Google has confirmed it has recently begun running a "small experiment" where it is serving regular pure Search campaigns with restrictive match types in AI Mode. Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, told me, "This is a small experiment tha?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-serving-restrictive-match-t...

Google’s AI-powered AdSense Help guide answers publisher questions and helps with onboarding and troubleshooting.
https://searchengineland.com/google-rolls-out-ai-powered-adsense-he...

Google will allow personalized alcohol advertising on YouTube starting Oct. 30, in markets where local laws permit.
https://searchengineland.com/google-opens-youtube-personalized-ads-...

Google may have a bug with its job search feature because it is barely showing any new jobs within its search results. This has been happening for the past week and it is unclear why.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-job-search-bug-42022.html

Google can limit ad serving without disapproving your ads. Learn what puts accounts at risk, how to spot a limitation, and how to appeal.
https://searchengineland.com/limited-ad-serving-google-ads-486730

This week, we covered how Google for the second time dodged being broken up, this time over its ad tech monopoly. Google AI Overviews are expanding by default...
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-09-04-2026-42015.html

Research shows how people can keep using Google while making fewer traditional searches and clicking through to fewer websites. The post People Aren’t Leaving Google For AI. They’re Using Both appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chatgpt-audience-search-...

Google Business Profiles seems to be adding a fifth way to verify your business, this new method is by submitting a photo of your business location. The other methods are phone or text, email, live video call or a postcard in the mail.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-business-phot...

Google has expanded access to Waze Ads beyond the United States and to a total of 42 countries. Google updated the PMax help documents in the Google Ads help center with this new information. It now says, "Waze Ads are currently available?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-expands-waze-ads-42018.html

Google Ads is testing another variation of expandable sitelinks, where sitelinks are collapsed by default and a number indicator shows how many more are available. You can then click to expand the sitelinks to show more.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-collapsing-sitelinks-42014....

Google Ads is now pushing notifications to advertisers for recommendations they have previously dismissed. Google shows a message in the ads console that reads, "You still have dismissed recommendations for this campaign," which you can dis?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-dismissed-recommendations-4...

The latests Gemini model was unlikely to link or cite its sources. Google has confirmed the issue and will push a fix soon.
https://searchengineland.com/google-to-fix-citation-bug-with-gemini...

Google's latest Search integration is another step to a future where users get things done without traditional search results. The post Google’s New Weather AI In Search Continues Shift Away From 10 Blue Links appeared first on Search Engin?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-weather-ai-in-searc...

Smart Bidding sees the auction-level signals your hourly report can’t. Know what you’re giving up when you cut an hour.
https://searchengineland.com/what-google-ads-hour-of-day-report-doe...

Over the past several days, I have been hearing from some publishers that while their content is being crawled, indexed, and served in Google Search results, some of it is missing from the news tab. It may then later show up in the news ta?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-news-tab-content-disappearing-4...

As you know, Google rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash for subscribers to AI Mode and some have started to play with it. And the early feedback is that AI Mode running Gemini 3.8 Flash is not link or citation friendly. Meaning, AI Mode with Google?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode-gemini-38-no-links-4201...

In July, Google began to roll out AI performance reports within Google Merchant Center to United States based merchants. Google said the AI reports are now available to merchants within Australia, Canada, India & New Zealand as well.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-expands-merchant-center-ai-perf...

Google Ads is showing under the status of your ads a label that says "Under Re-Review." It says the ad is eligible but limited and "this ad is serving to a limited audience." It then breaks down where the ad may not be serving.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-under-re-review-status-4197...

Google added some new nuggets to its Google Ads help documentation on about conversion measurement, specifically on phone call conversions and offline conversions.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-phone-call-offline-conversi...

Google explains why fixing what caused a ranking drop doesn’t necessarily mean rankings will come back anytime soon. The post Google Says Ranking Recovery Takes Months After SEO Issues Are Fixed appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-ranking-recovery-ta...

