Archive of July, 2026

July, 31 2026

AI is building your digital experience. It’s also making it less accessible. by AudioEye AI is generating more of the web, and it's carrying the same accessibility gaps with it. Marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May Treat Search Box Pages As A Site Quality Issue via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google said that spammed search box pages may become a site quality issue and dealt with as if they [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Insights Carousel Google Ads may be rolling out a new design for its insights section where it gives you the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Business Agent Conversation Campaign Type OpenAI is testing a new campaign type named Agent, which allows you to send ChatGPT searchers and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads To Require D-U-N-S Numbers For Some Google has begun alerting some advertisers that it will soon require D-U-N-S numbers for businesses [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Products Are Stuck In Pending Status Google has yet another bug with the Google Business Profiles platform. This one is with products [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why separating brand and non-brand campaigns improves ROAS Strong ROAS can mask where your budget goes. Here's how separating brand campaigns drives revenue [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Platform Properties Live, Google Ads Lead Journey Mapping, Microsoft Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More SEO This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Ads Predictive Matching Moving To Search Term Matching Microsoft Advertising is moving its Predictive Matching targeting option to Search term matching [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Blocking Internal Search Results Not In Google Guidelines Anymore But... In the latest Search Off the Record podcast, John Mueller from Google said that it is no longer in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI shopping starts with your product feed, not your product page AI shopping uses structured product data to decide what shoppers see. Here's why your Google [...] - Search Engine Land
AI makes SEO faster, but human expertise still wins The biggest gains come from using AI to accelerate strategy, not replace original thinking. See [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 31, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Why every SEO team now needs a social topical map Your YouTube channel may already have Google Search visibility you're not measuring. Build a social [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics adds campaign diagnostics for missing aggregate identifiers The new Google Analytics alert helps marketers identify missing URL parameters that can reduce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google publishes its first dedicated guide for YouTube audio ads Google YouTube audio ads help doc, brings the format's setup, specifications, and best practices [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 30 2026

5 strategies for increasing AI visibility without messing up your SEO by Bodhium Labs Learn how to balance AEO and search performance with smarter content decisions, stronger [...] - Search Engine Land
Almost Half Of Google Searches Have AI Overviews & Climbing Doesn't it feel like you are always seeing AI Overviews at the top of all your Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Blames Website For Race Based AI Overview Response Normally, I wouldn't cover political topics like this, but with Google trying to copyright its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Offline Conversions With GBRAID URL Parameter Help Doc Google has a new help document in the Google Ads support area on how to set up offline conversions [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Tests Read Later Queue Carousel Google is testing a new carousel at the top of the Google home page on mobile for Google Discover. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to turn news articles into assets for AI search Liquid content gives publishers more ways to package, distribute, personalize, and monetize [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Related Searches Based On Your Browsing Google is now testing showing related searches based on your browsing. I suspect this is based on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Ads With AI-Generated Descriptions Google is now testing AI-generated descriptions on shopping and product ads. We saw this with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Multi-location SEO: How to structure geographic pages at scale Build your local presence around real locations, markets, and service areas instead of turning [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build a keyword clustering tool with Python Automate the process of grouping thousands of search queries into coherent topics for faster, more [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 30, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Selling SEO or AI services? Your sales team needs more than a pitch deck When sales is rewarded for closing deals and delivery is judged on results, unrealistic SEO and AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests AI-generated descriptions in Shopping ads Google extends its AI-generated ad description test to Shopping ads, expanding it experiment they [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches Structured Data Files v10.1 for Display & Video 360 Google Display & Video 360's latest Structured Data Files update adds AI labels, DOOH support [...] - Search Engine Land
AI models favor familiar brands in search: Study The analysis of AI searches found 63% of brand-specific searches involved one of each model's five [...] - Search Engine Land
WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores via @sejournal, @martinibuster WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a safe way for fast-growth brands to modernize and scale [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 29 2026

Google On SEO Impact Of URLs Injected Into HTML By CMS Platforms via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains the SEO impact of random URLs injected into web pages by CMS [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Illyes Unsure On Shifting unavailable_after Dates via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes said he would need to check whether pushing an unavailable_after date forward [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller says if sites are serving conflicting metadata, they should fix the conflict, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Open Knowledge Format Adds Five Trust Signals via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced version 0.2 of the Open Knowledge Format, introducing five new trust signals. - Search Engine Journal
What 15.7 million AI Mode citations reveal about getting quoted by Google by Pillarbase A year-long study of 15.7 million AI Mode citations across 148 industries shows exactly which [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Budget Panel Google Ads has introduced what it calls "Budget Panel," which should be able to be found [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Target CPA & Target ROAS As Explicit Bidding Strategy Options The Google Ads interface now shows Target CPA and Target ROAS as explicit bidding strategy options [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Doesn't Publish Precedence For Metadata In Conflict Google's John Mueller confirmed it has not and likely won't publish publicly Google Search's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Lead Journey Mapping Google Ads posted details about a new feature it calls "Lead Journey Mapping." Lead [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How prompt injection puts your brand and AI workflows at risk Prompt injection attacks put your customers, AI agents, LLM referral share, and vendor stack at [...] - Search Engine Land
The Problem With unavailable_after - Google Might Not See Updated Dates Google supports the unavailable_after meta attribute, which will tell Google not to show this page [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Testing Pricing On Product Images Microsoft seems to be testing showing pricing on the product images within the Bing Search organic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to scale SEO content updates with Claude Code See how a 14-step workflow diagnoses content decay, protects rankings, and drives measurable [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Platform properties are now globally live Plus, Google released new help documentation on how to analyze the social and video data. - Search Engine Land
Google Platform Properties Now Fully Live Earlier this month, Google announced platform properties, a way to see content that you manage but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ghost citations: Why AI search cites your content, not your brand Around 40% of AI citations leave the source brand unnamed, exposing a blind spot in how companies [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 29, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO scope creep happens and 7 ways to prevent it Small, unbilled SEO requests add up fast. Use these seven steps to control scope creep, price extra [...] - Search Engine Land
Prepare for the holiday season with July’s Demand Gen Drop. Prepare for the holiday season with upgraded tROAS bidding, Checkout Links, and more from [...] - Inside Adwords
AI halftime report: H1 2026 AI search grew, token spending surged, software stocks fell, and publishers lost traffic. [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Ads Revenue Up 10% Microsoft reported its fourth-quarter 2026 earnings, showing that its search and advertising [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 28 2026

Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Shared Claude chats showed up in Google. We checked the pages and found a noindex header sitting [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google SEO Test Shows What Happens In 5-Second Rendering Window via @sejournal, @martinibuster A new SEO test shows what happens when Google's Web Rendering Service continues past five seconds: [...] - Search Engine Journal
5 strategies to remove negative search results in 2026 by Erase.com How to remove, deindex, and suppress negative content in Google and why AI search changes the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI Generated Images With Upload Image Feature Google Ads has given advertisers the ability to upload an image when creating AI-generated images [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Allow For Social Casino Games Ads Google updated its Google Ads policies to begin to allow for Social Casino Games. Social Casino [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Gain Product Clicks & Non-Product Clicks Metrics Google Ads has added two new product reporting metrics to some reports, product clicks and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Ad Preview Hub For PMax Campaigns Microsoft Advertising has rolled out the Ad Preview Hub to now support Performance Max campaigns. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why creator content belongs in your AI search strategy Creator reviews, videos, and social content shape AI citations, sentiment, and visibility — [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Page Indexing Report Delays Providing Static Data Since June 11th, Google Search Console's page indexing report has been getting stuck and not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Status: Has Improvements Google Ads may have released a new ad status named "Has improvements." I don't see any [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO reduces blended customer acquisition costs SEO’s value extends beyond organic conversions. See how it supports other channels and [...] - Search Engine Land
5 ways to host the ultimate dinner party with Google Search These AI features can help you craft a menu, design a tablescape, and handle other party-planning [...] - Inside Search
These Google Trends show people really want to touch grass Google Search data reveals a growing desire to unplug and connect in real life with local run [...] - Inside Search
5 ways AI Mode in Search helps you enjoy the real world It might sound counterintuitive, but Search's AI tools can actually help you make the most of your [...] - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 28, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Putting Google Ads AI Max’s automated ad copy to the test See where AI-generated assets helped ecommerce, B2B, and B2C campaigns — and where human [...] - Search Engine Land
Google indexed Claude Chats because Anthropic didn’t block your private chats from search engines If you make URLs accessible to search engines and do not exclude them properly, search engines will [...] - Search Engine Land
Attribution vs. incrementality: Why you need both Attributed conversions don’t always equal incremental growth. Knowing the difference can lead [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads appears to separate Target CPA and Target ROAS bidding strategies Google is giving Smart Bidding targets greater visibility, potentially making bidding strategy [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out AI content labels across its advertising platforms Google's AI content label helps advertisers disclose AI-generated or edited creatives as [...] - Search Engine Land
Heavily AI-Flagged Pages Still Rank Across Google’s Top 10 via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Data ties higher AI detector scores to lower positions and to fewer pages in Google's index, though [...] - Search Engine Journal
SMX Advanced expands in 2027: See you in San Diego or Boston More opportunities to learn from expert speakers, join in-depth Q&A, and connect with top SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 27 2026

Google Expands Review Guidelines And Warns Of Manual Actions via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google expanded its review snippet documentation with new ways content can trigger a manual action. - Search Engine Journal
ChatGPT Ads Manager Budget Changes, New Features, API & Ad Formats OpenAI has released a number of new features and changes to ChatGPT Ads Manager over the past week [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Editor Version 2.13 Is Now Available Google has released version 2.13 of the Google Ads Editor, which includes 17 new features and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Household Income Exclusions For PMax Google Ads is reportedly offering a new exclusion type for Performance Max campaigns. This one is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Conversion Measurement Doc Updated With Timing & Data Sources Google has made numerous changes to its help document on Google Ads conversion measurements. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Request Indexing Issue With Robots.txt Files? Google may have a bug or issue with using the request indexing or recrawling your robots.txt files [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Be Penalizing AI-Generated Content As Thin Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google may be penalizing AI-generated content under an expanded definition of thin content. - Search Engine Journal
Google Review Snippets Prohibits Fake or Undisclosed Incentivized Reviews Google updated its review snippets structured data markup guidelines on Friday to provide a pretty [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Dashboard In Blue Google may be slowly rolling out a blue colored background for the Google Business Profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO and PPC alignment starts with your org chart Break down silos with the right team structure, shared goals, and data exchange to improve [...] - Search Engine Land
7 feedback loops for self-improving AI content workflows Turn recurring corrections into stronger research, better drafts, more consistent editing, and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to audit your AI entity footprint See how clearly AI understands your business, where the evidence falls short, and what to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 27, 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 Business Profile address changes can disrupt local rankings Changing an address doesn’t always change where Google thinks a business is located. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google begins rolling out in-account certification applications Eligible advertisers will soon be able to apply for select policy certifications directly within [...] - Search Engine Land
Google makes passkeys mandatory for Google Ads API users The update makes passkeys mandatory for new Google Ads API authentication while leaving existing [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 26 2026

Google Search Ranking Volatility July 24th Through The Weekend As I mentioned in my Friday video, there were some rumblings kicking into gear starting late [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 25 2026

Google Says Why It May Ignore Robots.txt And Negatively Impact SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains a robots.txt quirk that can cause Googlebot to ignore robots.txt [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 24 2026

