If you take a look at the Bing Webmaster Tools newish AI performance reports, you may see more data, impressions, etc showing up on and after June 1, 2026. Microsoft said this is just "regular data backfilling" and there are "no anomalies"?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-ai-reports-backfi...

Google has reportedly updated the Google Ads "All Campaigns" drop-down selection box to be from the center of the screen to the top-left corner and added the full campaign hierarchy in an expandable view.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-updates-all-campaigns-41598...

Google updated how it handles sending searchers to AMP pages within Google Search. Now Google will send searchers directly to publisher-hosted AMP pages instead of the cached pages displayed in an AMP viewer. Google said this was done becau?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-publisher-hosted-amp-pages-chan...

Google has now added an unsubscribe option to those book a call with your Google Ads expert emails that you find in your inbox just way too often. This has been a complaint for a while, like since 2005 and we covered it many times, but in?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-expert-book-call-emails-uns...

Google Ads is testing a new Channel Diagnostics feature for Performance Max campaigns within "Channel Performance" under the "Insights & Reports" section. This shows you the diagnostic data of all the channels together and of a specific cha?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-channel-diagnostics-41607.html

Recipe bloggers really have Google's ear, as Google has made yet another official change to its AI Mode recipe results. Google's Robby Stein announced on X the launch of "a new visual treatment making it even easier to discover and visit r?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode-improves-links-recipes-...

Google AI Overviews can show the contents of the markdown files of web pages directly in the snippets within those AI Overviews. Google's John Mueller called this "unexpected" and that this does not mean Google treats markdown files any dif?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overview-markdown-files-4159...

Google is testing the placement of AI-generated summaries in Google Ads sponsored results, right below the description. Google did add the disclaimer to the ad, "Google Al responses are generated independently and can make mistakes, so dou?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-generate-summaries-41599...

Google has always allowed you to request that content be removed from Google Search via the legal DMCA request form. But in the past year or so, this legal route has become a negative SEO nightmare. Real content, owned by the original pub?
https://www.seroundtable.com/fake-dmca-takedowns-google-search-4159...

Google is adding AI-generated content, generated by Gemini, to Google AdSense ad intents formatted ads. That means when a user interacts with the AdSense ad unit, a link, anchor or chip, it opens a dialog that shows the user ads and Gemini-?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-ad-intents-gemini-gener...

Google Trends now lets you plot the change of interest in keyword phrases over time and then compare those over the previous time. There is a new compare to previous time period button you can click on Google Trends to get the good looking?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-trends-comparison-over-time-dat...

Fabrice Canel has announced he has retired from Microsoft as of today. This comes after almost 30 years of service at Microsoft. Fabrice was most well-known in our community for his work on Bing and all of Microsoft's search services.
https://www.seroundtable.com/fabrice-canel-retires-41602.html

The Google Search Console Generative AI performance reports just launched recently and already Google has documented a data logging bug with the Discover and Generative AI in Discover search performance reports.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-generative-ai-discover-report-b...

Google's John Mueller said that while it is useful for site owners to add meta descriptions to their web pages, it is "definitely not a requirement," he added. The usefulness comes from sometimes writing a meta description, "helps you to f?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-meta-descriptions-41590.html

We knew this was coming, Google Ads now allows you to upload your customer loyalty data, i.e. Customer Match data, via the Google Merchant API. Google told us this change was coming back in March and Google has finally updated its document?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-customer-match-merchant-api-415...

Microsoft Bing is testing having the source favicons at the top of the search results page work as an overlay box with more links. Previously, when you clicked on an icon it would anchor you down to that specific search result on the page b?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-search-source-favicons-overlay-vs...

Google is testing adding an open in new window icon on sponsored results within the Google Search results. This icon appears at the end of the URL in the Google search ads.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-open-in-new-window-icon-415...

Yesterday, Google announced it was "renaming and updating the Default Ads Treatment policy to improve the clarity and transparency of the policy." But it did one more thing, it removed "shocking content" from the list of categories of ads t?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-shocking-content-age-policy...

Liz Reid, Google's Head of Search, was interviewed by Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis on the AI Inside podcast. In that interview, Liz Reid said Google wants great content to shine in its search results and AI experiences. She said, "we reall?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-we-want-great-content-to-shine-...

