Wikipedia Deletes World-Famous SEO From Site: An Ode To Barry
Wikipedia says famed SEO news journalist is “non-notable” as the industry rages in response on platform known for reliable information, X, formerly known as Twitter.
Google Updates Some Merchant Center Product Specs For 2026
Google has made a number of updates to its Merchant Center product data specifications. Some changes went into effect on April 14, 2026 and others happen June 30, 2026 and January 31…
Google Ads Retiring Dynamic Search Ads For AI Max
Google Ads announced that starting in September Dynamic Search Ads will automatically upgrade to AI Max. This includes automatically created assets (ACA) and campaign-level broad match setting will automatically be upgraded to AI Max.
Google AdSense Offerwall Is Now Generally Available
Google announced this week that Offerwall is now generally available on AdSense. Google has been expanding access to its publishers for Offerwall and now, it should be available to all.
Google: We May Use Spam Report Submissions For Manual Actions
Google has posted a clarification that says it now “Google may use spam report submissions to take manual action against violations.” The update was posted here and added to the report spam page.
Google Posts Repeat Posts Feature Now Live
A few months ago, we saw Google testing recurring, repeating Google Posts options. Well, now that option is officially live. This is in addition to the ability to schedule Google Posts.
Google Ads Consolidating Enhanced Conversions With On/Off Switch
Google sent out emails the other day to some advertisers that may be impacted by changes coming to enhanced conversions for web or enhanced conversions for leads. Google said they will be simplifying this by consolidating enhanced conversions for web a…
Google Confirms Confirming Search Console Email Is A Bug
A bug has triggered scores of emails from Google saying it is collecting impressions on sites long since verified in Search Console. Do not be alarmed, it is a bug.
Microsoft Advertising SOAP API Being Retired Jan 31, 2027
Microsoft Advertising will be transitioning from its SOAP to REST API and with that, on January 31, 2027, the SOAP API will be fully retired on January 31, 2027.
Google Search Goes After Back Button Hijacking With New Spam Penalty
It’s been a while since Google has come out with a new search spam policy and penalty to accompany it with and now we have a new one, “back button hijacking.” Back button hijacking is something many of us were surprised Google didn’t specifically disal…
Google Can Handle Multiple URLs To A Page But Why Make It Harder
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that Google can handle and deal with having multiple URLs for a single web page, but it is not a good practice. He said it makes it harder for Google and Google will just pick one URL anyway.
Google Business Profile Updates Identity Change Policy Language
Google has made some changes to the Google Business Profile policy document, specifically the identity change section. It is now much more descriptive than before.
Google Is Aware Of And Warns Against Self-Serving Listicles
As part of an article from The Verge taking aim at SEOs, Google says that they are aware of self-serving listicles and work to prevent this abuse from impacting results.
Google Ads & Google Analytics Data Controls Update
Google posted an update for the Google Ads and Google Analytics data controls yesterday where changes will be coming to the sources of the data. Google said this is to “simplify data controls and remove redundant settings between Google Analytics and A…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 13, 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.
Catching up on the newsletter…
New Study Points to Holes In AI Overviews
The NY Times commissioned a study that says AI Overviews have holes in both grounding and accuracy.
Google AdSense Will Experiment With New Ad Technology Partners
Google announced that on August 20, 2026 it will experiment with an updated set of commonly used ad technology partners. If the experiments go well, Google will switch it “on or after June 5, 2026.”
Google Search Console Testing AI Contribution
It looks like Google is testing a new report within Google Search Console named AI contribution. I have no clue what it looks like but I suspect it is a lot like the Bing Webmaster Tools AI performance reports.
Google Still Processing Status To XML Sitemaps – Nothing To Announce
Google was asked if it is possible to add a new status to the XML sitemap statuses for “still processing.” John Mueller from Google responded on Blueshy saying, “I’ve chatted with the teams involved about this on & off, I’ve seen that it can be annoyi…
Google May Ignore Links From Sites That Spam & Violate Policies
Google’s John Mueller reconfirmed that Google Search may simply ignore outbound links from sites that violate its search spam policies. This is not new, Google has been doing this manually and algorithmically for years now but he reiterated this on Bl…