Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting guide with new guidance on how long pages can stay in a duplicate cluster after you fix the content. The post Google Says Canonical Re-Evaluation Can Take Up to Two Weeks appeared first on?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-canonical-re-evalua...

Some Google Business Profile dashboards show “no reviews yet” even though public review counts remain visible on the live listing. The post Google Business Profiles Showing Empty Review Dashboards appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-business-profiles-showin...

Google Search Console now shows how your Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube content performs in Google Search.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-search-console-adds-social-and-...

Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI. The post Google Adds Social Reporting; Mueller Warns Against Markdown – SEO Pulse appeared?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-google-adds-social-re...

This week in search, we covered how Google's Nick Fox announced Google Search broke all usage records when Argentina scored its winning goal in the World Cup. Google Search Console now shows third-party platform content performance data fr?
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-07-10-2026-41660.html

Google Ads will now show if an ad was credited with AI or edited with AI across Search, YouTube and Discover. This AI notation will primarily show in the My Ad Center panel under "How this ad was made" but in some regions, based on the loca?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-labels-41659.html

Google Ads updated its About product category insights help document to say that it "automatically assigns your products to categories using a continuously evolving product taxonomy." This was previously not documented on the Google Ads sid?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-product-categories-evolving...

There is this hack (or trick) to force Google Search Console to show you the generative AI performance report for your social and video content, the new platform properties feature. All you need to do is add "/ai" after "search-analytics" o?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-performance-reports-platform...

Most enterprise brands are invisible to AI models right now. That gap is closing fast, and the brands moving first will hold the ground. The post Free AI Citations Won’t Last. I’ve Watched Google Fence Off A Wide Open Field Before appeared?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/free-ai-citations-wont-last-ive...

Google has updated the Fix canonicalization issues help documentation to add a new section to the top around how long it takes to fix those issues, if the pages are clustered together, and if the pages are different enough.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-canonicalization-two-weeks-4166...

A new day and a new Google Business Profiles review bug. It seems a ton of business owners are seeing a message that reads "You have no reviews yet" when clicking on the option to read reviews of their Google Business Profile listing.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-you-have-no-reviews-yet-41662.html

Google Ads updated its alcohol policy to provide more examples of ad formats that don't allow alcohol ads. The list previously only had reservation display ads and Google TV masthead ads, and it was updated app install image ads, app instal?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-formats-alcohol-ads-41652.html

Google has removed "Next" from Google Merchant Center Next and it is now to be known as just Google Merchant Center. Google announced this over here saying, "The platform you use today will simply be referred to as Google Merchant Center."
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-merchant-center-next-41658.html

Google seems to be rolling out the new Generative AI controls in Google Search Console to sites outside the United Kingdom. It initially launched a month ago only for .co.uk based sites but now we are seeing it roll out for some (not all)?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-generative-ai-controls-4...

Google is testing placing favicons in the sitelinks portion of the sponsored results from Google Ads. Generally, we only see the favicon in the main sponsored or organic listing, but here Google is testing showing favicons for all the link?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-favicons-sitelinks-41656.html

Google announced it has expanded Search campaigns for Travel to an open beta for the Things to Do and Events verticals. This brings you Search and AI Max features for those types of campaigns.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-travel-expands-41655.html

Google's new Category and Sale Duration structured data properties give merchants a way to rank more precise product data. The post Google’s New Merchant Listing Structured Data Improves SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-merchant-listing-st...

Google's Nick Fox said Search saw its highest usage on record during Argentina's comeback win over Egypt at the World Cup. The post Google Says Search Hit All-Time Usage High During World Cup appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-search-hit-all-time...

Google Ads expands its Travel campaign beta to Things to Do and Events, giving eligible advertisers a new campaign type for attractions and ticket sales. The post Google Ads Expands Search Campaigns for Travel Beta to Things to Do and Event?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-campaigns-travel-...

Google clarifies its Smart Bidding update, explaining how August 17 changes will affect Target CPA, Target ROAS, and budget-limited campaigns. The post Google Clarifies Smart Bidding Update After Advertiser Concerns appeared first on Search?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-clarifies-smart-bidding-...

