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…
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…
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…
Google Updates Its Hiring An SEO Doc Warning On SEO Tools & AI Optimization
Google has updated its help document titled Do you need an SEO? Google said the changes are to help when “evaluating your SEO’s recommendations and tools, along with other minor updates to the page to simplify and modernize the content.” But the docum…
Google Search Profiles Insights & Analytics
Google launched Search Profiles late last week, a way for creators and publishers to have a place on Google to highlight its content and platforms. And Google seems to be testing a new Insights section for Search profiles, where you can see how search…
Bing Gives Searchers A Way To Disable AI Copilot Answers
Microsoft Bing announced a new way to disable the Copilot, Microsoft AI, responses from showing up in the Bing search results. There is a new browser extension available for Chrome and Edge that you can install to toggle off showing AI responses, or y…
Google: Google Chrome Won’t Set AI Mode The Default Search Experience
Google has confirmed that the search company has no plans on making AI Mode the default search experience within Google Chrome. This comes after Chrome Canary added a new experimental flag that redirected searches from the address bar directly to AI Mo…
Google Search Profiles: Publisher Profile Pages Officially Live
After tons and tons of testing and tweaking, Google is officially announcing what it calls Search profiles and what I called Discover publisher pages. Google said Search profiles provide “a central place to showcase their latest articles, videos and s…
Microsoft Advertising To Update UTM Analytics Auto-Tagging Sep. 2
Microsoft emailed advertisers notifying them that Microsoft Advertising will update UTM auto-tagging beginning on September 2, 2026. Microsoft added that no action is required on your part, as the updated tags will be applied automatically.
Coming Soon: Connecting Google Business Profile To Google Analytics
Google will soon allow you to connect your Google Business Profile with Google Analytics. Google sent out an email to some businesses saying this is coming soon, within the next “few weeks.”
Google Passkey & Security Agent Added To Account Security and Safety Doc
With the rise of Google Ads accounts being hijacked, Google has updated its Account security and safety help document with more details on passkeys and the security agent feature. This is in addition to a number of changes Google made recently around a…
Google Dialog: Does This Business Offer Rewards In Exchange For Reviews
About five months ago (I missed it), Google began asking searchers if the business location they are visited offers rewards in exchange for reviews. The prompt that comes up in the app asks, “Does this business offer rewards in exchange for reviews?”