Google Search Console Links Report Not Updated In A Month
The Google Search Console link report has now not been updated for a month. The last time the report was updated with fresh link data was around August 8, 2026 – a month ago.
Google tests larger sitelink font size on mobile for sponsored ads
Google is testing larger sitelink font sizes on mobile within Google Ads, making sitelinks noticeably more prominent while the website name stays the same size.
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Google Tests Thinner AI Overview Citations Panel
Google is testing a thinner design for the citations/link panel on the right side of the AI Overview. The citations panel is noticeably thinner and may be less noticeable to searchers, maybe leading to fewer clicks?
Google Business Profiles Email: Does This Look Right To You
Google is sending out Google Business Profiles notifications to business owners asking if the user-suggested edit or update is correct or not. The email says, “Does this look right to you?” and then it shows the suggested update to your business, which…
Google Shopping Ads With Number Sold Last Week
Google is showing the number of sold items for a specific product in the Google Shopping Ads format. The ad has an extension added on it that says “200+ sold last,” or whatever number it might be.
Google shows sold last week badges more often in Shopping ads
Google is showing ‘Sold last week’ badges more frequently in Shopping ads. This can increase user trust and improve CTR.
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GPT-6 users report disappearing credits and jobs left unfinished
Codex users report exhausted allowances and unfinished tasks, while a separate bug report alleges purchased credits keep draining during connection failures.
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Google is coming for the free tools small websites depend on
Interactive tools are spreading into AI Overviews, prompting small developers to question how they will keep earning visits.
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Google tests new smaller link card design in AI Overviews and AI Mode
Google is testing a smaller link card design in AI Overviews and AI Mode, dropping the website description and shrinking the card size from the larger block format used before.
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Google Ads tests new Video Campaign Group feature
Google is testing a new “Video Campaign Group” option in Google Ads, currently in beta. This was first spotted by Marcin Wsół, who posted about it on LinkedIn. His original post was in Polish. Here’s the translated version: “‘Google Ads is introducing a new “Video Campaign Group” option when creating campaign groups. Previously, only standard […]
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Google now serving regular Search campaigns with restrictive match types in AI Mode
Google is now serving regular Search campaigns with Exact and Phrase match keywords in AI Mode — but only for queries with explicit, direct user intent, according to Google’s Ginny Marvin.
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Google Ads introduces new AI-powered dashboard creation feature
Google Ads has introduced a new AI-powered dashboard feature that lets advertisers simply describe the dashboard they want like account summaries or conversion trend analysis and have Google’s AI build it. The feature is currently in beta
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GPT-6 took just a day to jailbreak, researcher claims
The reported bypass combines an attack published in 2025 with four additional techniques. Its full details have been shared privately with OpenAI, the researcher says.
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Google brings search-style AI nswers to Chrome help center with Gemini
Google has been steadily turning traditional search into an AI-first experience, first with AI Overviews and then AI Mode. Now, that approach is showing up where users may not expect it: the Chrome Help Center. Google appears to be rolling out “Ask Google Help,” a Gemini-powered AI assistant that can answer questions about Chrome directly […]
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Is ChatGPT using your work without giving you credit?
ChatGPT may read your website and still give readers no link to it. A researcher says ChatGPT fetched 223 pages for one answer but cited just 16, offering a glimpse of the decisions publishers rarely get to see.
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Microsoft is adding “ask a follow-up” feature to Copilot results, and it could affect publishers’ traffic
Bing is now testing an “Ask follow-up” box within its Copilot/AI Overview results. Previously, this section only included “Read more” and “Read less” buttons, but today we spotted Bing testing a new follow-up question box, similar to what Google has been testing within its own AI Overviews. Here is a screenshot of how it looks. […]
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Newspapers sue ChatGPT’s maker to destroy AI models built with their work
Seattle Times and Newsday sue over AI answers that bypass their websites. The publishers say AI-generated answers compete with the reporting that makes those answers possible.
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Google Can Lose Faith In Sites Based On Low Value Programmatic SEO
Google’s John Mueller went off again on programmatic SEO, this time saying that programmatic SEO can “often leads to a site that’s either spam, borderline spam, or low quality,” he wrote. These tactics can often lead Google’s “systems have possibly los…
New Google Ads Automated Promotions
Google Ads posted a new help document about automated promotions that describes how Google Ads can and does automatically identify and apply active promotional offers directly from your website.