Craig Hordlow

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 is testing a way to pay publishers for using their content in …

Google continues to test new query expansion methods in AI Mode, beyond standard follow-up questions. Now Google is testing questions with multi-selection tools, a query refinement option and those recent paginated responses.…

Google’s John Mueller said it is normal for Google Search to take a while to update image thumbnails in its search results with updated images from the website it pulls from. And it can take even longer if the image …

Google is testing a blue background color on the “More” link within the product results in Google Search. The link is normally just a basic “more” link with no prominence or color that calls it out but in this test, …

I’ve been pretty quiet on posting reports Google updates recently, in fact, I have not posted about one since late August. But while most sites seem calm in the Google rankings, there was definitely some sort of ranking blip around …

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 …

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 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 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 in a single, …

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 …

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 Ads is beta testing a new option during the campaign creation process for “Video Campaign Group.” This option is for video or Demand Gen campaigns, and it features aggregated metrics and controls for reach and frequency across campaigns.…

Google may have a bug with some of its search results formatting, where the sponsored results heading is sometimes not left-aligned. This does not seem intentional and it seems more like a formatting bug, but who knows.…

Last month, Google Ads added a new customer retention option named Loyalty program members. Now Google Ads can segment reporting by Loyalty program members.…

Google Ads is running a “very early experiment” to show a new attribute in sponsored results in Google Search. This attribute shows how many days remain in a sale or deal on Shopping Ads.…

This week we covered how Google said it launched its biggest reduction in search quality in Europe over the DMA laws. Google also posted a document on the regional differences with the Google Search experiences. Google confirmed there was a …