CMA: Google Must Share How Search Results Are Ranked & Data Portability
The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK has told Google it must be transparent on how it ranks search results in Google and it must enable users to port its data to other third-party search services. I can’t imagine Google will ever share its …
Google Ads Updates Its Campaign Status Interface
Google is rolling out a new look and feel for the Google Ads campaign status notifications and icons. The new statuses are no longer highlighted fully, instead they are just outlined in various colors. It makes it a bit less extreme to look at, and …
Google Ads New Security Tasks Summary Tab
Google added a new summary tab to the access and security section that shows the security tasks you completed and what tasks you have not completed. Google continues to add more and more security features to the Google Ads advertiser platform in the wa…
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 16, 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 said that LLMS.txt files won’t help or hurt your search rankings, Google just ignores it…
Google: HTML The Standard For SEO, Not Markdown Files
Google’s latest Off The Record podcast was titled Markdown vs HTML with John Mueller and Martin Splitt talking about the use cases for both. In short, both said that when it comes to SEO and Search…
Google: No Practical SEO Difference By Going With Folder For US Site
John Mueller from Google said that when it comes to having a multinational site, making a specific US folder structure won’t give you any practical SEO difference. It might be easier for you to manage or for your to analyze with your analytics and data…
Google Image Search Mixes Ads Within Organic Results Too
Google has been mixing sponsored ads within its organic free search listings since October 2023. Eventually, Google said this is called dynamic ad placement, and it has become the new Google Search. Google has been doing this with the image search res…
New Microsoft Advertising Product Explorer
Microsoft Advertising has rolled out a new feature named Product Explorer. This tool gives advertisers a searchable view of your entire product catalog, letting you quickly see which of your products are active, serving, and performing.
Google: LLMS.txt Files Won’t Help Or Hurt Your Search Rankings
Google has updated its guide for optimizing for generative AI search help document to clarify that (1) LLMS.txt files don’t help or hurt with search rankings and (2) AI files, markdown files, etc are not used in Google Search.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 15, 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 Ads released promotion mode beta…
Google Ads Bidding Target Optimization Changing, Promotion Mode Beta, Smart Bidding Exploration Expands
Google Ads announced a number of updates and changes this morning including changes to bidding target optimization, expanding access to Smart Bidding Exploration and promotion mode beta rolling out. My biggest concern is with bidding target optimizatio…
Google Search Rolls Out Information Agents In AI Mode For A Fee
Google is rolling out Information agents within Google Search AI Mode. Information agents was announced at Google I/O and is a search feature that you can pay for within Google AI Ultra subscription plans, allowing Google Search to perform tasks and se…
Google Local Finder Interface Drops Pagination
It looks like Google has removed the pagination feature within the Google Local Finder interface. When you scroll through the local business profiles, it keeps adding more and more but the pagination bar is no longer there. I suspect the pagination fe…
Google Ads To Limit Ad Impressions From Unqualified Advertisers
Google sent out an email notice to some advertisers saying, “Google will update its Limited Ad Serving policy to cover additional scenarios on Google Search.” “Google may limit ad impressions from unqualified advertisers on searches that are more likel…
Google Business Profile Owner/Manager Access Invites Not Working For Some
There are reports of a bug with Google Business Profiles where using the feature to invite others with owner and/or manager access is not working. Supposedly, the invite emails are either not going out at all, or they are not being delivered; either wa…
Google Shopping Results With Good Price Label
Google is showing a new label or extension on the Google Shopping product carousel named “Good price.” Truth is, I am not sure if it is new, I mean, Google can show many different labels there but I’ve never seen “Good price” listed there before.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 12, 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 search ranking volatility has been superheated all week…
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 12, 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 search ranking volatility has been superheated all week…
Google Search Console Link Report Finally Fixed & Updated
Google has finally fixed the link report within Google Search Console. It was broken for the past few weeks and all Google did back then was a temporary “fix” to revert the data to a previous state. But now that report is showing new, normal link data.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Post-Core Update Volatility, Zero Clicks Rising, Appleâs Siri AI & Google SEO Docs
This week, we covered the post-Google core update volatility that hit some folks hard. An updated zero click study shows Google Search is sending less and less traffic to the open web. Apple announced the all new Apple Intelligence and Siri AI. Bing…