Google has yet another bug with the Google Business Profiles platform. This one is with products being placed in "Pending" status, new products and old products, I believe. This started a couple of days ago and the issue still seems to be l?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-products-pend...

New Similarweb figures reveal how narrowly ChatGPT distributes its outbound clicks, and what that concentration means for publishers chasing AI referral traffic. The post AI Search Isn’t Replacing Google, It’s Layering On Top – Similarweb D?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-search-isnt-replacing-google...

Google Display & Video 360's latest Structured Data Files update adds AI labels, DOOH support and new bulk management features.
https://searchengineland.com/google-launches-structured-data-files-...

Eight weeks of AI Overviews data in Search Console reveals impressions without clicks, inflated position-one rankings, and misleading averages that can mask real traffic losses. The post Google’s ‘Generative AI’ Search Console Data Is A Tra?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-generative-ai-search-co...

A language model has no node to feed. Here's why on-site entity work moves Google's graph and never touches what the model learned. The post Entity Mapping Works On Google. Does Any Of It Reach ChatGPT? appeared first on Search Engine Journ?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/entity-mapping-works-on-google-...

Google is now testing showing related searches based on your browsing. I suspect this is based on your browsing history on Chrome, beyond what you may search for in Google but based on what pages you browse.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-related-searches-based-on-your-...

Google is now testing AI-generated descriptions on shopping and product ads. We saw this with normal sponsored results earlier this month, Google confirmed it was a small test then, and now we are seeing it on shopping ads.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-shopping-ads-ai-generated-descr...

Doesn't it feel like you are always seeing AI Overviews at the top of all your Google Search results? Well, new data from Similarweb says that AI Overviews show up for about 43% of all queries. Meanwhile, Semrush data has it at about 48% o?
https://www.seroundtable.com/half-google-searches-ai-overviews-4178...

Normally, I wouldn't cover political topics like this, but with Google trying to copyright its search results, including AI Overview responses, I thought it was appropriate. Google responded to complaints about a race-based AI Overview ans?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-race-ai-overview-response-41787...

Google has a new help document in the Google Ads support area on how to set up offline conversions using GBRAID. A GBRAID URL parameter (&gbraid=xyz) is a privacy-preserving identifier used to measure ad performance.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-offline-conversions-gbraid-url-...

Google is testing a new carousel at the top of the Google home page on mobile for Google Discover. It is a carousel of content that is titled "Read Later Queue," and it comprises articles you saved to read later.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-read-later-queue-41718...

Treat Europe as one Google market, and you'll miss Seznam, Ecosia, Zalando, and a regulatory layer that can close a door overnight. The post European Search Strategy Goes Beyond Google & Bing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/european-search-strategy-goes-b...

Search Console platform properties are now open to everyone worldwide, and Google has published a guide to reading your social and video search data. The post Google Opens Search Console Social Reporting To Everyone appeared first on Search?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-opens-search-console-soc...

Lead-gen and ecommerce managers: two Google Ads bidding changes landed this summer. Here's what shifts, what doesn't, and which campaigns to audit first. The post Google Ads Bidding Strategies: Where To Spend Your Time In 2026 appeared firs?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ads-bidding-strategies-w...

Earlier this month, Google announced platform properties, a way to see content that you manage but on third-party platforms, including social platforms and video platforms. So if you have an account on Instagram, TikTok, X and/or YouTube, y?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-platform-properties-live-41785....

Google supports the unavailable_after meta attribute, which will tell Google not to show this page in search results after the specified date/time. The problem with this, is that if you try to change the unavailable_after date later, Googl?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-unavailable_after-date-41771.html

The Google Ads interface now shows Target CPA and Target ROAS as explicit bidding strategy options in the drop-down of bidding options. We knew this was coming, as it is supported in the new version of Google Ads Editor 2.13 and all the ot?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-target-cpa-target-roas-bidd...

Google's John Mueller confirmed it has not and likely won't publish publicly Google Search's defined order of precedence for metadata reconciliation. In other words, if you have conflicting signals you are sending Google, which signal trump?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-precedence-metadata-conflicts-4...

Google Ads posted details about a new feature it calls "Lead Journey Mapping." Lead Journey Mapping is a visual drag-and-drop tool that allows lead generation advertisers to map their end-to-end customer journey within Google Ads.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-lead-journey-mapping-41782....