Your client just asked if they show up in ChatGPT. Now what? by AgencyAnalytics It's the top new client request of 2026, and most agencies still can't answer it with data. Here's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Recommended By Google Al In Conversion Summaries Google Ads now uses its AI to make recommendations within the conversion summary dashboard. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Gambling Certification Applications & Standards Update On 8/26 Google is updating the Google Ads certification applications and standards for gambling, including [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Comparison Listing Ads Now CSS Product Listing Ads Google Ads seems to have replaced Comparison Listing ads with CSS Product Listing ads. It has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Related Search Format To Be Retired On August 6th Google is doing away with the related search format for Google AdSense auto ads. Google said it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads AI Max For Shopping Campaigns Expands Last May, Google announced AI Max within Google Ads is rolling out in closed beta globally. Well, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to revive overlooked ecommerce SKUs with Performance Max When products stop getting traffic, they also stop building the signals Google needs to serve them. [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Sends Billions Of Clicks From AI Search, Publisher To Block Google, $120 Billion Quarter, EUâs $1 Billion Fine & More This week... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Gains More AI Features Google continues to add more AI features to the Google Merchant Center portal. We saw Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Fading Out Related Searches On Hover Microsoft is testing fading out the related searches in the Bing Search results. When you hover [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The hidden cost of a ‘wait and see’ SEO strategy Freezing SEO investment can cost you visibility, authority, and momentum. Here’s how to keep [...] - Search Engine Land
7 reasons your SEO tests fail and how to fix them Your SEO test showed a lift. But did your change cause it? Isolate incremental impact and know when [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 24, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
AI search can’t verify your business — here’s how to fix it An audit of 71 businesses found major gaps in AI retrievability, from unreadable websites and dead [...] - Search Engine Land
Google says don’t include fake or undisclosed incentivized reviews in review snippet structured data Google updated the review snippet structured data markup documentation with some new guidelines and [...] - Search Engine Land
Household income exclusions spotted in Performance Max campaigns Advertisers can now exclude specific household income segments at the campaign level while keeping [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor 2.13 brings AI Max support to Shopping campaigns The new editor expands offline campaign management with new AI-powered Shopping features, and [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 23 2026

Google Search Revenue Growth Eases After A Year Of Acceleration via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet's Q2 Search revenue rose 17% to $63.27 billion, its first easing after four quarters of [...] - Search Engine Journal
EU Fines Google $1 Billion Under DMA For Anti-Competitive Search Dominance The European Union has fined Google ''¬890 million (about $1 billion) for breaches of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Review Not Posted Email Notice Google is now sending out notifications when a review is not posted after a user tries to submit a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API Version 25 Now Available Google has released version 25 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release with dozens of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Tests Rounded Corners Google is testing using rounded corners for the stories and cards that show up in the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Manager Gains Conversions Value Tooltips OpenAI has added a new tooltip to the conversions column within the ChatGPT Ads Manager. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The worst thing you can be in an SEO job interview is forgettable SEO skills are now the baseline. Learn how side projects, experiments, and other tangible work can [...] - Search Engine Land
Large Publishers Strongly Considering Blocking Google Search Completely Several large publishers are strongly considering blocking Google Search entirely after clicks from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Hotel Search Updates In EU Based On DMA Google may be rolling out updates to its hotel search results based on the European Commission's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google fined €460 million over self-preferencing Search and €430 over Google Play The European Commission under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has fined Google about $1 billion. - Search Engine Land
Alphabet Q2 Earnings Show $5.85 Billion Negative Free Cash Flow via @sejournal, @martinibuster Alphabet's Q2 release shows Google's infrastructure spending caused it to report a negative free [...] - Search Engine Journal
Technical debt in SEO: When to fix vs. when to ignore Every crawl uncovers thousands of issues. Learn to separate urgent blockers from low-priority tasks [...] - Search Engine Land
AI Max spotted in Google Standard Shopping campaigns AI Max in Standard Shopping campaigns suggests advertisers could gain AI-powered query matching, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API v25 adds YouTube metrics and loyalty campaign goals Google Ads API 25 expands measurement capabilities, introduces retention-focused goals, and new [...] - Search Engine Land
How to prepare for Google’s DSA sunset and move to AI Max AI Max changes how Google targets searches, creates ads, and selects landing pages. See what to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 23, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads automation makes governance a competitive advantage Better business signals, guardrails, and feedback loops keep Google’s automation focused on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile products: 3 ways to productize your presence Should you use Google Business Profile Products, in-store products, or Merchant Center? Learn which [...] - Search Engine Land
How to find trending topics Find trending topics before your competitors do. A step-by-step system for catching topics while [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT gains access to Yelp reviews, ratings, and photos Yelp will feed real-time local data into ChatGPT, including reviews, photos and quote requests, [...] - Search Engine Land
AI made content a commodity, but you can harness expertise to stand out Commodity content blends in and gets ignored. Learn to audit your output, assign AI to the right [...] - Search Engine Land
Google says AI Max unlocks billions of new monetizable searches Google says AI-driven intent matching boosts conversions, expands ad opportunities, and reshapes [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build an ecommerce product discovery engine Find trending products before your competitors. Learn how to find trending ecommerce products early [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 22 2026

Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Watch A Video And Learn Your Job via @sejournal, @martinibuster Anthropic's Claude Cowork can turn a video of a person doing a task into a skill so that it can do [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Mode & ChatGPT Tests Bottom Card Citations Both Google AI Mode and OpenAI ChatGPT results are testing placing the citation cards on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Lawsuit Against SerpApi Over Scraping Search Results Dismissed Last December, Google sued SerpApi over scraping its search results, and now a court has granted [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Appeals Limits Set To 6 Months Google Ads updated its appeals guidelines and documentation yesterday afternoon to say you can no [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Its Crawl Budget Doc: Every Site Starts On Conservative Crawl Google has updated its Optimize your crawl budget page, it said to "improve clarity, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A 4-step health check for your target ROAS and CPA Your bidding strategy is only as good as the targets behind it. Validate them with practical [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Using Latest Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google Search said it is now using the latest Gemini model named 3.5 Flash-Lite. It is being used [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Moved Missed Opportunities From Labs To Recommendations Tab Google Ads has moved the formerly known as "Missed Growth Opportunities" from Labs into [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The data-backed case for publishing less content Publishing more articles won't always improve SEO. Learn how indexing, crawl budget, and content [...] - Search Engine Land
Does topical authority matter in AI search? New Semrush data shows topical authority still matters in AI search, helping brands earn and defend [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 22, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How semantics and topical authority improve local SEO Creating fewer, more purposeful pages can improve relevance, reduce duplication, and strengthen [...] - Search Engine Land
Another Google Local Bug: Google Local Review Replies Not Displaying Another day, another bug with Google local, specific with reviews. Today's bug is that the review [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads rolls out video campaign groups globally Google launched video campaign groups, allowing advertisers to optimize YouTube reach and frequency [...] - Search Engine Land
Google loses key DMCA claims against SerpApi in scraping lawsuit Google has 21 days to amend part of its lawsuit after the court found its SearchGuard allegations [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ad Revenue Up 14.5% With Revenue Up 24% - Biggest Quarter Ever Google reported its earnings today, its Q2 2026 earnings report showed search ad revenues up by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 21 2026

