Google Local Panel With Two Rows Of Buttons On Mobile
Google is testing showing two rows of action buttons of the local panels within mobile search. Google has been testing showing a more + sign to load more or a scrollable carousel of buttons and now here it is with two rows.
Google AI Overviews Testing Citations Cards At Bottom (Not Right Side) Again
Google is testing showing citation cards at the bottom of AI Overview responses on desktop, instead of on the right side. Google tested variations of this at least twice before, once in March of 2026 and before that in September 2025.
Google Maps Bug Places Map Pins In Middle Of Ocean
A new bug with Google Business Profiles and Google Maps is placing some businesses’ Google Maps pins in the middle of the ocean. This is reportedly happening for some service area businesses that do not list their address publicly on their Google local…
Google Business Profiles Policies Adds Misuse Of Support Channels
Google has added a new policy to the Google Business Profiles policies document. The new policy is named “Misuse of support channels.”
Google Appeals Europe’s DMA Mandate To Share Search History Data
Google has officially appealed to the European Union to stop the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) mandate requiring it to share search history data with competitors. Google said, “We’re appealing decisions that will force us to share peo…
Google Globally Rolls Out Monitoring Capabilities In AI Mode
Google is now rolling out monitoring capabilities in AI Mode in Google Search globally for everyone. When Google first announced this feature, it was only available for Ultra and Pro paid subscribers, but now it is available to all Google users.
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 28, 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.
The Google September spam update had a big impact this weekend…
Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Big WeekendÂImpact
The first stage of the Google September 2026 Spam update seems to have been felt in a big way starting Friday, September 25th, with even more movement on Saturday, September 26th and then ending on Sunday, September 27th. There is more to come, since …
Google Web Search Service API Documentation Has Been Removed
A couple of weeks ago, Google seemed to accidentally publish its Web Search Service API documentation, then pulled it down last week. Google doesn’t offer a public Web Search Service API, so we really can’t access it, but I assume it does have some par…
Several Google Merchant Center Policy Documents Updated
Google has updated several Google Merchant Center policy documents late last week. The documents include Products that enable dishonest behavior, Dangerous products, Counterfeit products, Sexual content, Editorial & professional requirements, the overa…
Google Tests Replacing Show More Button On AI Overviews With Loading…
Google is testing replacing the “Show more” button under the AI Overviews with a “Loading…” button. Also, earlier this year, Google tested “Enter AI Mode” for the button text but that obviously did not stick.
Google Merchant Center API Help Document Vastly Updated
Google has completely revamped the Google Merchant Center API help document page. It was previously named “API access to Merchant Center” and was renamed to “Google Merchant Center API.” Plus, the content on the page has been completely rewritten and e…
Google Search Profiles Follow Button Removed From Desktop Search Results
Google seems to have removed the Follow button from the desktop search results page, but it is still on the mobile search results page. The follow button lets you quickly follow a Search profile for the individual or brand you searched for.
Google Tests More Sitelinks Designs
Google continues to test variations of designs and user experiences for Sitelinks within its search results. The new design spotted has the Sitelinks listed line by line, with a horizontal line across the left side of the mobile search result snippet.
Google’s 28th Birthday Doodle Takes You To Google AI Mode Quiz
Today is Google’s 28th birthday and Google has a special Google Doodle to celebrate. The Doodle takes you back in time to an early Google logo. Plus, when you click on the Doodle, you are taken into AI Mode where you can take “a fun trivia quiz about G…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 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 has released a new algorithm update, not a core update, but a spam update and this spam update wil…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September 2026 Spam Update Is Here, Goodbye Discover Traffic, Multimodal Search Reporting & CrUX Ad Metrics In Page Experience
This week, Google announced yet another spam update, the fourth of the year, the September 2026 Google spam update. Prior to that, we reported on more Google Search ranking volatility. Google Search Console released multimodal search filters…
OpenAI Has Quality Raters, AI Trainers, & They Cheated With AI
As you know, Google has thousands of quality raters they use to help test and improve the search results and AI results. OpenAI does the same thing, with AI trainers according to a report by 404 Media.
Google LSAs Showing Google Business Profile Number, Not Google Ads Number
Google seems to have made a change in which phone number they use for tracking calls, even when you tell Google to use the Google Ads number, it is still using the Google Business Profiles phone number. I am told this is a confirmed change and Google s…
Bing Testing Editable Labels On Images
Microsoft Bing is testing adding an editable icon in two formats on images within Bing Search that can be edited using Bing’s AI image feature.