Archive of June, 2026

June, 12 2026

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

June, 10 2026

US Publishers Demand Common Crawl Stop Scraping Their Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Digital Content Next sent Common Crawl a cease and desist letter demanding it stop scraping [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO Panel Agrees: Brand Is The New Backlink For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordCamp SEO panelists say AI visibility depends less on chasing clicks and more on branding, [...] - Search Engine Journal
11 PPC errors uncovered in recent B2B audits From broken conversion tracking to unmanaged automation, these common mistakes continue to waste [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Rejected Google Review Replies - The Hidden Rejections A new study has been released that looks at the review replies that have been rejected by Google. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests Blue Dotted Underlines Sitelinks On Sponsored Listings Google is testing a new format for sitelinks within the search ads, sponsored listings. This format [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Google Zero Click Searches To Open Web Fall To 27.6% Rand Fishkin and friends (Sparktoro and Similarweb) released an ongoing Google zero-click study [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Schema.org Adds Usage Statistics For Schema Types The folks over at Schema.org have added usage statistics to each schema type. So if you want to see [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Updates Applebot Docs To Include Siri AI & AI Features Apple has made changes to its documentation for AppleBot to include crawling and usage for its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How real people actually prompt AI — and what it means for GEO Survey data reveals how users combine short queries with personal context — and why that [...] - Search Engine Land
Research Suggests AI Engines Assign Ranking Roles To Sources via @sejournal, @martinibuster BrightEdge research suggests AI engines assign citation roles to Reddit and LinkedIn for ranking [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to make SEO reports more actionable Turn keyword research, audits, and technical findings into clear recommendations stakeholders can [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 10, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Sends 23% Of Queries To The Open Web via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New data shows most U.S. Google searches end without a click, with a shrinking share of traffic [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to make prompt tracking much more accurate AI answers are variable, but measurable. Use repeated runs, confidence intervals, and journey [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 9 2026

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

June, 8 2026

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

June, 7 2026

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

June, 5 2026

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

June, 4 2026

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

June, 3 2026

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

June, 2 2026

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

June, 1 2026

Google Disco Ball Doodle Google's Doodle today is an animated Disco ball, titled "The Art of Disco." Google wrote, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Downplays Google Zero Concerns via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google CEO Sundar Pichai downplays Google Zero concerns, saying low-quality clicks are being [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads New Branded Searches Controls For AI Max Google Ads is rolling out branded searches controls to some advertisers within AI Max. This allows [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Hosted Forms Leads Screen In Google Ads Google Ads has a new leads section under the Conversions section that shows Google-hosted form [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode & AI Overviews Sliding Carousel For Link Cards Google is testing a new way to show citation link cards within AI Overviews and AI Mode. In this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use schema markup to optimize for the agentic web AI agents rely on structured data to understand and act on your content. Learn how schema markup [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Invalid Activity Credit Report - New Help Document Google added a new help document to the Google Ads help documentation section named About the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Begins Limited Test Of Healthcare Ads In AI Mode Google has confirmed it is doing a small test of healthcare-related ads in AI Mode. Ginny Marvin, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How a ‘client brain’ gives AI the context SEO work needs Structured client memory helps AI-generated work stay grounded in brand guidance, campaign history, [...] - Search Engine Land
Link intent: How to combine great content with strategic outreach Link intent combines authoritative content with strategic outreach to build links, referral [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 1, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New SER Volatility Aggregator Chart & Backend Update The Search Engine Roundtable Google volatility aggregator tool is finally live. This takes the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Commerce media expands beyond retail sites with Demand Gen integration The update now lets brands use retailer data to reach high-intent shoppers across YouTube, Discover [...] - Search Engine Land
DV360 API Adds Demand Gen Support Advertisers and developers will soon have new tools to automate campaign management and targeting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Data Manager API with GMP event ingestion Google is helping advertisers unify measurement workflows and boost audience match rates across [...] - Search Engine Land