Report: Rejected Google Review Replies – The Hidden Rejections
A new study has been released that looks at the review replies that have been rejected by Google. Business owners take the time to reply to customer reviews and then Google deletes them, and often, the business owner has no idea the reply was deleted b…
Google Ads Tests Blue Dotted Underlines Sitelinks On Sponsored Listings
Google is testing a new format for sitelinks within the search ads, sponsored listings. This format has the sitelinks underlined with blue dots. So these are blue dotted underlined sitelinks for Google Ads.
Report: Google Zero Click Searches To Open Web Fall To 27.6%
Rand Fishkin and friends (Sparktoro and Similarweb) released an ongoing Google zero-click study that showed zero-click searches from Google Search have been sending less and less traffic to the open web and are declining at an even faster rate. In fact…
Schema.org Adds Usage Statistics For Schema Types
The folks over at Schema.org have added usage statistics to each schema type. So if you want to see which schema type is used more, you can just check Schema.org. For example, author schema is used on over 10 million domains but event schema is used o…
Apple Updates Applebot Docs To Include Siri AI & AI Features
Apple has made changes to its documentation for AppleBot to include crawling and usage for its AI efforts. There were other changes made to the document on June 08, 2026 as well.
DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating – Understand, Improve, and Leverage This Metric
Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) is a useful metric for anyone navigating SEO (search engine optimisation). If you are a business owner, marketing professional, or SEO specialist, understanding DR is paramount for assessing website authority and competitive l…
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 9, 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.
Apple announced the new Apple Intelligence and Siri AI…
Apple Siri AI & New Apple Intelligence
Apple had its big annual developer conference, WWDC, and as expected, they spent a lot of time showing off the new Apple Intelligence and what they are calling Siri AI. Apple says Siri AI is “an entirely new version of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligen…
Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links
Google seems to be testing new “top pages” links within the Google Ads sponsored listings. These look like sitelinks or those old tags but they are titled “Top pages.”
Google Shopping Results Tests Linking Directly To Merchant Site
Google is testing directly linking to merchant/retailer web sites, instead of to product listing overlays within the Google Shopping results. Generally, when you click on a product within Google Search, Google will open a new side panel overlay window…
Google Shopping Results Tests Linking Directly To Merchant Site
Google is testing directly linking to merchant/retailer web sites, instead of to product listing overlays within the Google Shopping results. Generally, when you click on a product within Google Search, Google will open a new side panel overlay window…
New Google Ads Campaign Guidance With Experiment Power Score
Google Ads has a new feature named Campaign Guidance that will give you an “Experiment Power” score that will show advertisers “the likelihood of achieving statistically significant results, along with actionable recommendations to improve your experim…
New Google Ads Campaign Guidance With Experiment Power Score
Google Ads has a new feature named Campaign Guidance that will give you an “Experiment Power” score that will show advertisers “the likelihood of achieving statistically significant results, along with actionable recommendations to improve your experim…
Google AI Mode Tests Citation Counts & Favicons Under Results
Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards in the AI Mode results, to under/below the citations and links cards. I am not sure if this will make a difference either way to publishers, but Google i…
Google AI Mode Tests Citation Counts & Favicons Under Results
Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards in the AI Mode results, to under/below the citations and links cards. I am not sure if this will make a difference either way to publishers, but Google i…
AI Ready? Google Ads Maturity Model.
In a world with fuel-efficient long-range motorcycles, do you insist on using horses for transportation? I’m of course talking about […]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 8, 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 added a new help document on third-party tools, services and advice…
What is agentic commerce? A peek into the future of buying (with caveats)
Commerce has undergone several major shifts over the past few decades. What started with localized physical stores evolved into borderless, internet-driven ecommerce experiences. Now, with the rise of AI, it is believed that commerce could be heading toward another transformation: agentic commerce, where AI agents help consumers discover products, compare options, and even complete purchases […]
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Google Search Ranking Volatility This Weekend – Around June 6th
Earlier this month, the Google May 2026 core update was completed on June 2, 2026. But the volatility has not seemed to calm down. I am seeing a lot of chatter spike up from within the SEO community over the weekend. The SEO chatter started Friday, J…
New Google Document On Third-Party SEO Tools, Services & Advice
Google not only updated its advice on hiring an SEO document, but also created a new one named Google Search’s guidance on using third-party SEO tools, services, and advice. This document drills into how to evaluate the advice you get from these source…