Data finds Google AI Mode rarely shows the same products as the regular results carousel, and often lists a different seller when it does. The post Google AI Mode Prices Differ From Product Carousel For Same Items appeared first on Search E?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-mode-prices-differ-fr...

Google's Mueller comments on a sitemap SEO method that forces search engines to crawl and index web pages every day. The post Google Responds To Sitemap SEO Technique That Forces Daily Crawling appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-responds-to-sitemap-seo-...

Google added Gemini 3.8 Flash to AI Mode's model menu on release day. The post Google Adds Gemini 3.8 Flash To AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-gemini-3-8-flash-ai-mode...

Google's Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, said on X, "Gemini 3.8 Flash has landed in Search." This comes only a couple of weeks after Google brought Gemini 3.7 Flash to AI Mode within Google Search.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ai-mode-gemini-38-42009....

This too is first rolling out AI Mode for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers in English, like we saw with 3.7.
https://searchengineland.com/gemini-3-8-flash-rolling-out-in-google...

Judge keeps the monopoly finding intact, but chooses behavioral remedies over a forced AdX sale, preserving Google's ad exchange.
https://searchengineland.com/google-avoids-adx-breakup-486625

A federal judge in Virginia ruled against breaking up Google's ad tech business after Google was found to be a monopoly over its ad technology platforms. The judge ordered Google to end its practices that depress ad rates for web publishers?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ad-tech-business-ruling-42008.html

Search visibility now extends from Google results to AI citations and community conversations. Here’s where to focus your SEO effort in 2027.
https://searchengineland.com/evolving-seo-what-needs-to-change-450911

Google says a new Gemini system that inspects frames, audio, and transcripts on demand will power Ask YouTube on video watch pages. The post Google To Bring New Video Understanding Tech To Ask YouTube appeared first on Search Engine Journal?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-video-understanding-ask-...

Google Trends now lets you filter your results by category, either with or without a query. This can give you a more refined view of the trends for a specific query or zoom you out more on category level trends within Google Search.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-trends-filter-category-42007.html

You can now filter Google Trends by pre-defined categories, without having to enter a query.
https://searchengineland.com/google-trends-adds-category-filters-48...

This seems like a widespread bug impacting a lot of GA4 accounts.
https://searchengineland.com/google-analytics-showing-zero-traffic-...

As agents and MCP connectors take over PPC management outside the Google Ads UI, this piece maps the risks and the governance needed to avoid. The post What Happens To PPC When You Stop Managing Google Ads Through Google Ads appeared first?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-happens-to-ppc-when-you-st...

Google's John Mueller said the Google disavow tool "does have effects," adding, "but it has its place & time." This was in response a complaint about a site dropping in the search results after adding links to the disavow link tool.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-disavow-tool-effects-42004.html

Google Ads added a new section to the how asset groups work help documentation for pre-fill asset groups with generated assets. This section goes over new features like in-construction callout and automatic pre-fill.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-pre-fill-asset-groups-41993...

Google AdSense will change how it counts impressions for display ads starting on February 17, 2027. Google will use what it calls the Begin-to-Render methodology and will only count the impression once the ad has successfully loaded and has?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-begin-to-render-41992.html

Interview with head of Google DeepMind explains how Gemini is moving beyond answers toward AI that can use tools and accomplish tasks. The post Google DeepMind Says Gemini Is Evolving From Chatbot To AI Agent appeared first on Search Engine?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-deepmind-says-gemini-is-...

About a month ago, Google announced Tell Maps, a way for Google Maps contributors to use AI to tell Google Maps more about places. "You can suggest edits conversationally, right from Ask Maps and the Contribute tab," Google said about Tell?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-tell-maps-42001.html

Microsoft is testing removing the site names from the Bing search results and instead showing only the site's URL. Google tested this about a year ago, so I guess it makes sense for Bing to test as well.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-search-snippets-without-sitenames...

Google Analytics seems to have another bug, this time with data missing from the main charts. September 1, 2026 data is showing zero traffic to websites; I believe this is across every Google Analytics install.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-analytics-broken-42002.html