses Gemini 3.5 right in Google Search. - Search Engine Land
Google Search gains information agents and improved agentic experiences Google will continuously scan the web to give you updated information on your search - as an agent [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search now powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash Google announced Gemini 3.5 Flash today and immediately it is now powering Google Search as the new [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s new intelligent Search box – its biggest change to the search box in 25 years This new search box aims to gives searchers easier access to AI search capabilities, with longer [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Adds AI Agents To Search, Redesigns Search Box At I/O via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google made Gemini 3.5 Flash the default model in AI Mode, redesigned the Search box, and announced [...] - Search Engine Journal
A new era for AI Search We shared the next step in our journey to bring together the best of a search engine with the best [...] - Inside Search
I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era The latest from Google I/O: See how we’re helping you get more done with Gemini. - Inside Search
How AI Mode is changing the way people search in the U.S. One year after launch, see how AI Mode’s users are shifting from keywords to natural language [...] - Inside Search
Introducing the Universal Cart and more ways to help you shop At Google I/O 2026, we introduced an intelligent cart that corrals everything you're shopping, [...] - Inside Adwords

May, 18 2026

Google Search Live Results Updated By AI X Minutes Ago Label Google Search is sometimes showing a label under the Live search results named "Updated by AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Primary Conversion Actions May Be Used For Enhance Predictions Google updated a number of its Google Ads help documentation to say "Primary conversion [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Animated Invisible Edit & Copy Buttons Google AI Mode is now showing an edit and copy button when you mouse your cursor near the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search On How To Optimize For Generative AI With Myth-Busting On Friday, Google published a new help document named Optimizing your website for generative AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
66% Of SEOs Say AI Mode Won't Replace Google Search I asked the SEO community if they think AI Mode will replace Google Search. With Google I/O coming [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
When did 25% efficiency become not enough? AI hype has created unrealistic expectations around automation, making meaningful productivity [...] - Search Engine Land
4 ways to strengthen buy-in for technical SEO work Technical SEO projects gain traction faster when you communicate their value in terms executives [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 18, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO or GEO audits fail without these 3 essentials AI can scale SEO and GEO audits, but only if your system has the right data, methodology, and human [...] - Search Engine Land
The 5-layer framework for measuring GEO performance AI visibility dashboards can’t answer the ROI question on their own. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads costs keep rising, but conversion rates improved in 2025 Google Ads is getting more expensive, but advertisers improving conversion efficiency are still [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 16 2026

SERP FAQ Removal & New Data Challenge Schema’s AI Search Value via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's FAQ removal and new Ahrefs research challenge schema's value for SERP visibility and AI [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 15 2026

Build a martech stack that makes it easy to manage your brand by Canto Struggling with brand consistency? The solution isn't necessarily more tools. It's the right tools, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Spam Policies Apply To AI Responses (AI Overviews & AI Mode) Google updated the leading paragraph in the search spam policies to clarify that the policies apply [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Create Video With AI Beta Google Ads is testing a new "Create video" beta feature that has the Gemini logo next to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode With Direct Hotel Booking Links Inside Responses Google is now showing directly hotel booking links directly inside the AI-generated responses [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Indexing API Is Inundated By Bloggers Google's John Mueller said, "The indexing API is inundated by bloggers trying to act like [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Autocomplete With AI Overview Search Icon Google is testing showing a new icon in the autocomplete search suggestions, as you type your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to model non-linear SEO seasonality with Prophet Traditional SEO forecasts often miss seasonality and volatility. Learn how to model non-stationary [...] - Search Engine Land
Google updates search spam policies to clarify it applies to generative AI responses Using spam techniques to rank well in Google AI responses, like AI Mode and AI Overviews, is [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility Heated, Discover Data Goes Missing, FAQ Rich Results Totally Gone & Google Ads AI Dashboards This week in search I covered, yep, heated Google search ranking volatility kicking in the middle [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The future of law firm SEO depends on authority, not volume Technical SEO and content still matter, but sustained visibility now depends on trust, recognition, [...] - Search Engine Land
GA4 Tracks AI Assistant Traffic, FAQ Results Gone – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google adds AI assistant traffic to GA4, FAQ rich results are gone, Ahrefs tests schema, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why now is the time to prepare for WebMCP AI agents are becoming a new discovery layer, and WebMCP could become the schema markup that helps [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s product packs are now a primary sales channel. Here’s what the data shows Analysis of 63,000+ merchants reveals what separates brands winning traffic from product packs [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 15, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How custom visuals boosted organic traffic by up to 110% A six-month test across 47 articles revealed which visual assets improved SEO performance and which [...] - Search Engine Land
Google publishes guide on optimizing for generative AI features This new guide talks about the differences, if any, between SEO, AEO, GEO and so on and touches on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is moving offline conversion imports out of the Google Ads API Google is pushing developers to move offline conversion imports from the Google Ads API to the Data [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s New AI Search Guide Calls AEO And GEO ‘Still SEO’ via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's new AI Search guide says AEO and GEO are still SEO and names tactics site owners can [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to find and get SEO clients: 19 tips from an agency owner Want more SEO clients? An agency owner will teach you how to capture SEO leads with smart outreach [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 14 2026

