Daily Search Forum Recap: July 10, 2026

Google announced that Search Live is now fully live in the US and no longer requires opt in to Search Labs. In July, Google released it on mobile in the U.S. for users enrolled in the AI Mode Labs experiment but now it is open to everyone in the US in English’”no Labs opt-in needed.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google is testing showing images within the sitelinks carousel in Google Ads and sponsored results. We’ve seen images in sitelinks before, numerous times, but here is a version of them in the ads extension.