Google Merchant Center may have a bug in its automated validation of products and landing pages. Last night, some Google Ads merchants received disapproval notices for "Product page unavailable" even though the product page was indeed avai?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-merchant-center-mass-product-pa...

Microsoft Bing is testing using a larger favicon format for sponsored ads in the top position. The favicon is about 33% bigger in the top sponsored ad position than in an organic or lower sponsored ad position.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-large-favicons-top-ads-41437.html

As AI Mode becomes more seamless, Google appears increasingly comfortable with a world beyond Classic Search. The post Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is OK With AI Mode Replacing Classic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ceo-is-comfortable-with...

Rank in organic search and AI Overviews by improving E-E-A-T and finding low-competition keywords. Here’s how + more strategies.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/improve-seo/

It is not that uncommon, unfortunately, to see Google Ads that are designed to steal your login credentials for various platforms, including your Google account. Now, when you search for "my business," which is how many businesses login to?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-phishing-attack-41451.html

A keyword strategy defines the user queries you want to appear for and how you‘ll target them.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/keyword-strategy/

Google Search Console now shows which of your pages appear in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover. Here's how to use that data. The post GSC’s New AI Overview Reporting: How Can We Use This Information? appeared first on Search Engine Journ?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/gscs-new-ai-overview-reporting-...

Most SEOs stop at schema markup. Here's the full technical picture of entity optimization, and why it matters more than ever for LLM visibility. The post How Can You Implement Entity Optimization Without Relying On Schema Markup? – Ask An S?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-what-does-entity-opt...

Tracking your performance in Google’s AI Overviews & AI Mode Google is giving us brand new information within our Google Search Consoles to tell us how our content is being used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the AI features in Discover. If?
https://www.mariehaynes.com/new-aio-and-aimode-info-in-gsc/

A Shopify outage disrupted storefronts, checkouts, admin access and Retail POS, potentially affecting merchants' ability to manage stores / process sales.
https://searchengineland.com/shopify-outage-disrupts-stores-checkou...

Google Lighthouse now audits how ready your site is for AI agents. Here‘s what it means for visibility.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-adds-agentic-browsing-category-...

AI-driven Google Ads is changing the PPC role from campaign execution to signal design, conversion architecture, and system guidance.
https://searchengineland.com/new-ppc-skill-set-system-optimizer-479316

Google is rolling out an AI performance report and a toggle to block content from AI responses in Search Console. Here‘s what it means for your visibility.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-adds-ai-performance-reports/

Learn how AI search reshapes higher ed reviews and why reputation strategy matters. Get the insights for your institution now! The post How AI Search is Transforming the Role of Reviews in Higher Education appeared first on Amsive.
https://www.amsive.com/insights/seo/how-ai-search-is-transforming-t...

Accidental clicks, bot traffic, and low-quality placements contaminate campaign data. Strategic exclusions help keep optimization on track.
https://searchengineland.com/google-display-exclusions-ai-driven-op...

Social media SEO involves improving your social presence to appear across multiple search surfaces.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/social-media-seo/

SEO and affiliate teams affect the same revenue, rankings, and LLM visibility. Alignment can reduce costs and strengthen brand performance.
https://searchengineland.com/business-value-seo-affiliate-alignment...

AI search is the new SEO for most marketers. But their workflows haven‘t caught up yet. Survey of 481 marketers.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/the-operational-gap-ai-seo-study/

Which marketing tasks should you automate, and which should you protect? The answer could define your team's capabilities for the next decade. The post What Not To Automate With AI: The SEO Deskilling Trap appeared first on Search Engine Jo?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-not-to-automate-with-ai-th...

Search intent still shapes content strategy, but AI Overviews now shape how users behave on the SERP itself.
https://searchengineland.com/ai-overviews-search-reading-sessions-4...

Google has announced the new Search Console Search Generative AI performance reports and a toggle to block your site from showing in AI responses. This is available currently only for a small subset of UK site owners, but it will expand glo?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-performance-report-blocking-...