ATVs & Non-Motorized Vehicles Can Now Be Listed In Google Vehicle Ads Google is expanding its vehicle ads to support more vehicles in the United States. Specifically, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Automatically Link YouTube Channels Google sent out emails to some advertisers notifying them that after June 10, 2026 they will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Version 24.1 Now Available Google has released version 24.1 of the Google Ads API, this is a minor release with dozens of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Inside ChatGPT Search: how web.run and fan-out queries shape AI visibility New research reveals how ChatGPT fetches pages, selects sources, and summarizes content — [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated May 13th & 14th Over the past day or so, I am seeing a large spike in signs that there is Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics AI Assistant Traffic: Tracks ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude Traffic Google announced that GA4, Google Analytics, has a new AI Assistant traffic measurement. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Your client sent ChatGPT SEO advice: Here’s how to respond The key isn’t arguing with AI outputs. It’s guiding stakeholders through what’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 14, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How to prioritize technical SEO fixes by business impact Not every critical error deserves immediate attention. Focus your resources on the fixes that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics adds AI Assistant channel to measure AI traffic You can now see in Google Analytics which AI tools drive visits and whether users from ChatGPT, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Ads API testing tools in v24.1 release Google Ads API v24.1 adds deeper reporting, expanded AI campaign testing, and new security updates [...] - Search Engine Land
Performance Max (PMax) Google Ads campaigns explained PMax uses AI to maximize conversions across Google Ads. Learn how Performance Max works, when to [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 13 2026

The next era of link building is citation optimization by Citation Labs AI search can leave high-ranking brands out of buyer answers. Link builders need to optimize the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Search Terms Report Shows Best Approximation Of User's Intent Google at some point added a section to this Google Ads document explaining that because of all the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study: Adding Schema Did Not Improve AI Citations On Google, ChatGPT & More A new study from Ahrefs says that adding schema does not and did not boost citations on any of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Tests Merchant Advisor Google is testing a new AI assistant in Google Merchant Center named Merchant Advisor. I assume it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Research’s ALDRIFT: AI Answers That Do More Than Sound Plausible via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's ALDRIFT framework "opens exciting avenues" toward AI answers that do more than [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discover Performance Report Missing Data May 7 & May 8 Google had yet another Search Console reporting bug, this time with the Discover performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Teases New Dashboards Powered By Gemini Google posted a tease for Google Marketing Live where Google Ads will be announcing new dashboards [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why good content still loses in Google Search Strong content can still fail when positioning barriers limit visibility. Here’s how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Why your brand isn’t making the AI recommendation set Many brands optimize for AI citations and extractability before establishing the clarity and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 13, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why TurboQuant could accelerate the shift to entity-driven SEO TurboQuant may help Google improve instant indexing, semantic search, and AI Overviews — [...] - Search Engine Land
Condé Nast CEO: Plan As If Search Traffic Will Be Zero via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch told teams to plan as if search traffic will be zero after three [...] - Search Engine Journal
Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic After years of Google algorithm updates and huge SERP changes, Condé Nast now plans its [...] - Search Engine Land
Keeping Trusted Content Visible in an AI-Powered Search World In an AI-powered search world, visibility is responsibility. Bing is rethinking search with safety [...] - Bing Search
How to reverse-engineer LLM brand visibility and why it matters Learn how to analyze AI outputs, uncover visibility gaps, and strengthen your brand’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Google says Search Query Reports may not show actual user searches Google says Search Query Reports may not show exact searches as AI-driven intent matching expands [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests Merchant Advisor inside Merchant Center Google is testing Merchant Advisor, an AI assistant inside Merchant Center that helps retailers [...] - Search Engine Land
Check out the latest news from YouTube’s Brandcast 2026. Learn how YouTube is helping brands reach people across screens with AI-driven content tools, [...] - Inside Adwords

