Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide: Decoded Post Google Leak
This is a conceptual artwork. This is not official guidance from Google. Some readers wanted a simple starter guide to the leaks and court cases and how they applied to content creators. I think by now Google’s own SEO Starter Guide is the best startin…
Bing tests larger CTA button on sponsored ads
Bing is testing a larger CTA button on sponsored ads, a small design change that could make ads more noticeable and help advertisers.
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Google updates Merchant Center product image quality guidelines
Google has relaxed its Merchant Center rule blocking products with poor image quality, but the 500 × 500 minimum size from January 31, 2027, and the ban on promotional overlays still apply.
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Third-Party Google Rank Tracking Struggling Now
Google seems to be successfully blocking enough of the attempts of scrapers from trying to scrape data from its search results page over the past few weeks than it has in a long time. We reported this a few weeks ago, and I am surprised to see that ma…
Bing now showing AI Mode tab more widely instead of Copilot
Bing ‘AI Mode’ tab is showing up in more browsers than before, replacing the Copilot label and suggesting the earlier test may be rolling out wider.
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Google Ads Tests Using Google AI For Goals & Assets
Google is testing using AI to come up with suggested goals and assets for your Google Ads campaigns. Google has confirmed this is a current test.
Bing & Copilot Experimenting With Microsoft-Decision-1
Microsoft announced Microsoft-Decision-1 last week and it is already being experimented with in both Bing Search and Copilot. Microsoft-Decision-1 is a “decision-scoring model delivers top performance in latency and quality on structured decision task…
Google AI Overviews For Typos & No Search Results
Yes, Google often shows AI Overviews when Google Search cannot match specific web pages or when it thinks your query is a typo. In fact, Google AI Overviews can respond by saying, “It looks like your message might have been a typo or random keyboard in…
Google: Poor Image Quality Won’t Stop Products From Showing In Search Or Ads
Google has updated its Google Merchant Center low image quality help document to now say that poor image quality will not stop those products from showing in Google Search or Google Ads.
ChatGPT tests a shopping question box with a find button
ChatGPT is showing a shopping question box with type and budget choices and a ‘Find’ button that turns the selections into a new query, similar to a recent Google AI Mode test.
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Google AI Mode now showing offers in Shopping ads
Google AI Mode is now showing offers like ‘Buy 4 get $20 off’ inside Shopping ads, with a popup of details on click, matching what appears in traditional SERP Shopping ads.
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Google Search Console Performance Report Extremely Delayed
The search performance reports in Google Search Console is now over 64 hours delayed, which is incredibly unusual for this report. Generally, we see this report updated within a few hours but over the past few days, post-spam update, the report has bee…
What is Site Authority? The siteAuthority Signal in the Google Leak
Perhaps the biggest accusation levelled at Google following the 2024 API leak – right alongside the Google Sandbox for new sites – is that Google spent a decade lying to the SEO industry about Domain Authority. They didn’t, really. Cr…
Google tests new design for ads at bottom of AI Mode responses
Google is testing a new design for ads at the bottom of AI Mode responses, replacing the grey background with a white background and black border.
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Google Ads PMax adds option to send users to Google Business Profile
Google Ads has added a PMax setup option that can send users to a Google-hosted Business Profile experience instead of the advertiser’s website, spotted by Thomas Eccel.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 9, 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 launched a new UGC fresh data program document that Reddit…
Bing tests light blue bubbles for sitelinks on desktop
Bing is testing light blue bubbles on desktop, likely for sitelinks, following a similar color change recently made to its ‘People also ask’ questions.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Done, Penalties Rise, Factcheck AI, Content Quality, Fake Authors, Ads & So Much More
was a super busy week, so there is a lot more content in this recap compared to most. We start off with the Google September 2026 spam update completing, it had its third and final phase earlier in the week. Google may be issuing more manual action se…
Google Ads Enables Text Customization Asset Previews
Google Ads now lets you preview the assets generated by Google AI for your Google Ads AI Max campaigns. Google added these details to the About text customization in Search campaigns help page under a new section named “Text customization asset previews.”
Bing Testing Local Pack Without Borders
Microsoft Bing is testing showing the local pack results without borders. Normally, the local pack has a small outline border around the results, but for some reason, Microsoft is testing not placing the outline around the local results.