Google’s Liz Reid Discusses Persistent Autonomous Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Liz Reid discussed persistent search, a profound change to how users interact with search. [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Google Analytics Bulk Linking Google Ads is testing a new bulk linking option to attach your Google Analytics account to multiple [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Open Sitelinks Button In Search Microsoft Bing is testing an open button that says the site domain and when clicked, shows you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Image Section In Shopping Panel Microsoft seems to be testing a new image section in the Bing Search shopping panel. Sometimes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How category framing changes which brands AI recommends The language your customers use to search can shape your brand's AI visibility. Learn what new [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Services Ads Transitioning To Google Ads Platform Google announced it is transitioning the Google Local Service Ads platform into the main Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Performance Max Doc: AI Generates Text Customization & More Google made several changes to the About Performance Max campaigns help document. Most of it just [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Schema for AI search: How to identify and prioritize entity gaps Schema markup does more than power rich results. Build a knowledge graph, assess entity coverage, [...] - Search Engine Land
The new SEO rules for bloggers in 2026: Why clarity matters in AI search Forget AI plugins, word counts, SEO scores, and fake freshness. Focus on better content, stronger [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 21, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3.5 Flash-Lite Rolling Out In Google Search Google said Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is designed for both low-latency tasks and tasks where high [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads adds missed growth estimates to the Recommendations tab Google Ads' new beta estimates the clicks, conversions, and revenue you may be missing due to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads simplifies GA4 setup with bulk account linking Google Ads now lets advertisers bulk link multiple accounts to a single GA4 property reducing [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT topic ownership is rare, and SEO alone doesn’t explain it Mentions matter more than citations, and narrow leads often change, revealing the instability of AI [...] - Search Engine Land
13 Google tips for a fun, productive summer off from college Discover how college students can use Google AI tools, like Gemini and AI Mode, to prep for grad [...] - Inside Search

July, 20 2026

Google Downplays Search Console “Error” Reports. Says Many Aren’t Real Problems via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google downplays many Search Console "error" reports, saying the tool was never meant to [...] - Search Engine Journal
ChatGPT Showing Two Ads In Footer Of Results OpenAI seems to have started to show two ads in the footer of the ChatGPT responses. Generally, we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Content API Extended Access Form Now Available As many of you know, the Google Content API for Shopping is being replaced by the Google Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Warns Not To Place AI Labels On Corners Of Images Google updated its use AI content labels help document, which it first created on July 9th when it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The biggest technical SEO time-wasters to avoid Some technical SEO tasks deliver measurable value. Others can wait. Here's how to tell the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: We Send Billions Of Clicks To Websites Weekly Through AI Search Nick Fox, Google's head of search, said on Friday that Google's AI Mode and AI Overviews - its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Warns Not To Uninstall/Reinstall Google & YouTube Shopify App Google has updated us on the Google and YouTube Shopify app issue with uninstalling and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to evaluate Google Ads creative before testing it Evaluate Google Ads creative with the MOCA framework before it enters testing, so you're [...] - Search Engine Land
Local Services Ads come to Google Ads via Performance Max Advertisers will gain a unified campaign management experience with automatic Google Business [...] - Search Engine Land
A practical guide to AI-driven personalized search See how personalized AI search uses entities, context, and multimodal signals to influence [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 20, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tag Manager adds guided setup for Google Ads purchase tracking GTM's new guided setup simplifies Google Ads conversion tracking by automatically configuring key [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands Brand Lift Studies with enhanced measurement option Advertisers can now choose between standard and enhanced Brand Lift Studies, trading a higher [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI search is reshaping link building strategy AI search is changing how authority is measured. Learn why backlinks still matter, how entity SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Must Share Anonymized Search Data With Rivals via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern EU binding rules require Google to share anonymized Search data with eligible rival engines and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google drops $50K ad spend requirement for Lead Form assets Google broadens access to it's native lead generation format while adding new integrations and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google confirms Local Inventory Ads will be enabled by default Google has confirmed that Local Inventory Ads will be enabled by default for all Shopping campaigns [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 19 2026

“Are You A Bot” Screens Can Get Your Pages Dropped By Google via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Mueller explained how an "are you a bot" screen can push a site's pages out of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Ranking Volatility This Weekend - Around July 18th Google may have released yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking update this weekend. I am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 18 2026

Google NotebookLM Rebrand May Expose Your Site To More AI Scraping via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's NotebookLM rebrand may expose websites to more AI scraping with zero attribution unless [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 17 2026

Google Explains SEO Connection Of Site Quality To Non-Indexed Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says that overall site quality is more than just text. How users experience [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Renamed NotebookLM Useragent To Google-GeminiNotebook As many of you know, Google has user-triggered fetchers including Google-NotebookLM. But with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google StoreBot Accessibility Issues Help Document Updated Google has updated the help document named How to fix: Google StoreBot crawler can't access your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Black Magnifying Glass Icon In Search Bar Microsoft Bing is testing using a black colored magnifying glass in the search bar and box. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google 7/11 Update, Bing Penalties, Google Images, AI Overviews AI Images, Google Ads Updates, ChatGPT Ads Features & Apple Maps This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Making Broader Smart Bidding Updates? Google Says No. The PPC community has been going wild over the change that is coming to Google Ads around bidding [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Did Google Maps Turn Off OpenTable Reservations? Google has removed its help document named "Make OpenTable reservations in Google Maps" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to report SEO results executives actually care about If your reports still lead with rankings and traffic, you may be proving SEO performance while [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 17, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google says AI Search features sending billions of clicks to websites each week Nick Fox, SVP at Google, said Google continues to send billions of clicks to the web every day and [...] - Search Engine Land
Top Stories roll out in Google AI Overviews This is now live in the United States for mobile users and will expand to more in the future. - Search Engine Land
Google brings business data feeds to Demand Gen campaigns Google is bringing business data feeds to Demand Gen, enabling dynamic ads without Google Merchant [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson Apple Maps ads ban home services, crypto ATMs, and bail bonds. Learn which businesses qualify and [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 16 2026