May, 12 2026

Why vibe coding is becoming an SEO advantage The biggest SEO gains increasingly come from interactive experiences that remove friction and [...] - Search Engine Land
PSA: Bing Webmaster Tools Does Not Distinguish Between http and https Did you know that Bing Webmaster Tools treats http and https as the same property, it does not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Certification Process Updated For Crypto Google posted an update to its Google Ads certification process for several cryptocurrencies and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Dark & Light URLs In Search Results (For The Same URL) Google is testing displaying the URL of the search result snippet where the https portion is a dark [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How negative information spreads from Wikipedia into AI search Negative or outdated Wikipedia content can persist for years, then gain renewed visibility when AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Publisher Pages To Get Links & Featured Posts Google is testing updating the Google Discover publisher pages by adding custom links, featured [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center For Agencies Now Available Globally Two months ago, Google rolled out Google Merchant Center For Agencies in the US and Canada after [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How soft 404s and indexing issues caused a 90% traffic collapse When Google stops indexing your pages, traffic can vanish fast. Here’s how one publisher [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 12, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The delegation boundary: How AI decides which brands win AI assistants shape recommendations, purchases, and transactions, forcing brands to compete for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover performance reporting bug in Search Console You may notice a decrease in clicks and impressions between May 7th and May 8th, it is a reporting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it. The first systematic analysis of Google's invitation-only enhanced publisher profiles on Discover, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds Gemini-powered dashboards for real-time insights Google is turning Ads reporting into a prompt-driven experience, letting advertisers analyse [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 11 2026

The new AI-powered Google Finance is expanding to Europe. This week, the new, AI-powered Google Finance is launching across Europe, with full local language [...] - Inside Search
Winning the next era of local visibility: How AI is changing local search by SOCi Learn how to optimize for AI-driven discovery across Google Search, Maps, and Gemini in this [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Vehicle Ads Now In Standard Shopping Campaigns Google now allows you to run vehicle ads in your Standard Shopping campaigns. Previously, this was [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Gains More Out-of-Stock Options Google has updated its Google Merchant Center landing page requirements help documentation to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tag Manager May Be Coming To Google Ads Interface Google may be integrating Google Tag Manager directly into the Google Ads interface. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Drops FAQ Rich Results In Search & Search Console Google announced on Friday that Google Search, as of May 7th, no longer shows FAQ rich results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Posts Site Visits Assets Documentation Google Ads has posted new help documentation on site visits assets, which we covered as tests [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The legal consequences of using AI — and the safest way to do it AI creates growing risks around copyright, privacy, misinformation, and compliance. Here’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 11, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google Ads, GA4 and CRM numbers never match Attribution models, reporting windows, and customer journeys all create measurement gaps between ad [...] - Search Engine Land
Google may be about to widen the SEO playing field Court testimony and new Google research suggest Google could soon evaluate a much larger pool of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out Merchant Center for Agencies globally Agencies can now manage and optimize product data across all clients in one place as Google expands [...] - Search Engine Land
The new reality of Google’s spam enforcement A Google spam update targets manipulative content, links, and behaviors that violate Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads to auto-link YouTube channels starting June 10 Advertisers will soon gain automatic access to YouTube engagement data and audiences, without [...] - Search Engine Land
Schema Markup Didn’t Move AI Citations In Ahrefs Test via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern An Ahrefs report tested whether adding schema markup to pages already cited by AI improved their [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 10 2026

Google Drops FAQ Rich Results From Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google deprecated FAQ rich results, completing a removal that started years ago. FAQ rich results [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 8 2026