Google Ads has introduced what it calls "Budget Panel," which should be able to be found (at some point) in Performance Max and Demand Gen campaign review page. Google says the Budget Panel "provides customized budget recommendations to opt?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-budget-panel-41779.html

Google announced version 0.2 of the Open Knowledge Format, introducing five new trust signals. The post Google’s Open Knowledge Format Adds Five Trust Signals appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-open-knowledge-format-a...

Google's John Mueller says if sites are serving conflicting metadata, they should fix the conflict, not test which source wins. The post Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-mueller-fix-conflicting...

Google's Gary Illyes said he would need to check whether pushing an unavailable_after date forward on every renewal causes problems. He gave a first read. The post Google’s Illyes Unsure On Shifting unavailable_after Dates appeared first on?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-illyes-unsure-on-shifti...

Google's John Mueller explains the SEO impact of random URLs injected into web pages by CMS platforms. The post Google On SEO Impact Of URLs Injected Into HTML By CMS Platforms appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-seo-impact-of-urls-in...

Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console. The post AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-opt-out-may-cost-publishers-...

Is Google still a search engine? Its Q2 2026 earnings call suggests the answer is changing, and website owners should plan accordingly. The post The Future Of Search & AI: What I Learned From Google’s Latest Earnings Call appeared first on?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-future-of-search-ai-what-i-...

Data ties higher AI detector scores to lower positions and to fewer pages in Google's index, though heavily flagged pages still rank in top 10. The post Heavily AI-Flagged Pages Still Rank Across Google’s Top 10 appeared first on Search Eng?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/heavily-ai-flagged-pages-still-...

Google's DMCA case against scraper SerpApi collapsed because SearchGuard protects ad revenue, not copyright. The same reasoning weakens every site's anti-bot defense against AI crawlers. The post Google Lost Its Scraping Case – Now You Have?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-lost-its-scraping-case-n...

Amazon pulled out of U.S. Google Shopping in July 2025 and still hasn't returned. Here's what a year of auction data reveals for retailers. The post Amazon Left US Google Shopping A Year Ago & Never Came Back appeared first on Search Engine?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/amazon-left-us-google-shopping-...

Since June 11th, Google Search Console's page indexing report has been getting stuck and not showing more daily data for the past several weeks. Google has fixed it a few times, but it leads to seeing the data grouped by weeks rather than b?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-page-indexing-report-delays-sta...

Google Ads may have released a new ad status named "Has improvements." I don't see any other mentions of this status before the weekend, so I am thinking it might be new. Have you seen this one before?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-status-has-improvements-417...

Google Ads has added two new product reporting metrics to some reports, product clicks and non-product clicks. Product clicks are when a searcher clicked directly on a product in your ad and non-product clicks are when a searcher clicked a?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-product-clicks-non-41757.html

Google Ads has given advertisers the ability to upload an image when creating AI-generated images within the ad platform. The uploaded image is used to help the AI generate an image in the style you are looking for.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-generated-images-upload-...

Google updated its Google Ads policies to begin to allow for Social Casino Games. Social Casino Games are mostly free-to-play gambling-like games found on social networking sites. Google said it will gradually introduce the ability for some?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-social-casino-games-ads-41763.html

A new SEO test shows what happens when Google's Web Rendering Service continues past five seconds: Google pauses time with a virtual clock. The post Google SEO Test Shows What Happens In 5-Second Rendering Window appeared first on Search En?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-seo-test-shows-what-happ...

Shared Claude chats showed up in Google. We checked the pages and found a noindex header sitting behind a robots.txt block that keeps Google out. The post Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex appeared first on Search Engine?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/indexed-claude-chats-show-why-d...

The update makes passkeys mandatory for new Google Ads API authentication while leaving existing refresh tokens unaffected.
https://searchengineland.com/google-makes-passkeys-mandatory-for-go...

Eligible advertisers will soon be able to apply for select policy certifications directly within their Google Ads accounts.
https://searchengineland.com/google-begins-rolling-out-in-account-c...

Changing an address doesn’t always change where Google thinks a business is located. Here’s what to check before updating your GBP.
https://searchengineland.com/google-business-profile-address-change...

Google's August 17 update pushes budget-limited Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns toward their stated targets, risking higher costs unless advertisers audit and adjust first. The post Google Ads’ Target-Based Bidding Update For Ecommerce?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ads-target-based-bidding...