AI SEO: Writing That’s Specific May Get Cited More via @sejournal, @martinibuster AI SEO that prioritizes content that is specific may be a key to getting cited by AI search engines. - Search Engine Journal
Google Manufacturer Center Removed Manual Update Or Add Products Google sent out an email to those who use the Google Manufacturer Center to remind them that the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: You're Are Better Off Without Lastmod Dates When They Are Incorrect Gary Illyes from Google said that you are better off not using a lastmod date in your XML Sitemap [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Merge Google Shopping Ads & Free Listing Policies To One Policy Google announced it will consolidate and merge the Shopping ads and free listings policies into a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Turn On Local Inventory Ads By Default For Shopping Campaigns Google just sent out an email to Google Ads advertisers noting that it will turn on local inventory [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Maps Ads Bans Home Service Businesses With Updated Terms Apple has posted new Apple Maps policies where it now says it is prohibiting home services, such as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Performance Max Product Reporting Now Uses All Networks Google Ads updated its Performance Max product level reporting back on June 15th. This report now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s job Indexing API isn’t the shortcut you think it is Learn the difference between notification, crawling, and indexing, and use a free tool to check [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Discovered vs Crawled Not Indexed Quality Issues & AI-Generated Content Google's John Mueller and Martin Splitt spoke about the Google Search Console indexing report in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The DMA should not undercut security & privacy for Europeans Today's decisions risk undermining vital privacy and security guardrails for millions of Europeans. [...] - Inside Search
4 types of content decay and how to fix each one Some pages need a refresh. Others need a different strategy entirely. Here's how to tell the [...] - Search Engine Land
How to move beyond lead volume in B2B PPC The longer the sales cycle, the less lead volume tells you. Build a feedback loop that helps Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 16, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How to run a local GEO baseline audit Find out whether AI recommends your business, gets your information right, or favors competitors [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode adds Instacart, Canva and YouTube Music integrations U.S. users can move from planning to checkout, design or listening as Search links AI responses [...] - Search Engine Land
Connect more of your apps to Search You’ll be able to securely link and interact with your go-to services directly in AI Mode. - Inside Search
Google changes default Local Inventory Ads behavior Google is making Local Inventory Ads the default for eligible Shopping campaigns and replacing [...] - Search Engine Land
6 back-to-school shopping tricks every student should know Whether you're decorating, refreshing your wardrobe or picking up last-minute essentials, these [...] - Inside Search
Beach vibes and temporary wallpaper are trending for back-to-school season. College students are eager to turn their dull dorm rooms into cozy spaces. Here are the Google [...] - Inside Search
Google expands Performance Max product reporting across all networks Google has expanded PMax product reporting to include all eligible networks, resulting in a [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 15 2026

Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Significant Differences With A/B Tests Can Show In Search Results Google's John Mueller noted that if your A/B tests are "significantly different" from one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Bans Prediction Markets Product Ads Michigan & New York; Expands Shopping Ads & Free Listings Google announced it is no longer allowing the advertisement of prediction markets contracts and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Get Location & Audience Exclusion Controls OpenAI added more features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, the ability to exclude your ads from showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms Testing Hide Sponsored Products In Shopping Results Google has confirmed that it is testing the hide and show sponsored results within the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Your next customer may discover your brand on TikTok before Google The first decision is often emotional. Google increasingly becomes the place to validate it. Here's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Image Search Home Page Goes From Simple Search Box To Gallery Google Image Search turned 25 years old and to celebrate, Google revamped the Google Image Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI Image Generation Now Within Google AI Overviews Google AI Overviews can now generate AI images based on your questions, directly in the AI Overview [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Says No SEO Penalty For Year-Long A/B Tests? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Mueller says long A/B tests won't result in SEO demotions, contradicting official guidance [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why the SEO vs. PPC debate is finally over AI shifted buying decisions beyond the click, making SEO and PPC complementary parts of the same [...] - Search Engine Land
Why CPC inflation starts before the auction Rising CPCs start before the auction. Learn how brand, reach, and post-click experience shape paid [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Where AI agents get stuck on your site AI agents retrieve most B2B website content, but pricing often sends them to third-party sources. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is AI Mode’s No. 2 most-cited domain: Report Google-owned business and product cards are taking a bigger role in AI Mode, especially for local [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests Performance Max network controls with new Partners (Alpha) setting Google is testing new PMax controls that let advertisers control ads showing on Search Partners and [...] - Search Engine Land
EU expected to rule Google favored its own services in search Required search changes could affect how comparison sites, travel platforms and shopping services [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 14 2026