Google AdSense Vignette Ads Drops Back Button Trigger Over Hijack Penalty Google AdSense (and Ad Manager) will drop the browser back button trigger for vignette ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Require Passkey For Certain Sensitive Actions After July 15 Google sent out emails to advertisers that starting July 15, 2026 the Google Ads system will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Custom Columns Supports All Conversion Metrics Microsoft Advertising custom columns now support all conversion metrics - instead of just specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Adjust Its Site Reputation Abuse Policy For EU News Sites Google proposed a number of changes to the EU in order to avoid fines from the European Union. One [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why intent alignment matters more than perfect technical SEO Technical fixes alone won’t resolve weak relevance signals. Here’s how to identify and [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Systems Black Box, Links In AI, UCP Checkout Expands, ChatGPT Ad Manager, Ask.com Shutters & More This week in search we covered more heated Google ranking volatility this morning, it seems big - [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Today - May 8th Many of the third-party tracking tools, not all, but many, are showing some heated volatility this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Journey-Aware Bidding, Expands Smart Bidding Exploration & Budget Pacing Google Ads announced it is expanding both Smart Bidding Exploration and budget pacing. Smart [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New AI Search Links, Core Update Winners And Losers – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google adds subscription labels and inline links to AI Search. Amsive maps core update winners and [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO’s new goal in 2026: Recognition, not rankings Visibility today depends on authority, citations, entity clarity, and brand presence across the [...] - Search Engine Land
How to run prompt-level SEO experiments for AI search Learn how to isolate variables, measure prompt-response inclusion, and build repeatable frameworks [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 8, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to no longer support FAQ rich results FAQ rich results will no longer show in search and the Search Console features will go away. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads surfaces Tag Manager controls inside its interface Google Ads may soon let advertisers manage tags in-platform, streamlining setup and reducing [...] - Search Engine Land
Veronika Höller talks on a perfectly set-up but poor performing campaign A “perfect” PPC account delivered zero revenue—until one critical mistake [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 7 2026

Google Answers If Preferred Sources Overrides Low Quality Signals via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers if Preferred Sources overrides ranking signals. Could it be a [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI SEO punishes lazy marketing strategies by Brick Marketing AI-driven search draws on broader signals, exposing gaps in fragmented campaigns and favoring [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI Max Content & Titles Exclusions On Account Level Coming Google will be bringing content and titles related exclusions to the account level to Google Ads AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Places For Business Finally Mobile Friendly It is 2026 and finally Bing Places for Business is finally mobile friendly. Microsoft Bing sent me [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Call Recording To Default To Yes On July 1st Google sent out emails notifying applicable advertisers that they will default call recording to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use Google and LLM insights to improve international SEO Turn Google and AI search signals into localized content structures that better match regional user [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Improves Links Within AI Mode & AI Overviews In 5 Ways Google announced five new ways in how it is improving linking to web pages from AI Mode and AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing On Search Indexing vs. Grounding Indexing The folks over at Microsoft Bing put together a blog post explaining the differences between [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
8 GEO metrics to track in 2026 AI search is creating new visibility gaps for brands. These metrics help you track presence, [...] - Search Engine Land
5 JavaScript SEO lessons from top ecommerce sites See how Chewy, Harrods, Under Armour, and more brands handle rendering, navigation, structured [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 7, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds AI-powered bidding and demand-led budgeting to Search and Shopping Google is aiming to help advertisers capture untapped demand and optimise spend in real time whilst [...] - Search Engine Land
New AI-powered bidding and budgeting innovations in Search and Shopping New AI-powered bidding and budgeting tools help you meet your goals, manage your budgets and stay [...] - Inside Adwords
Google AdSense removes browser back button trigger for vignette ads This is due to the new Google search penalty for back button hijacking. - Search Engine Land
AI Max vs DSA: Advertisers question control as Google responds Advertisers are questioning AI Max’s lack of granular landing page control compared to DSA, [...] - Search Engine Land
Tools and software to manage AI crawlers accessing your site Learn how to use AI crawler tools and software to optimize for AI crawlability, allow, block, or [...] - Search Engine Land
How to optimize a website for AI crawlers and AI agents Learn how to optimize your site for AI crawlers with technical SEO best practices — and [...] - Search Engine Land
What are AI crawlers and bots? What are AI crawlers? Learn about the different types of AI crawlers, their purposes, what they can [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 6 2026

