Google's August 2026 spam update ran from August 18 to August 21, and the company updated its site reputation abuse policy to exempt searchers in the EEA. Google also began pushing AI Mode into AI Ove…
Google Search is testing fully expanded AI Overviews for some queries, pushing users into AI Mode without requiring a click on the 'Show more' button, and is now showing shopping ads in a carousel for…
Microsoft is now requiring all users to log in before using Copilot, but Copilot Search answers within Bing Search do not require sign-in, according to Krishna Madhavan, Principal Product Manager at M…
Google is now displaying shopping ads in a carousel format and a singular ad unit inline within AI Mode results, with an additional ad unit at the bottom, according to Brodie Clark of SERPalerts. This…
Google is testing a new AI Overview experience in Search that loads the full AI Mode answer by default, with the 'Ask anything' box already open, pushing organic results further down the page. The cha…
Google announced it will not enforce manual actions under its site reputation abuse policy in the European Economic Area (EEA) starting August 30, 2026, due to a mandate from the European Commission, …
Google Search ranking volatility continued this week following its spam update, and Google confirmed it is rolling out google.com/goto tracking parameters to replace direct links in search results to …
Google is testing a sign-in prompt within its AI Mode search results, displaying a Google logo and a 'Sign in to save your...' button, as spotted by Sachin Patel on X and Search Engine Watch. The feat…
Google has rolled out three new travel features in AI Mode within Google Search, enabling users to track flight prices, view points or miles rates, and book hotels directly through conversational sear…
Google is rolling out google.com/goto tracking redirect URLs in its search results, a move aimed at preventing scraping by third-party tools and AI companies, though Google has not commented. Separate…
Microsoft is testing renaming the Copilot Search AI answer box at the top of Bing Search results to "AI Overviews," the same name Google uses for its AI answer results in Google Search. The test, firs…
Microsoft Advertising has launched a new Search term landing page reporting template as part of the global release of AI Max, providing advertisers with full insights into AI Max's performance, accord…
OpenAI has added a new Shopping tab to the left sidebar of ChatGPT, labeled as "new" as of August 18, 2026, for users in the EU. The tab leads to a landing page and a dedicated search page, featuring …
Google is rolling out google.com/goto tracking parameters in its search results, a change confirmed by a Google spokesperson as a technical measure against evolving forms of abuse, including scraping …
Google Vice President of Product Robby Stein asked on X what feature users want in AI Mode, prompting responses from SEOs and publishers requesting more links, verifiable citations, and fair compensat…
Google's August 2026 spam update, which ran from August 18 to August 21, has left search ranking volatility continuing, according to the Search Engine Roundtable. Google has expanded Local Services Ad…
Google has expanded link carousels for developing topics to AI Mode, following their earlier rollout in AI Overviews, as announced by Robby Stein on X. The carousels display web pages directly in AI M…
Google is beta testing a new Product titles report in Google Ads that shows AI-created product titles when they are more relevant than the advertiser's original titles. The report, spotted by Yash Man…
Google Ads is testing loading sponsored results in mobile search with an animation that references Gemini, showing 'Evaluating sponsored results' with Google and Gemini logos. Separately, Google annou…
Google is now displaying AI Overviews above stock charts for stock price queries such as [GOOG stock] and [MSFT stock], a change from earlier placements below the chart, according to a report by Barry…