OpenAI Crawlers Can Update Its User Agent String OpenAI made a number of clarification changes to its crawler help documentation to say that version [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights For AI Mode & AI Overviews Google Merchant Center is rolling out a beta AI Performance report that shares how well your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Manager Gains Attributed Sales Value & Sales ROAS & Products OpenAI has added new metrics to the ChatGPT Ads manager advertiser control center. The new metrics [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixes Google-InspectionTool User Agent String In Help Doc Google has updated its Google crawlers help documentation to fix a typo under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI search gives old negative content new life AI-generated answers can turn outdated articles into influential citations. Learn how to reduce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Expands Alcohol, Gambling & Games Policy Google Ads has posted that it has (1) expanded its alcohol policy to expand the approved geographic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Asks For Justification When Requesting Removal Of Access Google Ads is now asking you to note a justification for when you request the removal of access for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Hidden gem publishers outperform major media on audience affinity: Study Media lists still prioritize traffic and domain authority, even as AI visibility depends on [...] - Search Engine Land
Why standard SEO advice fails for travel websites Feed management, entity optimization, and modular content matter more than traditional ranking [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Visual semantics: The missing piece of topical authority Patents, research, and case studies suggest Google looks beyond text. Learn how page design [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews now lets you create image Google uses the latest Nano Banana model to create images directly in Google Search's AI Overviews. - Search Engine Land
Google Image Search drops clean search box and adds gallery of images Google Image Search has turned 25 years old and is now making its biggest change to its home page [...] - Search Engine Land
Celebrating 25 years of visual search innovation Google Images is turning 25. Here’s a look back at some major milestones — and new ways [...] - Inside Search

July, 13 2026

Google Business Profiles New Collected Info (Visuals) A few weeks ago we reported on a new Google Business Profiles help document change that talks about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing: We Do Not Do One Off Indexing / Ranking Penalties, It's Not Scalable Krishna Madhavan, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, said that Bing does not do one-off [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Sticky Sponsored Results With Gray Curved Borders, Again Google is testing a slight update to the sticky sponsored results interface that it tested back in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Conversion Tracking Status: Awaiting Conversions & Misconfigured Google Ads has updated the conversion actions overview statuses it shows in the Google Ads user [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why agentic commerce will matter more than ChatGPT ads Google, Amazon, and OpenAI are building AI-powered buying. Here's why your product data matters [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Reaffirms Include Canonical On Canonical Page Itself Google has updated its canonical help document to say "Do include a rel="canonical" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Previews For Assets, Text Customizations & Final URL Expansion Google Ads now lets you see ad previews by filtering by assets, plus you can preview examples of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to close the identity gap between your brand, search, AI, and buyers Your strongest traffic signals may be reinforcing the wrong brand identity. Learn how to uncover [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Around 7-Eleven We may have had another unconfirmed Google Search ranking update around July 11th, which I will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 13, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Email Support Broke Google Ads email support option seems broken right now, when you try to use it, you get a notice [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
6 SEO priorities for AI shopping AI can't recommend what it can't understand. Here's how to make your products easier for AI systems [...] - Search Engine Land
Optimize your reach and frequency across campaigns with video campaign groups. Coordinate reach and frequency across campaigns while still maintaining individual campaign [...] - Inside Adwords
SMX Now: Build better site architecture for SEO, AI, and users Learn a proven five-phase framework for clearer navigation, stronger taxonomy, and content AI can [...] - Search Engine Land
How to justify GEO investment without perfect attribution You don’t need perfect attribution to prove GEO’s value. Track the metrics that connect [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 10 2026

Link building for legitimacy: Building brand credibility in a competitive search environment by Resolve Don’t get distracted by flashy metrics like search volume. Instead, focus on the metrics that [...] - Search Engine Land
Hack: Google AI Performance Reports For Platform Properties There is this hack (or trick) to force Google Search Console to show you the generative AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Canonicalization Issues May Take Up To Two Weeks To Resolve Google has updated the Fix canonicalization issues help documentation to add a new section to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads New Overview Tab, Expands To Japan & South Korea OpenAI has been busy adding and expanding its ad platform, ChatGPT Ads. OpenAI sent out an email [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Gemini Intelligence signals a new era for search and commerce Google's latest AI announcement signals a future where agents use websites on behalf of people. [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Breaks Usage Records, Social & Video Platforms Show In Search Console & More Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More This week in search, we covered how Google's Nick Fox announced Google Search broke all usage [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Now Show AI Creation/Edited Labels Google Ads will now show if an ad was credited with AI or edited with AI across Search, YouTube and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Automatically Assigns Product Categories With Evolving Taxonomy Google Ads updated its About product category insights help document to say that it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google clarifies canonicalization fixes can take up to two weeks to resolve Google made updates to some of its canonicalization documentation to clarify timing and more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol: The SEO implications AI can discover, compare, and buy products on users' behalf. Learn how to prepare your product [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI sets Aug. 9 end date for ChatGPT Atlas Atlas will retire less than a year after launch as OpenAI shifts AI browsing and task automation [...] - Search Engine Land
Why frontloading your ad spend usually backfires Launching with a bigger budget doesn't guarantee faster growth. Here's how to build momentum [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 10, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How to win SEO budget conversations with your CFO Your CFO doesn't care about rankings or traffic. Frame SEO around business risk, CAC, and pipeline [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Showing Empty Review Dashboards via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Some Google Business Profile dashboards show “no reviews yet” even though public review [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Says Canonical Re-Evaluation Can Take Up to Two Weeks via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting guide with new guidance on how long pages can [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 9 2026

Google Says Search Hit All-Time Usage High During World Cup via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Nick Fox said Search saw its highest usage on record during Argentina's comeback win over [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s New Merchant Listing Structured Data Improves SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's new Category and Sale Duration structured data properties give merchants a way to rank [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Generative AI Controls Rolling Out Beyond UK Sites Google seems to be rolling out the new Generative AI controls in Google Search Console to sites [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests Favicons In Sponsored Results Sitelinks Google is testing placing favicons in the sitelinks portion of the sponsored results from Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Travel Search Campaigns Expands For Things To Do & Events Beta Google announced it has expanded Search campaigns for Travel to an open beta for the Things to Do [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Stop saying ‘best practice’ and start bringing proof SEO stops sounding like black magic when you can point to the exact Google doc that backs it up. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google drops Next from Merchant Center Next Google Merchant Center Next is now know as just Google Merchant Center. - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center Next Is Now Just Google Merchant Center Google has removed "Next" from Google Merchant Center Next and it is now to be known as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Formats That Don't Allow Alcohol Ads Google Ads updated its alcohol policy to provide more examples of ad formats that don't allow [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 ways AI can turn Google Search Console data into action Find hidden patterns, classify search intent, spot trends, and prioritize SEO opportunities without [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 9, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Winning the AI decision layer: From AI discovery to agentic commerce AI engines now decide which brands to recommend, trust, and transact with. Learn the six steps to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google expands AI ad disclosures across Search, YouTube, Discover Google will show whether ad creative was created or edited with AI. The AI-made ad disclosures are [...] - Search Engine Land
Expanding AI transparency in ads We're introducing new AI transparency features to help people understand the ads they see and give [...] - Inside Adwords
Ask YouTube AI search experience expands to U.S. desktop users Signed-in U.S. viewers can now ask natural-language questions and get AI responses with videos, [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Reviews Bug: You Have No Reviews Yet A new day and a new Google Business Profiles review bug. It seems a ton of business owners are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 8 2026

