Google tests moving AI Overview source count to the bottom of responses
Google is testing a new placement for the AI Overview source count, moving it from the top to the bottom of the response. Hovering reveals the full list of citations.
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Google Placing Source Icons At Bottom Of AI Overviews
Google is testing moving the citations or sources icons to the very bottom of the AI Overviews. Previously, these icons appeared at the top of the AI Overview; now Google is testing placing them at the bottom, which may make it even harder to find the …
Google Ads API Version 26.2 Now Out Available
Google Ads has just released a minor update to its Google Ads API – version 26.2. This update touches on assets, campaigns, reporting, and more general updates.
Google Search AI Overview Definitions Expanded By Default
Google is expanding the AI Overviews for definitions by default, where you no longer have to click on “Show more” to see the full version of the AI Overview. This is similar to when Google confirmed it dynamically expands some AI Overviews based on the…
Google: How Moving to a CDN Can Accidentally Overwhelm Your Website
Gary Illyes and Chery Prommawin released the final video in the Non-Canonical Cabinet series, this one is on CDNs, content delivery networks. They discuss why migrating a website to a CDN can suddenly increase Googlebot crawling activity, why this may …
Google tests mixed blue and black sitelink colors in sponsored ads
Google is showing a mix of blue and black sitelinks in sponsored ads, following earlier tests with each color individually.
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Yahoo tests ads inside Yahoo Scout
Yahoo appears to be testing sponsored ads in Scout, with placements in product carousel results and citation cards.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 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 forums on the web.
Google has begun the rollout of the November 2026 core update…
Screaming Frog alternatives for every website audit job
Looking for a Screaming Frog alternative? Here are 16 options, with what each tool does well and how much it costs.
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Your Brand Is Becoming A Search Query
[ Summary ] Build source preference by consistently giving people useful information, reliable expertise, distinctive analysis, products, services, or experiences. Over time, people may stop searching only for answers and begin searching specifically f…
Your Brand Is Becoming A Search Query
[ Summary ] Build source preference by consistently giving people useful information, reliable expertise, distinctive analysis, products, services, or experiences. Over time, people may stop searching only for answers and begin searching specifically f…
New Google Ads Overview Page: Customer Journey Insights
Google Ads posted a new help document about customer journey insights. “Customer Journey Insights is a new Google Ads Overview page reporting card pilot for eligible advertisers. It provides transparency into how your campaigns move users across conver…
Website migration to a headless CMS: SEO challenges & fixes
Moving a site to a headless CMS changes how pages get rendered, how metadata reaches the page and where redirects, sitemaps and robots rules live. These are the SEO problems that come up most and how to fix each one before launch.
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Google Crawled/Discovered – Currently Not Indexed A Site Quality Issue
This is not new, but hey, John Mueller from Google said it again, getting a status of Crawled/Discovered – Currently Not Indexed within Google Search Console’s page indexing report may be a sign that Google doesn’t think your site or those pages are hi…
Google Ads Visit Site Link In Mobile Search Ad Description
Google Ads is also adding the Visit site link in the mobile ad descriptions for search ads. We saw them on the desktop ads with a Visit site button and also on organic results search and now also as a plain text anchor link in the mobile ad descriptions.
Google Merchant Loyalty Program New Eligibility Requirements
Google has posted new eligibility requirements for the merchant loyalty program. As a reminder, Loyalty is an add-on feature in the Merchant Center for merchants with an existing loyalty program who want to showcase its benefits on Google.
Google Ads Performance Max Page Feeds Updated
Google Ads has updated its Page feeds section for Performance Max campaigns to help advertisers understand how it works. These changes look like they should make it easier for advertisers to know which pages to feed to the ad algorithms.
Bing adds blue hyperlinks to organic result descriptions
Bing appears to be testing clickable blue hyperlinks within organic search descriptions, potentially giving websites another way to drive traffic to category pages.
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Google Ads Brand Lists Global Brand Library
Google updated its About brand settings for Search and Performance Max help document to clarify how to manage brands within your brand list. Specifically, Google said, “Google’s brand library uses single, global canonical brands rather than individual …
8 best keyword clustering tools for turning keywords into a page plan
We compared eight keyword clustering tools by method and price. Then we show how to turn the clusters into a page plan, with a worked example.
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