Google Local Service Ads Account Access Not Loading For Advertisers The Google Local Service Ads account access tab has not been loading and working for advertisers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Gemini 3 Model Options In Search Bar Google is testing letting searchers select the Gemini 3 model they want to use directly in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Official: OpenAI Beta Self-Serve Ads Manager For ChatGPT Ads A few weeks ago, we uncovered the beta self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT Ads. It was before it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews With Author Names & Source (Again) Google is showing the full author name and the source, like LinkedIn - and name or Medium - and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Anchor Links & Favicon Experiences In AI Mode Google is testing an update to the citations, anchor links, and favicons within the AI Mode [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Expands UCP Checkout To Main Search Results In February, Google announced that UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol, powered checkout is available [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google updates links within AI Overviews & AI Mode Google says these updates make it "easy for you to connect with authentic voices and explore [...] - Search Engine Land
AI is reshaping ad creative. Here’s how brands can get it right. AI makes it easy to generate ad creative quickly, but that speed can’t come at the cost of [...] - Inside Adwords
5 new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Search New updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews in Google Search make it easier for you to dive deeper [...] - Inside Search
Your managed WordPress might be blocking AI bots and you can’t see it Your SEO tools show nothing wrong. But platform-level limits may be quietly blocking AI systems [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use Call assets, lead forms, and Message assets in Google Ads Are you making it too hard for customers to reach you? Learn three essential ways to get more leads [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The real strategy behind negative keywords in 2026 From match types to automation, learn how to make smarter exclusion decisions that align with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics Data API adds cross-channel conversion reporting (alpha) Developers can now access unified paid and organic conversion data programmatically, though the [...] - Search Engine Land
Evolving role of the index: From ranking pages to supporting answers Search indexing was built to help humans decide what to read. Grounding is being built to help AI [...] - Bing Search
5 gardening tips you can try right in Search We’ve rounded up the top ways you can use Google’s AI Mode, Search Live and Shopping to [...] - Inside Search
Microsoft: AI answers need a smarter search index AI search is pushing indexes beyond relevance, with Bing focusing on facts, attribution, and [...] - Search Engine Land

May, 5 2026

Google On Keyword Fragmentation And User Needs In AI Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Liz Reid unpacks consequential changes to user search behavior that also impact how to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Unifying the search experience for real growth in 2026 by Level Agency Your customers see the whole SERP. You should too. - Search Engine Land
Google: AI Makes Human Experience More Important For Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says AI's ability to surface common information makes human experience and subjective [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Data Retention Policy Updated Google has posted an update and emailed advertisers on changes to its Google Ads data retention [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Similarweb Data: ChatGPT Ads Click-Through Rates Similarweb published some data sharing the click-through rates for OpenAI's ChatGPT ads. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Web Bot Auth: Validate Authentic Bots Google posted new developer documentation for how to authenticate requests with Web Bot Auth. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How China’s fragmented search ecosystem is reshaping SEO in 2026 Baidu still drives B2B demand, while AI and ecommerce platforms reshape discovery. Here’s how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Says A New Wave Of AI Users Is Transforming Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says a new wave of users are learning that Search can handle more complex questions, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profile Suspensions Spike Over User Account Restrictions Google seems to be suspending Google Business Profiles due to user account restrictions. There may [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing: 1 Billion Monthly Users Are Human, Not Agents Microsoft, during its earnings call last week, announced that Bing hit a huge milestone of 1 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Query intent vs. conversion intent: Why the difference matters What users type isn’t always what they want. Learn how aligning intent signals, behavior, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Turn your data into decisions: 3 things your business needs for growth in the AI era To move at the speed of AI, simplify your data and understand what’s driving growth. Learn [...] - Inside Adwords
Web Bot Auth, Google’s new experimental method to validate authentic bots This is just a limited test now for some AI agents hosted on Google's infrastructure but it may [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 5, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The 10-gate AI search pipeline: Find where your content fails AI search is a multiplicative system where one weak signal limits results. Diagnose bottlenecks, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out new data, experimentation and MMM tools to improve measurement Google is rolling out new measurement tools to help advertisers better connect data, prove impact [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands UCP checkout to main search shopping results UCP-powered checkout initially went live only in AI Mode but it now seems to be available for some [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Testing Web Bot Auth To Verify AI Agent Requests via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is testing Web Bot Auth, an experimental protocol for verifying some AI agent requests with [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Is Testing New Bot Authorization Standard via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google is testing a cryptographic protocol for verifying bot traffic that could make unwanted [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 4 2026