Want to present at SMX Next? Now’s the time to submit a pitch! If you’re on top of the latest techniques and what’s to come in SEO, PPC, and AI [...] - Search Engine Land
The future of performance marketing isn’t more vendors. It’s making your stack work harder. by Rokt mParticle As performance pressures mount, the future of marketing success lies in transforming your data [...] - Search Engine Land
An Easy Digital PR Strategy For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Marketing a brand online for AI Search can be easier than you think. Here's a strategy to get you [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads New AI Max FAQs Google has posted some new frequently asked questions to the Google Ads AI Max help document. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Product Results Contact Store For Price Label Google Search normally shows product listings with pricing on them, but sometimes it can show [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Appeals Adds Evidence Uploads In Workflow Google has updated its Google Business Profile appeal process and flow to allow businesses to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to build an AI-powered content gap analysis workflow See how to combine Semrush, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and Claude to prioritize the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests google.com/goto Tracking URLs In Search Results For the past week or so, I have heard a few folks notice that Google is appending tracking URLs to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Conversions Last Event Ping Timestamp Google added a useful detail to the active conversions screen, to show you when was the last time [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to make your SEO strategy more commercially aware Prioritize SEO using the metrics that matter most to the business, including revenue, [...] - Search Engine Land
5 questions to ask AI vendors before buying a tool Separate genuine solutions from AI hype by evaluating business value, data policies, customer [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why most original data never gets cited Primary research is rare, but it earns 3.3x more AI citations per page. Learn why benchmark studies [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday Nick Fox, Senior Vice President of Knowledge & Information at Google, said Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT citations change when hidden search pipelines switch Two analyses found ChatGPT’s hidden search systems can change its sources, making citation [...] - Search Engine Land
AI Search Is Exposing SEO’s Risk Of Losing GEO Outcomes via @sejournal, @martinibuster Search marketer Tom Critchlow says AI Search is exposing the question of whether SEO still owns GEO [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 7 2026

Google On Using Markdown For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller responds to the trend of creating a set of markdown pages to mirror HTML [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Visit Site Button On Google Ads Sponsored Results Google is testing a large "Visit site" button on the sponsored results, the Google Ads, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Expert Personalized Advice Google AdSense may have added a new setting that lets you specify if you want Google AdSense [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Gain New Audiences Targeting OpenAI is rolling out Audiences as a targeting option within ChatGPT Ads. I don't see a help [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Building a brand worth finding: Signals that fuel discovery AI search favors brands with strong reputations, consistent messaging, and trusted third-party [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Adds Product Category & Sale Duration To Merchant Listing Doc Google has added to its Merchant listing structured data documentation help page that it now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Newish Apply Theme To Asset Group Google Ads has a newish option when you create an asset group named "Apply theme to asset [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console gains reporting on social and video platforms There is a new way to verify and filter your performance reports, insights reports and achievements [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Now Shows You Instagram, TikTok, X & YouTube Content Search Performance Google Search Console can now show how your social and video content perform within Google Search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Used or cited: The two ways brands appear in AI search Learn how AI engines use and cite brand information, how to measure both, and why traditional SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google merchant listings support sale duration and product category These changes aim to align more with the Google Merchant Center feed and capabilities. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 7, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Hydration and SEO: How it works and why it matters From server-rendered HTML to interactive pages, understand where hydration fits and when it can [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Playbooks: What does Google recommend? All of Google's Business Profile best practices in one place, with what's unique to restaurants, [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 6 2026

Google Answers Question About LLMs-Author.txt For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller responded to an SEO using LLMs-Author.txt to separate themself from others [...] - Search Engine Journal
Further Exploration Found In The Wild Within Google AI Overviews Back in early May, Google announced five new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google & YouTube Shopify App Sync May Cause Mess After August 18th Those of you who use the Google and YouTube Shopify app to sync your products automatically from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Product Detail Overlay With Retailer Pricing, Price Insights & More Microsoft Bing is testing product detail screens, overlays, when you click on a product listing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Meta AI could become search’s sleeping giant Meta AI is bringing AI-powered search to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Learn why its [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Cloudflare Content Signals Robots.txt Directive Has No Effects John Mueller from Google said that the new Content Signals robots.txt directive invented by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Ads Can Generate Ads For You OpenAI's ad platform, ChatGPT Ads, is now using AI (I guess) to generate ads for you. The ad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Engine Land welcomes Traffic Think Tank to its community portfolio Traffic Think Tank will continue operating as a private Slack community while expanding member [...] - Search Engine Land
How to measure prompt-level visibility in AI search You can't measure every AI recommendation, but you can build a reliable picture of your brand's [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 6, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
6 SEO priorities to rethink for AI search AI search is changing which SEO efforts have the biggest impact. Learn the three priorities to [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT commands 92% of AI referral traffic. Here’s what 6.77 million sessions reveal. AI referrals are surging, volatile, and shaped by internal search, landing page fit, and [...] - Search Engine Land

July, 5 2026

Safari’s New MCP Server Enables AI Debugging For SEO And CWV via @sejournal, @martinibuster Apple's WebKit announced a new MCP server for Safari that enables AI-based website debugging for [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 3 2026

