Google is testing placing the list of advertisers in the group of sponsored results at the top of the ad block in the mobile search results. So if the sponsored results group has two advertisers in it, Google will show …
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 11, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Topical Gravity: Why topics are the new unit of your search strategy
Search has become a topic-level game. Here‘s a framework to build, measure, and grow topical authority across AI and Google.…
Google Search Console Generative AI Performance Report Available For All
The Google Search Console generative AI performance reports seem to be live for everyone now. Google has not yet announced the full rollout of the generative AI performance reports but after checking all my profiles in Search Console, it seems …
SEOs Taking Over Expired Google X Accounts
It looks like we are seeing some Googler accounts being taken over by sites that sell SEO services, or dare I say it, spammy or low-quality SEO services. Martin Splitt from Google let his X account go during the whole …
Google Ads & Google Analytics Gain New AI Features
Google announced a number of new AI features for Google Ads and Google Analytics aimed to “simplify your workflow and expedite your path to business growth,” as Google wrote. Specifically, there are new AI Overviews at the top of the …
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 10, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Microsoft Advertising Bulk Edit/Appeal Disapproved Assets
Microsoft has released the ability to adjust and appeal disapproved assets in bulk. This feature is named Bulk edit disapproved assets and should be live globally in all Microsoft Advertising accounts.…
Google AI Labels On Local Pack & Google Discover Ads
A month ago, Google said it would now label ads created or edited with AI with an AI label within the ad or on the ad itself (depending on the region). We soon saw those AI labels roll out on …
Google: Hreflang URLs Not Indexed In The Proper Sense
Google’s Gary Illyes said that hreflang alternates, hreflang URLs are not “indexed in the proper sense.” In short, Google just keeps the hreflang URL as alternate URLs. So the URL is not what is getting the page indexed, it is …
Google Local Disallows Repeated Bilingual Names & Transliterations
Google has updated its guidelines for representing your business on Google in the Google Business Profiles help documentation to add a new rule. Google said for your business name you cannot repeat “the same business name in multiple scripts or …
Meta/Facebook Crawling Web & May Be Building Search Engine
Meta, the social media company that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, is allegedly crawling the web and in the process of building its own search engine. Pieter Levels posted about this pattern on X and wrote, “Meta is …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Wild Google Ranking Volatility, Reddit Special Preference, Big Google Executive Shakeup & More Search News
This week, we covered two unconfirmed Google search ranking updates, one mid-week and one over the weekend – some were pretty big. Google said Reddit gets no special preference in its search rankings or AI results……
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 7, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Google Ads Phone Conversions Report Gets View Call Report Link
Google Ads added a “View call report” link in the Phone Call conversions leads report. This makes it easier to jump to the details of what makes up the metrics of that report and gives you access to that data …
Google Crawlers Send HTTP Requests: HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE
Gary Illyes from Google said that Google’s crawlers do not only send HTTP requests such as GET and POST but also for HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. He said the latter make up for less than 1.5% of the …
On Sep 1 Google Ads To Migrate ACA & Campaign-Level Broad Match To AI Max
Google Ads will begin migrating or “upgrading” Automatically created assets and campaign-level broad match setting to AI Max starting on September 1, 2026. We knew this was coming and now the process is soon going to begin.…