Google may be adding more link cards to the sidebar of the Google AI responses. Specifically, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews are testing showing more citation/link cards on the side of the AI response.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adding-more-link-cards-41436.html

Microsoft held its Microsoft Build event and announced Web IQ, a search engine platform for AI-agents and so many other AI enhancements. But what gave me a double-take was Microsoft Scout. I mean, didn't Yahoo just announce Yahoo Scout in J?
https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-scout-vs-yahoo-scout-41441.html

OpenAI sent out an email to advertisers announcing some new ad unit tests, specifically multi-advertiser placements in ChatGPT. OpenAI also announced new updates to the ChatGPT Ads Manager to help advertisers manage their ads and control ta?
https://www.seroundtable.com/chatgpt-multi-advertiser-placements-41...

Google Hotel Ads may have dropped several bid adjustments, or maybe it is a bug. Bid adjustments such as day of the week check-in, advanced purchase, check-in date, length of stay and maybe some others are no longer showing up in the Googl?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-drops-several-bid-adjustments-f...

Publishers, developers, and businesses face three different economic realities under the agentic web. This article maps all three. The post What Is The Agentic Web? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-is-the-agentic-web/574224/

Google is testing Search Console controls and reports for AI Search visibility, including AI-specific impressions data for some UK sites. The post Google Tests Dedicated AI Search Reports In Search Console appeared first on Search Engine J?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-tests-dedicated-ai-searc...

These features are rolling out to subset of website owners in the UK and will expand it to more in the future.
https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-ai-performance-r...

Google's Invalid Activity Credit Report gives advertisers a clearer view of refunded spend from invalid clicks and traffic.
https://searchengineland.com/google-spotlights-invalid-click-credit...

Microsoft announced Web IQ, a set of grounding APIs that connect AI agents to Bing's index. Pricing and general availability remain unclear. The post Microsoft Web IQ Gives AI Agents Bing Grounding APIs appeared first on Search Engine Journ?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-web-iq-gives-ai-agent...

Google has confirmed a test of healthcare ads in AI Mode, offering an early look at how advertising may evolve within AI search.
https://searchengineland.com/google-begins-testing-healthcare-ads-i...

Google's updated Ads terms expand its use of AI-driven automation, raising advertiser concerns about reduced control and ownership.
https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-updates-terms-of-service-ah...

Microsoft releases a search service just for AI-agents, because agents search differently from humans.
https://searchengineland.com/microsoft-releases-web-iq-powered-by-b...

AI applications are only as good as the information they reason from. Without fresh, high-quality web data, they are less dependable. Today, Microsoft is launching Web IQ: a suite of AI-native grounding APIs built for the agentic era, conne?
https://blogs.bing.com/search/June-2026/Announcing-Microsoft-Web-IQ

Domain Rating (DR) is Ahrefs’ measure of how strong a website’s backlink profile is, on a scale from 0 to 100. It’s relative by design: your score reflects how your backlink profile stacks up against every other website in our…Read more ›
https://ahrefs.com/blog/what-is-a-good-domain-rating/

Google's May core update finished rolling out on after nearly 12 days. SEO professionals described the update as heavier than March. The post Google’s May Core Update Complete After Volatile Rollout appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-may-core-update-complet...

Learn to check if Google has indexed your site and what to do if not, so you can show in search results.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-index/

SISTRIX data from German-language ChatGPT responses shows citation patterns changed after GPT-5.5 appeared. The company compares it to a core update. The post ChatGPT Citations Changed After GPT-5.5, SISTRIX Data Shows appeared first on Se?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-citations-changed-after...

Much of the evidence AI systems rely on lives inside customer success, support, and delivery teams. Here’s how SEO can surface it.
https://searchengineland.com/seo-customer-success-ai-readable-proof...

Not sure if your site is agent-ready? Google's new Lighthouse report checks three things most SEOs haven't tackled yet. The post How To Use Lighthouse To Test Your Website For Agentic Readiness appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-use-lighthouse-to-test-y...