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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search…
Google Search Console Indexing Report Missing Old June Data
The Google Search Console page indexing report is now missing a huge chunk of data from June 2026. It seems something is super…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Degrades EU Search Quality, Losing Faith In Your Site, AI Mode Match Types & Google Maps Photo Scams
This week we covered how Google said it launched its biggest reduction in search quality in Europe over the DMA laws. Google also…
What Wikipedia Reveals About AI Overviews And Web Traffic
A University of Washington paper estimates AI Overviews reduced search referrals to Wikipedia by about 5%, a metric Google…
Google Shopping Ads X Days Left Attribute On Sponsored Ads
Google Ads is running a "very early experiment" to show a new attribute in sponsored results in Google Search. This attribute…
Google Ads Reporting Segments For Loyalty Program Members
Last month, Google Ads added a new customer retention option named Loyalty program members. Now Google Ads can segment reporting…
Google Ads Sponsored Results Label Alignment Is Off (Sometimes)
Google may have a bug with some of its search results formatting, where the sponsored results heading is sometimes not…
Google Adds Post View Counts To Business Profiles
Google says Business Profile post view counts are rolling out globally for posts published in the past 18 months, combining views…
Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify
Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify Shopify are moving from React Native back to separate Swift and Kotlin codebases…
23 Marketing AI Platforms Marketers Should Know About
Name an AI use case, and there's probably a tool for it.
Google Search Deez Nuts AI Overview Easter Egg
If you conduct a blank search on Google Search, you will get an AI Overview that says "...nuts? ð¥" It seems like one of those…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 10, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search…
YouTube Gives You Feedback On Shorts Before Publishing
YouTube is expanding Get Feedback, a tool that reviews a Shorts before publishing, to U.S. users
Google Expands Data Manager And Adds Uplift Measurement
Google expands Data Manager across GA and DV360 and introduces a Data Strength Uplift Metric to measure the impact of first-party…
Google: The Old Position 1-10 Is Hard To Map For Site Owners
Google's John Mueller responded to questions about how impressions are counted for Generative AI in Google Search Console. Google…
Google Ranking Factors Survey: Content & Backlinks Most Important
There is a new Google ranking factor survey out for 2026. It has been a while since we had one, and it is here. This one was done…
Bait & Switch: Google Ads Revoking Credits After Advertisers Spend Them
Google Ads has been offering new and existing customers credits to encourage them to spend on the advertising platform. But…
Google Ads Beta Experiment: Budget Or Bidding Targets For Search Campaigns
Google Ads has a new beta variable to test within its experiments area named "Budget or bidding targets for Search campaigns."…
Google Maps Phone Number in Photo Scam
Scammers are using the Google Maps contributor program to upload AI-generated photos with phone numbers, tricking users into…
Le Monde Says AI Overviews Haven’t Hurt Its Audience So Far
Le Monde says its audience hasn't dropped since AI Overviews launched in France, while app traffic and subscriber growth…
San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company…
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