Craig Hordlow

As you know, Microsoft had a major Microsoft 365 outage yesterday and into today, affecting many businesses and users. But it didn’t seem to directly affect Microsoft Advertising or ads in Bing Search.…

Google is testing removing AI Mode from the search tab bar within Google Search and also removing the Ask anything follow-up box within the AI Overviews in Google Search. This follows our reports of Google removing the AI Mode buttons …

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 says it has pushed its biggest model update to Google Search yet …

Google has dropped the “experimental” label from the Deal Ends annotation for Google Merchant Center Product Listing Ads. Google has also said this feature is no longer available in India; previously, it was.…

Google seems to be bringing back the ability for Google Search to generate images on the fly within Google Search. Google initially announced this back in July of this year and then paused the test the next month after some …

Google has updated the editorial requirements for Merchant Center titles saying you can no longer “include dates in any format” within the title of the listing in the redemption section. Previously, the document allowed some date formats, I believe.…

The Internet Licensing Collective, a nonprofit, publisher-led licensing collective for Internet publishers and creators, launched the other day with Yahoo Scout as its first commercial partner. Yahoo Scout, through the ILC will pay publishers for using their content in its …

Google has begun the rollout of the November 2026 core update. Google also had search ranking volatility on November 8th and 9th. Google released a major update to Google Search with Gemini 4 Hydrogen days after Gemini 4 Carbon came …

Google has confirmed a data logging bug in the Search Console Generative AI performance report in Search between the dates of November 9 and November 11, 2026 which resulted in a decrease in impressions.…

Google has published a new help document named Identify Google Search traffic in your web analytics or server logs. This document explains how to see if Google Search is sending you traffic in your own web analytics system or server …

OpenAI just sent out its weekly ChatGPT Ads update email announcing a number of updates including intelligent bidding, new cost targets in Ads Manager, more geographic flexibility for product feed campaigns and more flexible product set filters.…

Google Search has received a “massive upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen,” said Nick Fox of Google. “The biggest model upgrade to Search yet has landed,” said Robby Stein of Google. It is super fast, has better understanding, improved query fan-out …

Google Ads has added a single line to the Restricted targeting in Personalized advertising policy. Google wrote, “Additionally, advertisers are not allowed to target users based on an interest in categories prohibited in Google’s ad network.”…

Google Ads announced a new Invalid Traffic (IVT) overview card within Google Search. Google’s Keerat Sharma wrote, “We’re rolling out the Invalid Traffic Overview Card in Google Ads to give advertisers front-end transparency into how we protect their campaigns.”…

Google Ads clarified in its unacceptable Business Practices policy that impersonating public figures using AI isn’t allowed, even if they disclose that they were generated or edited using AI.…