Google seems to be testing the rollout of top stories within the AI Overview section of the Google Search results. This was something Google pre-announced last month and it now seems to be rolling out to some searchers.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-top-stories-ai-overviews-41583....

Google has now specified exactly which regions local inventory ads and free local listings are available. Previously, Google would lump both together, but in reality, local inventory ads are accepted in more regions than free local listings?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-inventory-ads-and-free-lo...

OpenAI has dropped the "Sponsored" label on its ChatGPT Ads for an "Ad" label. The position of the label also moved from the top left of the ad box to the right side of the individual ad unit.
https://www.seroundtable.com/chatgpt-ads-drops-sponsored-label-4158...

Google Ads is adding new reporting to Performance Max campaigns for product reporting by asset group and also a report to view audience segments by spend. These reports should give you more clarity in your ad campaign spend and to understa?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-pmax-product-reports-audien...

Bruce Clay, known as the Father of SEO, passed away in late May. Bruce Clay started his company before there was even an SEO industry and is known for helping it become a true professional industry. I never met an individual who has contr?
https://www.seroundtable.com/bruce-clay-rip-41581.html

It only took about two days - the Google June 2026 spam update is now done rolling out. It started on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at around noon and completed on June 26, 2026 at around 2pm ET. This update felt like it started earlier than it?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-june-2026-spam-update-done-4158...

This week, Google released the June 2026 spam update, Google said it was a normal spam update but it does feel like this one started a bit earlier and was a big one. Yes, we covered on Sunday what we thought...
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-06-26-2026-41573.html

Google Ads seems to be rolling out Maximize Conversion Value bidding within Standard Shopping campaigns. You might see under the Budget and bidding optimization setting for your Standard Shopping campaigns, the bid option for "Maximize co?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-maximize-conversion-value-s...

Google announced new security controls for Merchant Center for Agencies, specifically around user access controls for admins and standard roles. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said that these changes are "to help streamline workflow?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-merchant-center-for-agencies-se...

The Google Ads API will stop allowing advertisers to create Smart Campaigns on August 3, 2026. Google has been transitioning from Smart Campaigns to Performance Max campaigns for years now.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-api-smart-campaigns-disallo...

Google has added the messages button back to the Google Business Profile dashboard within Google Search. Google use to have a feature like this but I believe removed it but now it is possibly coming back.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-message-butto...

Earlier this month, we covered Google's announcement of the Google-hosted lead form. Well, now it is going live for some advertisers in their Google Ads advertiser accounts.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-hosted-forms-leads-form-live-41...

Earlier this month, Google announced new ways to control how Google's general search AI features (like AI Mode and AI Overviews) can use your content and link to your content. Well, Google has released a super detailed help document explain?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-generative-ai-control-ex...

Google is testing a button in the AI Overview within Google Search that takes you to the web only tab. As a reminder, the web only tab does not have any AI search features or other search verticles, it only has the web search results.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-web-only-button-41...

Google has released version 24.2 of the Google Ads API, this is a minor release with dozens of updates. This update includes "critical security updates, new AI transparency features, reporting enhancements, and powerful planning insights,"?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-api-v-24-2-41570.html

Google's John Mueller explained when Google will count an impression for a web page within the generative AI features in Google Search. In short, there needs to be a link to your site being shown in AI Overviews / AI Mode for it to show as?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-performance-report-count-imp...

Google is testing autocomplete within the Ask Anything follow-up box within Google Search's AI Mode. So when you start to type a follow-up question, Google will suggest autocomplete suggestions.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode-ask-anything-autocomple...

The page indexing report within Google Search Console is now two weeks delayed. It is stuck at June 11, 2026, for me, and has not been updated in 14 days. Google has been reporting issues with Search Console often enough, so this is not u?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-page-indexing-re...

Google has just announced the release of the June 2026 spam update and said it should only take a few days to roll out. Truth is, we kind of saw this coming, although Google would say no, we did not.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-june-2026-spam-update-out-41568...

Google is updating its Google Ads Destination Mismatch policy in early July 2026 to allow the final URL to redirect to a different domain in some cases, with prior approval from Google. This was previously not allowed, as ads generally shou?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-destination-mismatch-41554....

Google added a lot more detail to a Google help document on using broad search for Local Services Ads. Google added a section on the setting, how to disable broad search, how to view leads from broad search, some nuances and how to target m?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-broad-search-local-services-ads...