Google Advises Using AI In Best Possible Way For AI Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Director of Software Engineering recommended using AI to boost providing value and said, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Adds Use AI To Add Products Google Ads has added a new option (although, I think Google has said this is coming) under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On AI Overviews & AI Mode Being Isolated Systems (Or Not) Nikola Todorovic, Director of Software Engineering at Google Search, spoke about a presentation he [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Fresh Updates Label For Search Snippets Google is testing a new label for the search results snippet named "Fresh updates." This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why AI visibility starts before search and ends with citations Most visibility is shaped before the query. Learn how influence, entity signals, and original data [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Fixed The 50 Week Data Logging Issue A month ago, Google posted that between the dates of May 13, 2025 through April 27, 2026, just [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years IAC, the owners of Ask.com, have decided to get out of the search business and shut down one of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 tools for doing AEO right now From AI assistants to analytics platforms, here’s how to use today’s tools to [...] - Search Engine Land
Why brand authority beats topical authority in AI search More content won’t make you an authority. AI search rewards brands with visibility, mentions, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 4, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google fixes Search Console’s year-long data logging issue – well, kind of… The data going forward should be correct but the 50 weeks or so of data in the past will not be [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On AI Search & Why Browsy Queries Favor Full SERPs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Liz Reid says AI Mode is suited to complex follow-up queries, while browsy searches may [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 3 2026

Ask Jeeves Is Gone After Nearly 30 Years Of Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Ask.com, the search engine formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. IAC discontinued the search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Ask.com shuts down after over 25 years The turn down web page says, "Jeeves’ spirit endures." - Search Engine Land
Google’s March Core Update Shifted Visibility Away From Aggregators via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Data shows YouTube, Reddit, and aggregators lost US search visibility after Google's March core [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 2 2026

What Google & Microsoft Earnings Say About Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet and Microsoft earnings show search ad revenue growing while Google Network revenue fell to [...] - Search Engine Journal

May, 1 2026

Performance Max for B2B: 5 best practices Learn how to guide AI, improve lead quality, and use signals, creative, and reporting to get better [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI Max: AI Brief, Text Disclaimers & Shopping & Travel Expansion Google annnounced a number of new updates for AI Max within Google Ads. These include (1) AI Brief, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Preferred Sources Now Available For All Languages Globally Back in December, Google expanded Preferred sources globally, but only for English-language [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover With New You Asked To See Label Google is showing a new label on the Discover feed that says "You asked to see." This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
April & May 2026 Google Webmaster Report I missed last month's Google Webmaster Report, so I am combining both April and May into one big [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A blueprint for semantic programmatic SEO Learn how to map authority, embed brand context into AI, and build a semantic linking system that [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Back Button Hijacking Notices & AdSense Triggers, Bing Webmaster Tools Teases AI Reporting & More This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search May Be Deindexing URLs At Higher Rates SEOs and site owners are always complaining about indexing issues with Google Search. Why is this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI Overviews Clicks Get Tested, Earnings Tell Two Stories – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google repeats the bounce clicks claim. Alphabet and Microsoft report from the revenue side. More [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to build SEO agent skills that actually work Most AI SEO “skills” are just prompts. Learn the system behind reliable agents: tools, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 1, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API v20 sunset set for June 10 Google Ads API v20 will stop working on June 10, requiring advertisers to upgrade or risk [...] - Search Engine Land
Advanced technical SEO tips: 14 technical SEO issues you’re missing Think you've got your technical SEO buttoned up? Think again! Find out what you may have overlooked [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tells Developers To Build For AI Agents, Not Just Humans via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's web.dev guidance advises developers to treat AI agents as a distinct visitor type and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Preferred Sources Is Now A Global SEO Signal via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Preferred Sources is now available as a global signal that can help SEO for Top Stories [...] - Search Engine Journal