EU May Fine Google Triple Million Euros Over Favoring Itself In Search Results
The European Union may fine Google its largest fine for a breach of the ‘new Digital Markets Act (DMA). It would be in the triple millions of Euros and would be done because Google allegedly favors its own services in its own search results.
Google Shopping Ads In AI Mode Tries New Styles?
We know Google said it was expanding shopping ads into AI Mode and saw some examples of that. We also know about the new conversational discovery ads and highlighted answer ads. So I am not sure if this is another new format or part of those, but this …
Google Tests Growing Expanding Shopping Ads
Google is testing Shopping ads that enlarge, grow and expand when you hover your mouse cursor over the ad unit. We saw something like this for another Google ad format in March and now we are seeing a variation of this for Google Shopping ads.
Google Merchant Center Conversational Attributes For AI-Driven Surfaces
Part of Google Marketing Live was a small note about conversational attributes, a way to add more attributes to your product feeds within Google Merchant Center that can be used “to update their product descriptions to reflect the more conversational w…
Google Business Profiles Photos / Videos Add View Counts
Google is now showing the number of times a photo or video was viewed and seen by users in the Google Business Profiles photos/videos section. So now, business owners can see if the images and videos that they are uploading are being seen by searchers…
Security patch: Yoast SEO Premium 27.6.1
Yoast SEO Premium 27.6.1 is out now. This release contains a security fix affecting the Redirect Manager in Yoast SEO Premium. The good news: the vast majority of users are not impacted. If you’re a customer of Yoast SEO Premium, Yoast WooCommerce SEO, or Yoast SEO AI+, please read on. Are you affected? The vast majority of customers are not impacted. Your site is only potentially […]
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Google May 2026 Core Update Landed Over The Weekend
As you know, Google announced the May 2026 core update on Thursday afternoon and it didn’t take long for the update to be felt by the SEO community. Many, not all, but many, started to feel the impact of this core update over the weekend.
Google Officially Appeals Search Monopoly Ruling
We knew Google would appeal the search monopoly ruling; in fact, Google asked the courts to pause the remedies until the appeal is handled. Google was ruled an illegal monopoly in August 2024 but then the courts refused to break up Google as part of t…
Bing Officially Releases AI Guided Image Search Experience
Back in March, we were the first to talk about Microsoft Bing testing a new AI version of Bing image search. Microsoft was not talking about it, but it was clear that this was an AI-curated, categorized, and grouped image search experience. Now, Micro…
Google Removes Lag For AI Overviews & AI Mode Showing Penalized Content
Since Google launched AI Overviews (and AI Mode), there was an apparent lag or delay from when a web page would be removed from the Google Search index, including after getting a manual action penalty, to when it would also be removed from the AI Overv…
Google Home Page Promoting AI Features Out Of I/O
Google has added a lot of content boxes below the search box on the Google home page. These boxes promote a lot of the news out of Google I/O around AI Mode, AI image generation, tips on using AI Mode and more search news that came out of I/O.
Google Business Profile Detailed Rejection Notices
Generally, when a Google Business Profile email notice gets sent, especially the rejection notices, the details around that rejection are obscure and unknown. But Google seems to be trying harder to get more specific and detailed advice on the notices.
Google Posts Memorial Day 2026 Doodle
Google has historically not posted a Doodle, a special Google logo, for Memorial Day in the United States. Instead, Google has placed an American flag and message below the search box over the past several years. This year, Google has a Doodle above th…
Criminal Fraud Stella Huh Bribes False Witnesses
Racketeering Crimes Layer Atop Each Other
Racketeering crimes tend to seem like a series of bad lucks and misunderstandings to the people they are trying to destroy. In retrospect, under a sober “cui bono” analysis they connect in a way that is logical…
Saskya Bedoya is Stella Huh
As part of the Timothy Barton cases civil SEC case 25-cv-00946 and criminal case 3:22-cr-00352-K a person named Saksya Bedoya was indicted on December 13, 2023. Saskya Bedoya is listed on Bloomberg as the Pres/Treasurer, Carnegie Development Inc. Alter…
The May 2026 SEO Update by Yoast recap
Each month, we host an SEO update covering the latest in search and AI. In this edition, Carolyn Shelby and Alex Moss discussed Google’s latest AI-driven changes, the impact of AI on content creation, and why simply publishing more content is no longer enough, and could even backfire. Read this recap for the highlights or […]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 22, 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 launched the May 2026 core update on Thursday afternoon. Google Search Console links report drops …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google’s New Search Box, Gemini 3.5 Flash Powers AI Mode, New Google Ads, Ranking Volatility & More I/O GML News
This week, we had both Google I/O and Google Marketing Live, so we have a lot of news. Google launched a new search box it is calling the intelligent search box. Google also launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, which is now powering…
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Ads Manager Updates & Ads Tests
OpenAI sent out an email a couple of days ago to advertisers announcing three updates to the ChatGPT Ads manager and new ChatGPT Ad experience updates. ChatGPT Ads Manager can now handle daily budgets, geo-targeting, and list view totals.
Google: Why Split Your XML Sitemap File
For many many years, some SEOs have a strategy of breaking up their XML sitemap files into categories. SEOs do it for various reasons, sometimes it is dependent on the site and site structure.