Daily Search Forum Recap: March 25, 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 released the March 2026 spam update yesterday…
Google March 2026 Spam Update Unleashed
Google has released the March 2026 spam update on March 24, 2026 at around 3:20 pm ET. This update applies globally and to all languages and will take a few days (not weeks) to complete.
Google Adds Properties For Discussion Forum & QA Page Markup & Documents Robots Tags Outside HTML Head
Google had made a few changes to its SEO developer help documentation. First it documented how Google Search handles and processes robots meta tags outside the HTML head. Second, it added more supported properties for Discussion Forum and QA Page markup.
Report: Google AI Overviews Show Less Often For Breaking News
There is new data out from Newzdash that shows just how often AI Overviews appear within Google across new sections. And while AI Overviews shows 60%+ of the time for health queries, when it comes to breaking news and major headlines, it shows less th…
Google Tests “Skip Digging, Start Guided Research” Driving Users to Web Guide-like Results
Google is testing showing a call to action in the search results that says, “Skip digging, start guided research” which drives users to a Web Guide-like results page.
Google Business Profile Performance Metrics Offer Data Added To Help Doc
Google added a new section to the “Understand available performance metrics” within the Google Business Profiles help documentation. The new section added a section on offer data and it shows the number of times customers viewed and clicked on offers o…
Google Ads Retires Several Old Ad Format Requirements
On March 17, 2026, Google retired some of its Google Ads policies on Ad format requirements. These are specific to “old ad formats that are no longer in use are also being retired,” Ginny Marvin of Google.
TurboQuant: From Paper to Triton Kernel in One Session
Implementing Google’s KV cache compression algorithm on Gemma 3 4B and everything that went wrong along the way. On March 24, 2026, Google Research published a blog post introducing TurboQuant, a compression algorithm for large language model inference. The paper behind it, “Online Vector Quantization with Near-optimal Distortion Rate” had been on arXiv since April […]
Google “Working” On Expanding AI Mode Personal Intelligence Globally
Google was asked if Personal Intelligence in AI Mode will come to paid accounts across the world (not just the US – where it has hit non-paid accounts). Google replied… (Now is the point where you click on the article…)
Google AI Mode Tests Changing Some Links To Overlay Cards – Reducing Clicks
Google is testing changing out some of the links within AI Mode to show as overlay cards, instead of take you directly to the website it is mentioning. This obviously will result in fewer direct clicks to those websites.
Google Tests Reply To Reviews With Al
Google is testing encouraging business owners to reply to reviews using AI. There is a new option in the Google Business Profile dashboard that is showing for some businesses that says “Reply to reviews with AI.”
Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance Reports Add Grounding Queries To Pages
In February, Bing rolled out new AI Performance reports within Bing Webmaster Tools. Bing announced a new feature for this report that connects the Grounding Queries and Pages views within the AI Performance report.
Local Ads Coming To Apple Maps
Apple is reportedly launching local ads within Apple Maps, as soon as this month. “Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce advertising in its Maps app, part of a broader push to generate more money from services,” Bloomberg wrote.
Is Google PageRank Still Relevant in 2026?
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Meet Elsa: Agency Secretary
Meet Elsa: Agency Secretary pic.twitter.com/xkMGP1VlV1 — Shaun Anderson (@Hobo_Web) March 23, 2026 If you’ve spent any time navigating the Agency platform, you know that the experience isn’t just about clicking buttons – it’s about a relati…
Microsoft Bing Tests New AI Image Search
Microsoft seems to be testing a new AI-powered image search interface and result set for Bing Image Search. If you do a search on Bing Images, on the right side you may see a button for “New Version.” That new version says you can “try a new version of…
Microsoft Bing Tests New AI Image Search
Microsoft seems to be testing a new AI-powered image search interface and result set for Bing Image Search. If you do a search on Bing Images, on the right side you may see a button for “New Version.” That new version says you can “try a new version of…
Google Business Profiles Gains Place Page Attributes
Google seems to have added a new section to the Google Business Profiles section named Place page attributes. Place page attributes allows you to let customers know more about your business by showing attributes on your Business Profile. These may appe…
Google Business Profiles Gains Place Page Attributes
Google seems to have added a new section to the Google Business Profiles section named Place page attributes. Place page attributes allows you to let customers know more about your business by showing attributes on your Business Profile. These may appe…
First ChatGPT Ads Share Little Data To Advertisers
The Information wrote “OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work.” In short, the ChatGPT ad platform from OpenAI shares almost no data with advertisers. It is low tech, there is no ad performance data, and it also has very limited ad tar…