Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Back Button Hijacking Notices & AdSense Triggers, Bing Webmaster Tools Teases AI Reporting & More
This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent out notifications about back button hijacking penalties to those sites that have the problem. Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the penalty…
Google Search May Be Deindexing URLs At Higher Rates
SEOs and site owners are always complaining about indexing issues with Google Search. Why is this page not indexed, why is that page not indexed. But some seasoned SEOs are asking if Google is more picky about what it indexes in the past month or so, …
Google Preferred Sources Now Available For All Languages Globally
Back in December, Google expanded Preferred sources globally, but only for English-language content. Now, according to The Verge, Google’s preferred sources support all languages globally.
Google Ads AI Max: AI Brief, Text Disclaimers & Shopping & Travel Expansion
Google annnounced a number of new updates for AI Max within Google Ads. These include (1) AI Brief, (2) text disclaimers and (3) Expansion with AI Max for shopping and Search Campaigns for travel.
Google Discover With New You Asked To See Label
Google is showing a new label on the Discover feed that says “You asked to see.” This label is added to items in your feed that are customized based on the Tailor Your Feed feature.
April & May 2026 Google Webmaster Report
I missed last month’s Google Webmaster Report, so I am combining both April and May into one big report. Google completed rolling out the March 2026 spam update in March, and started the March core update, which completed in April. We also had a lot …
Agency – Thisisagency.AI
Meet Agency. Agency is an Agentic HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) Operating System where you are the CEO of an agency of 81 AI employees.
Read the full article here Agency – Thisisagency.AI © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anderson
What is Agentic SEO?
Definition: Agentic SEO is the evolution of search strategy from manipulating outdated SEO tactics to proactively structuring factual, consensus-driven, reputation-based “ground truth” for generative AI comprehension (a process known as Ans…
What is Agentic Engineering?
Agentic Engineering moves us from talking to software to employing it.
Read the full article here What is Agentic Engineering? © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anderson
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 30, 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 and Microsoft reported earnings…
Microsoft Ads PMax Website Publisher URL Report Gains Conversion & Spend
Microsoft Advertising has added conversion and spend metrics to the PMax Website Publisher URL report. So if you check out the report, you will see a bunch more insight and data into the performance of those ads.
Google Showing More Links & Citations Within AI Mode?
Google may be testing showing more links and citations within the AI Mode results. Google has done this with AI Overviews a year or so ago and now may be testing it with AI Mode results.
Google Ads Tests Select Partners To Run Ads With
Google Ads is testing more transparency around its partner network, letting some advertisers select if they want to run their ads on the search partner network and/or Google Display Network. It is labeled Partners in Alfa.
Google Ads Recommendations New Results Tab
Google Ads seems to have added a new tab to the recommendations section named “results.” I assume this section will show the results of any implemented recommendations you selected within your Google Ads campaigns.
Agency: The Agentic Website Quality Evaluator
Thisisagency.ai is out of beta on May 1st 2026, to a select few invitees to test out before wider launch in early May 2026.
Read the full article here Agency: The Agentic Website Quality Evaluator © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anderson
Google Ad Revenue Up 15.5% With Overall Revenue Up 22%
Google reported its earnings today, its Q1 2026 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 15.5% at $77.3 billion and overall revenue was up 22% at $109.9 billion…
Bing Ads Revenue Up 12% – New Growth
Microsoft reported its third quarter 2026 earnings and it showed that its search and advertising revenue was up for 1120% and that means its ad growth is growing again. The previous quarter it was up 10% before that, up 16% and the one before that wa…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 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.
Some Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the new back button hijacking search penalty…
Google Tests Enter AI Mode Button For AI Overviews
Generally, when Google wants to take you into AI Mode from an AI Overview, it uses a button that says see more or some variation of that. But now Google is testing “Enter AI Mode” as the call to action.
The April 2026 SEO Update by Yoast recap
Each month, we host an SEO update covering the latest in search and AI. During this month’s edition, our SEO experts Carolyn Shelby and Alex Moss, cover everything from the latest advances in Agentic AI to Google’s spam and core updates and why simply publishing more content is no longer enough and in many cases […]
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