August 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the big Google Webmaster Report for August 2026, including of course the ongoing Google search ranking volatility; we saw volatility on…
Google Ads Tests Anchor Text Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions
Google is testing adding keyword-rich anchor text hyperlinks to the ad descriptions in the sponsored results within Google Search. Clicking on the link takes you to the same ad landing page URL as it would if you clicked on the main title link in the ad.
Google Ads Ad Preview & Diagnosis Captcha Bug
The Google Ads Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool, where you can preview your ads in the Google Search results, within the Google Ads interface is broken. It loads a CAPTCHA box and doesn’t let you remove the CAPTCHA from being displayed. So you cannot use …
Google Ads Text Disclaimer Override Pinned Descriptions Position One
Google Ads is testing a new text disclaimer feature that lets you set the text disclaimer to override descriptions pinned to position 1. This is labeled as “new” under where you add text disclaimers in the Google Ads interface.
Handle Swapping Coming To Google Search Profiles
Google is currently beta testing a new Search Profiles feature named Handle Swapping. Handle Swapping allows you to switch your handle to any of your linked verified platforms within Google. Some sources say it’s launching very soon.
I Tested 15 of the Best Brand Monitoring Tools: Here Are My Top 8 Picks
Looking for the best brand monitoring tool? I tested 15 and ranked my top 8 for AI search visibility, social listening and traditional media.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 3, 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.
We are seeing Google Search ranking volatility starting on August 1st and kicking up today…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Hits August 1st & Heats Up Into August 3rd
I am seeing signs of another Google Search ranking update with a lot of volatility hitting this past weekend again. This one started on Saturday, August 1st, and has continued thus far through today, August 3rd. Both the third-party tracking tools are …
Google Business Profiles Protect From Fraudulent Calls and Texts Updated
The Google Business Profile help page on Help protect against fraudulent calls and texts has been updated. It now includes how to identify legitimate texts over WhatsApp and RCS messages, it also updated a lot of the examples of the types of calls and …
Bing Webmaster Tools Page & Query Level Filtering Coming To Reports
Microsoft has confirmed it is working on bringing filtering capabilities to the Bing Webmaster Tools performance reports. Right now, there is no way to add a filter for any of the metrics in the report. Of course, you can download the data and do what…
Google Search Tests Sign In To Verify Searches Are Human (Not Captcha)
Google Search is testing asking searchers to sign in to verify they are humans and not bots conducting the searches. I don’t think Google has done this before, geneally when Google tries to verify human versus bot activity, Google will serve a captcha …
Google Trends Lets You Compare 220% More Search Terms
Google Trends now lets you compare up to 400 search terms across 8 groups of terms and up to 50 terms in each group. Previously, it was 125 search terms across 5 groups of terms and up to 25 terms in each group. That is a 220% increase, if my math is c…
Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP/POX APIs To Be Retired On August 31, 2026
Microsoft will be retiring the Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP/POX APIs on August 31, 2026. If you use these legacy APIs you should begin to migrate to the JSON/HTTP (REST) API version.
How to Build a Full SEO Analysis Dashboard with the Moz API MCP Server
Turn plain-English prompts into instant, full-stack SEO dashboards with the new Moz API MCP server. The Moz API Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allows you to connect your favorite AI assistant directly to our SEO data endpoints using standard open …
Google Search Filter By Recent Broken
If you try to filter you Google Search or Google News tab results by the recent search tools option, it simply won’t work. If you try to select the “Tools” and then “Recent” options, including the past hour option, it won’t listen to that filter and i…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Platform Properties Live, Google Ads Lead Journey Mapping, Microsoft Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More SEO
This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday. Google has rolled out the platform properties to track X, YouTube…
Microsoft Ads Predictive Matching Moving To Search Term Matching
Microsoft Advertising is moving its Predictive Matching targeting option to Search term matching within AI Max. Microsoft added a note to various help document pages about the change, it says:
Blocking Internal Search Results Not In Google Guidelines Anymore But…
In the latest Search Off the Record podcast, John Mueller from Google said that it is no longer in the Google Guidelines, now Google Search Essentials, that you must block Google from accessing your internal search results pages. He added that you lik…
Google Ads Insights Carousel
Google Ads may be rolling out a new design for its insights section where it gives you the “Top things to know today.” This new interface for this section is in a carousel format, where you can toggle through the various automated insights that Google …
ChatGPT Ads Business Agent Conversation Campaign Type
OpenAI is testing a new campaign type named Agent, which allows you to send ChatGPT searchers and users to a Business Agent conversation. So instead of just going to your website, you send them into a chat experience on your website?