Google tests hiding sponsored results in Shopping tab
Google appears to have briefly tested letting users hide sponsored results within the Shopping tab, a feature previously limited to the main search results tab.
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Google Ads Product Value Optimization Beta
Google Ads has a new beta named Product Value Optimization that allows advertisers to configure value adjustments to guide automated bidding to optimize for the products that matter for your business goals.
Google Al Contribution Pilot – Paying Publishers For Use Of Content In AI
Google is doing a small test where it is paying publishers for using their content within the Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini and other AI search features. This is called the AI contribution pilot, something we actually spotted back in April 2026,…
Google AI Overviews Practice Knowledge Quiz
Did you know that Google AI Overviews can also quiz you on various knowledge topics? Google announced this with AI Mode a few weeks ago, but it is also available in Google Search.
Google tests new ‘More’ blue label in free listings, redirects to websites
Google is testing a more prominent ‘More >’ blue label in free listings, alongside a change where clicking the product carousel now redirects to a retailer’s site instead of opening the free listing panel.
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Google tests new ad format within AI Mode
Google is testing a new ad format within AI Mode that appears directly between content — a design not previously documented among other recent AI Mode ad tests.
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Bing tests sidebar navigation on desktop for ecommerce queries
Bing is testing sidebar category navigation for ecommerce queries on desktop, following a similar approach Google introduced back in 2022.
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Google’s Statistics: Heads They Win, Tails You Lose.
When Google reports lift results… Who is it solving for? Let’s start with a phrase that causes me to cringe […]
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How to run ads on ChatGPT: A beginner’s guide
To run ads on ChatGPT, start at OpenAI Ads Manager. Eligible businesses can create an advertiser account, complete verification and billing, build a campaign, add their ads and submit them for review. Getting the campaign live is only part of the job. You also need to work out what you can afford to pay for […]
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Google Analytics launches Dashboards to make custom reporting easier
Google Analytics has launched Dashboards, giving businesses a new way to arrange their most useful numbers and charts on one screen. The useful change is how those reports are built. Google Analytics already supports customizable overview reports, including the Reports snapshot. In that workflow,shou users assemble summary cards defined in individual detail reports, then rearrange […]
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How to fix a suspended Google Business Profile
Check the restriction, correct your business details, and prepare your evidence before submitting an appeal.
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Looking for an llms.txt generator? You probably don’t need one
Google says the file does not improve your search visibility. Here’s what generators actually do, when the file is useful, and how to make one yourself.
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What is query fan-out? Explained in plain English
Query fan-out is when an AI search system takes your question and runs several related searches to help answer it.
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Comprehensive Legal Synthesis: Parallel Proceedings Against Timothy Lynch Barton
1. Executive Summary and Structural Legal Framework
The litigation environment surrounding Timothy Lynch Barton constitutes a textbook "parallel proceeding" pincer maneuver, where the federal government orchestrates simultaneous civil enf…
Timothy Barton Fifth Circuit Appeal Timeline
Here is a breakdown of the key ruling dates, procedural milestones, and competing legal arguments in Timothy Barton’s Fifth Circuit civil appeals regarding the SEC’s asset freeze and receivership (SEC v. Barton):
Fifth Circuit Civil Appe…
Timothy Barton 3:22-CR-00352-K, N.D. Tex. Criminal Case Reset Timeline
Today it was announced that the Timothy Barton criminal case which was scheduled for trial in 2022 now heads to 2027. The suggestion made by Judge Kinkeade is that justice delayed is not justice denied. However, in this case, he is flat out wrong, simp…
Dashboards Available In Google Analytics
Google Analytics is rolling out dashboards where you can create your own custom dashboards using Google Analytics data. Google explains that you can “create custom visualizations to quickly pull actionable insights from your Google Analytics data, all …
Google’s AI answers reduced Wikipedia search visits, study finds
Google’s AI Overviews reduced search referrals to English Wikipedia by around 5%, according to a University of Washington working paper revised September 2. But the research leaves an important question unanswered: does being cited in an AI answer help an individual page retain visitors? Researchers compared English articles with their German and French counterparts around […]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 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’s page indexing report is missing a chunk of data from June…
Google Search Console Indexing Report Missing Old June Data
The Google Search Console page indexing report is now missing a huge chunk of data from June 2026. It seems something is super buggy with this report over the page several months or something weird is happening with indexing in Google Search. I am hop…