Google Knowledge Panels With Colored Table Elements Sections Rolling Out
Google seems to be rolling out colorful sections in the knowledge panels. Sometimes you will see gray, sometimes blue, sometimes orange and sometimes green and maybe more. We saw this on mobile over a decade ago, so this does seem new, especially on d…
How Google Search & Google Discover Picks Image Thumbnails
Google updated its image SEO best practices and Google Discover documentation to clarify how Google picks a preferred image thumbnail for Google Search and Google Discover. Google wrote it “uses both schema.org markup and the og:image meta tag as sourc…
Google Updates Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Gambling & Government Policies
Google has updated or is updating a number of Google Ads and Google Merchant Center policies. This goes across alcohol, prescription drugs, gambling and games and government documents and services policies.
Google Help Document On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Checkout
Google has published a new help document titled About the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and UCP-powered checkout feature on Google. This was published in the Google Merchant Center help documentation section.
New: Futureproof your website for the agentic web with Yoast SEO Schema Aggregation
In November 2025, Yoast announced a collaboration with NLWeb, an open web protocol developed by Microsoft designed to simplify building conversational interfaces for the web. Today, we are proud to introduce the first major result of that work: Yoast SEO Schema Aggregation. This is an opt in feature that brings your website’s structured data together […]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 2, 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.
There is a Google patent document that implies Google Search might send searchers to AI-generated page of…
Google Patent: Sending Searchers To AI-Generated Pages Over Your Site
There is a Google patent named AI-generated content page tailored to a specific user. It describes the use of AI to create custom landing pages and when a user performs a search, Google Search sends the user to the AI-generated page instead of the page…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Into March
Google Search rankings remain heated into March – I mean, I can post about this every day but now I am at the point of just doing it weekly. We thought things might be cooling a bit, but the volatility really has not cooled much at all.
Will Google To Allow Publishers To Claim Google Discover Profiles
Google might be allowing publishers to claim their profiles and publications on Google Discover. I mean, there were forms of this for Google News, Google Business Profiles, even Google Search over the years, but there are hints this is coming to Google…
March 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Are you ready for the monthly Google Webmaster report…
Google Ads Label: Sponsored Options In The Area
Google Ads has often used dynamic labels for some of the ad groupings. I mean, we’ve seen tons of variations of these and I am not sure if they mean anything specific. But here is one that caught my eye, this is titled “Sponsored options in the area.”
SRO & Grounding Snippets
Source: dejan.ai/blog/category/ai-seo/sro/Author: Dan Petrovic, DEJAN AIPosts analyzed: 5 (Sep 2025 – Feb 2026) What is SRO? SRO — Selection Rate Optimization — is a new discipline coined by DEJAN that addresses visibility in AI-powered search (Google AI Mode, Gemini Chat, AI Overviews). It is the AI-native successor to traditional SEO click-through-rate optimization. The core premise: […]
Videos: Google Search On HTML & Google Ads On Search Experiences
The Google Search team and the Google Ads team released two different videos this week that I thought you should all listen to, at least in the background. In short, Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes from the Google Search team spoke about how browsers pa…
Microsoft Advertising Rolls Out Self-Service Negative Keyword Lists
Microsoft Advertising has now rolled out the self-serve negative keyword lists. This launched a couple of days ago and was announced by Navah Hopkins, the Microsoft Ads Liaison.
Google Ads Text Guidelines Rolling Out To All In AI Max
Google Ads is rolling out text guidelines for all advertisers globally in AI Max. We thought the rollout started more broadly last October, after it was announced last September, but now it is really fully rolling out.
Google Tests Web Mentions In Retailer Store Pages
Google is testing adding “web mentions” to the retailer store page under the reviews section. I cannot replicate this yet, but web mentions shows what people are saying about the retailer on sites like Reddit and other social platforms, whereas reviews…
Bing Tests 2×2 Video Grid Layout
Microsoft Bing Search is testing a new layout for videos within the search results. Instead of a list view, Bing is testing a two-by-two grid layout.
February 2026 Google Discover Core Update Is Done Rolling Out After 3 Weeks
Google’s February 2026 Google Discover Core Update has officially completed rolling out after just over 3 weeks. This update started on February 5, 2026, and was completed on February 27, 2026.
Top SEO Tips For 2026 — Whiteboard Friday
What should you prioritize for SEO in 2026? Chima Mmeje offers six tips for staying on top of SEO in 2026, including how to optimize for agentic AI, build entity clusters, and track LLM metrics to stay ahead.