Nick Fox, Senior Vice President of Knowledge & Information at Google, said Google Search "broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history" after Argentina scored its winning goal in yesterday's World Cup match.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-broke-all-usage-records-...

For the past week or so, I have heard a few folks notice that Google is appending tracking URLs to the search results. So when you click on a search result, instead of the URL going directly to that site, Google is using a google.com/goto?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-com-goto-as-tracking-urls-41647...

Google added a useful detail to the active conversions screen, to show you when was the last time Google Ads was able to trigger a ping event on your conversion feed and data. When you hover over the conversions, it will show you the date?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-conversions-last-event-ping...

Google has posted some new frequently asked questions to the Google Ads AI Max help document. The questions cover what is AI Max, why you should use AI Max, that AI Max is not a new campaign type, how AI Max differs from PMax and what happ?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-max-faq-41633.html

Google Search normally shows product listings with pricing on them, but sometimes it can show "Contact store for price" when it Google does not know the price. I am not sure if I've seen this before, and it might not be new, but it did real?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-contact-store-for-price-...

Google has updated its Google Business Profile appeal process and flow to allow businesses to upload their evidence for the business profile suspension. The old flow had a different form where you would later upload that evidence, and you o?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-appeal-eviden...

Google is adding platform properties to Search Console, letting creators track how their Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube posts perform in Search and Discover. The post Google Search Console Adds Social & Video Platform Properties appeared?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-console-adds-soci...

Google Search Console can now show how your social and video content perform within Google Search. This includes channels such as Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube. Google kind of did this before, but now this data is going into the Perform?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-social-content-p...

Google has added to its Merchant listing structured data documentation help page that it now supports the Product.category property and a new Sale duration mechanism within the schema.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-product-category-sale-duration-...

Google Ads has a newish option when you create an asset group named "Apply theme to asset group." An asset group is made of images, logos, headlines, descriptions, videos, sitelinks, assets, and audience signals that you upload or that are?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-apply-theme-to-asset-group-...

Google is testing a large "Visit site" button on the sponsored results, the Google Ads, within the Google Search results. Google has done this before for organic sitelinks and map results, and even Bing did it for some branded-style search?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-visit-site-button-sponsored-res...

Google AdSense may have added a new setting that lets you specify if you want Google AdSense "experts" to call you offering "personalized advice." You can specify if you want or do not want messages, and how - i.e. via phone calls, SMS mess?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-expert-advice-41634.html

Google's John Mueller responds to the trend of creating a set of markdown pages to mirror HTML content for AI SEO. The post Google On Using Markdown For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-using-markdown-for-ai...

Google's OKF and ARD specs are making noise, but HTML still runs discovery. Here's what actually matters for SEO in the new agentic-web stack. The post The Web Is Growing A Second Layer – Almost A Third Head appeared first on Search Engine?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-web-is-growing-a-second-lay...

New Google research catches AI video spam by clustering accounts, not single videos. See what it signals.
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-research-and-ai-spam-detection/

Build your own AI-ready knowledge system with insights from Marie Haynes on using Google’s Open Knowledge Format for search and automation. The post Build An OKF Brain Like Mine! appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/build-an-okf-brain-like-mine/58...

John Mueller from Google said that the new Content Signals robots.txt directive invented by Cloudflare last year has "no effects whatsoever for any crawler or LLM." He added that it "just adds bloat and future maintenance to your robots.txt?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cloudflare-content-signals-4163...

Back in early May, Google announced five new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Google Search. One was a feature that was titled "Further Exploration" at the bottom of the AI Overview within Google Search. Well, now it seems some?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-further-exploration-41621.html

Those of you who use the Google and YouTube Shopify app to sync your products automatically from Shopify to Google Merchant Center may have a huge headache to deal with after August 18, 2026. The rumor is that you will need to reinstall th?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-youtube-shopify-app-sync-mercha...

Google's John Mueller responded to an SEO using LLMs-Author.txt to separate themself from others with the same name. The post Google Answers Question About LLMs-Author.txt For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-answers-question-about-l...