Google Tests New Local Places Layout Design Google is testing updating the design for the local pack and places listings within Google Search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fourth Of July 2026 Doodle Celebrating 250 Years Of The USA Google has posted its Fourth of July Doodle for 2026, the United States Semiquincentennial [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Third-Party Rates For Hotel Ads Feature Going Away On Sept. 30 Google added a note to the About Google third-party rates for hotel ads saying after September 30, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Performance Max Experiments Beta Types Microsoft Advertising has opened up a new betas for Performance Max experiments. There are now Max [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June Spam Update Done, Fraud DMCA Takedowns Breaks Google, Costly Google Ad Budget Changes & More This week, I covered that Google's June 2026 spam update completed last Friday afternoon. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Reviews Go Missing For Many Businesses Google reviews seem to be disappearing from Google Business Profile local listings. In the past few [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Restrictions & Penalties Are Additive Google will add to existing penalties or restrictions on your Google Business Profiles if you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Page Indexing Report Has Been Fixed & Updated Google has fixed the page indexing report within Google Search Console after it was struck and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is investigating reports of reviews going missing and pausing reviews on local listings Google has confirmed it is investigating the reports of bugs with reviews in Google Business [...] - Search Engine Land
Google indexing report in Google Search Console fixed After a long three-week delay, Google has finally updated the page indexing report with new data. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 3, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

July, 2 2026

Google’s DMCA Crisis Is Disrupting The Web. It Will Only Get Worse. via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's DMCA Crisis is turning a copyright protection system into a tool that bad actors can use [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Updates All Campaigns Drop Down Google has reportedly updated the Google Ads "All Campaigns" drop-down selection box to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Sends Searchers To Site-Hosted AMP Pages Instead Of Cached Page Google updated how it handles sending searchers to AMP pages within Google Search. Now Google will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
You Can Now Unsubscribe From Google Ads Expert Book Call Emails Google has now added an unsubscribe option to those book a call with your Google Ads expert emails [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Performance Max Channel Diagnostics Google Ads is testing a new Channel Diagnostics feature for Performance Max campaigns within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Makes Changes To Bidding For Campaigns Limited By Budget Google Ads, as we covered earlier, made changes to Target CPA & Target ROAS. But now, Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
July 2026 Google Webmaster Report Here is the monthly Google Webmaster report, where I summarize the major organic Google Search news [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools Backfilled Data For AI Performance Reports On June 1st If you take a look at the Bing Webmaster Tools newish AI performance reports, you may see more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How competitors target your branded traffic with Google Ads Learn how dynamic keyword insertion, comparison pages, and brand modifier keywords influence [...] - Search Engine Land
What 1 million keywords reveal about AI’s impact on search A large-scale study of search behavior shows which industries are losing demand, where it is [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 2, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
A Google Ads targeting tactic that cut invalid clicks by 50% After Google said it had already filtered suspicious activity, this unexpected approach restored [...] - Search Engine Land
Why proprietary data is your most defensible AI citation asset Original data helps pages stand out in search, but structure determines whether AI cites it. Learn [...] - Search Engine Land
Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why AI deliverables should be judged by outcomes, not effort If two deliverables produce the same outcome, should it matter whether one took 20 hours or 20 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ends Cache-Served AMP Pages In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search now takes searchers directly to a domain's AMP host pages, ending the viewer/cache [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Mueller Flags A Case On Why LCP Fixes Miss the Target via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern John Mueller points to a Google case study showing how customizable layouts can skew which element [...] - Search Engine Journal

July, 1 2026

Fabrice Canel retires from Microsoft Bing after legendary career Canel worked at Microsoft for about 30 years and was responsible for indexing, Bing Webmaster [...] - Search Engine Land
Fabrice Canel Retires From Microsoft After Almost 30 Years Of Service Fabrice Canel has announced he has retired from Microsoft as of today. This comes after almost 30 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Trends Adds Comparison Over Time Data & Chart Google Trends now lets you plot the change of interest in keyword phrases over time and then [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New WordPress Plugin Safely And Easily Connects AI To Your Website via @sejournal, @martinibuster WPVibe WordPress plugin makes it easy to connect virtually any AI to your WordPress site and safely [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Tests AI Generated Summaries Under Descriptions Google is testing the placement of AI-generated summaries in Google Ads sponsored results, right [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Fraudulent DMCA Takedowns Wreak Havoc In Google Search Google has always allowed you to request that content be removed from Google Search via the legal [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Ad Intents To Add AI-Gemini-Generated Content Google is adding AI-generated content, generated by Gemini, to Google AdSense ad intents formatted [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How campaign structure shapes Google Ads performance Better automation starts with better account architecture. Learn how to strengthen signals, reduce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode Improves Links For Recipes, Again Recipe bloggers really have Google's ear, as Google has made yet another official change to its AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Showing Markdown Files In Snippets Unexpectedly Google AI Overviews can show the contents of the markdown files of web pages directly in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Trends adds previous time period comparison You can now quickly add a line to the chart to show previous time period comparison. - Search Engine Land
Why TikTok deserves a place in your SEO strategy TikTok is adding new ways for businesses to be discovered, from Local Feed and AI summaries to [...] - Search Engine Land
Fabrice Canel, Longtime Bing Search Leader, Retires From Microsoft via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager who led Bing's crawling and indexing team and [...] - Search Engine Journal
GraphRAG: What entity-first retrieval means for SEO GraphRAG explains why AI is shifting from isolated text to connected knowledge, and what that means [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 1, 2026 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
In memoriam: A tribute to Bruce Clay A longtime search leader’s final industry conversation explores AI, content structure and the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests AI-generated summaries in Search ads Google is testing AI-generated summaries beneath Search ads, potentially giving its AI a larger [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search now sends searchers directly to publisher-hosted AMP pages Google will continue to support the open-source AMPhtml format, the company told me. - Search Engine Land
Google adds Channel Diagnostics to Performance Max Google's Channel Diagnostics for PMax, helps advertisers identify missing or disapproved assets [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT Thinking mode changes which brands get cited Only 25.6% source overlap between minimal and high reasoning across 100 prompts and 20 buyer [...] - Search Engine Land
The latest AI news we announced in June 2026 Here are Google’s latest AI updates from June 2026. - Inside Search