Google published new ways to remove and prevent Google Merchant Center from showing products "Found by Google" in your product feed. This is when Google finds products on your site by crawling your site, not through your feed.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-remove-found-by-google-products...

Google Ads is rolling out new data columns that show unique search categories with clicks, conversions and impressions. This is different from just the clicks column, which is also available in this report.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-unique-search-categories-co...

Google Ads is rolling out a new section under the Conversions section labeled "Shop diagnostics." It says, "This report helps diagnose shop sales reporting and optimization eligibility."
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-shop-diagnostics-41540.html

Google is making a change to how it reports on the Multiplex ads units, where starting on June 23, 2026 where Google will report every ad in the grid as its own ad request. Previously, ads in a Multiplex ad unit are counted as one ad reques?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-multiplex-ad-change-415...

Google has confirmed it is rolling out a limited test in the search results to add labels to the sponsored results. The labels will say "Strongest match" and "Strong match," which represent how relevant those specific ads are to the query.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-strongest-match-and-strong-...

Google has updated the Google Ads help document on About reporting in AI Max for Search campaigns with a number of changes. The changes include documenting the DSA to AI Max deadline, more information on how to understand the report, a new?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-max-search-campaigns-rep...

Google seems to be expanding access to the new Search Console generative AI performance reports to more regions, outside of just the UK. I see a number of people in India who are now reporting seeing the new AI report. I personally do not s?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-performance-report-expands-4...

Google has posted a new policy document for subscription linking for news publishers under the Google Publisher Center help area. Google wrote, "Any publisher using this service must adhere to these policies."
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-subscription-linking-for-news-p...

Google added a new section to the about final URL expansion in Search document named "How the landing page logic works for Travel Promotion Ads & Booking Links within Search Campaigns for Travel." This explains the relationship between your?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-travel-promo-ads-booking-links-...

Google announced it has expanded its Financial Services Verification process to 24 new European Economic Area (EEA) markets. The verification requirements kicks in today, July 23, 2026. Google said they are doing this to "help stop scams be?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-financial-advertiser-verifi...

Google's John Mueller warned a site owner from moving his domain name from a .ca to .com just for branding purposes.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-site-move-outcomes-impossible-k...

Google Ads updated its responsive search ads help document to expand on the tips section around pinning headlines and descriptions. It now warns against pinning identical or very similar text and suggests a hybrid strategy.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-pin-headlines-tips-41538.html

Last month, Google announced that it is rolling out text disclaimers within Google Ads globally, in all languages. Well, it seems to have rolled out for many last week, as many are seeing it in their Google Ads accounts.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-text-disclaimers-live-41536...

Google Ads is updating how bidding strategies are labeled. Specifically, Target CPA and Target ROAS will show as standalone bidding strategy options, separating them from the "Maximize conversions" and 'Maximize conversion value' strategies?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-target-cpa-roas-updates-415...

Google is adding a new feature to the Google Business Profiles actions named Collected Info. This is to confirm your business details and keep your Business Profile updated, Google wrote.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-collected-inf...

Google may have quietly rolled out an update on Friday, June 19th, that seems to may have impacted more of the black hat SEO side of things. It is not 100% clear because most of the tools seem pretty stable and yes there is chatter also in?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-hits-black-hats-...

This week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK's CMA ordered Google to share its search ranking algorithm and enable data portability to some third-parties. Google Search rolled out its information...
https://www.seroundtable.com/video-06-19-2026-41532.html

Microsoft Bing is testing a new updated design for the news section within Bing Search. The updated news box, honestly, is easier to understand and makes it clearer that these are news sources - so I kind of like it.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-updated-news-section-41531.html

Google held a Search Central Live event in Milan this week and spoke about several topics including chunking, site-wide signals, AI settings in Search Console, commondity versus non-commodity content, paywalled content, subscriptions for ne?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-central-live-milan-41533...

Microsoft Bing is testing a color selector / viewer in the shopping and product results within Bing Search. This will show you what colors the product is available in, without having to click over to the website to see it.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-colors-product-results-41438.html

Google will be turning on conversion-based customer lists for Google Ads advertiser accounts beginning on Jun 17, 2026, with data processing to begin on August 18, 2026. This will happen to all advertisers who have already adopted both Enh?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-conversion-based-customer-l...

Google is testing using a hot pink font for the live time for when a place is busy or not. This is part of the old popular times feature, but Google is testing or launching a hot pink font to make it really noticeable.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-hot-pink-live-time-alerts-...

Bing may soon support more countries for the countries filter within Bing Webmaster Tools. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft wrote on X, "Well, we are now actively considering expanding this to show more individual countries."
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-country-reporting...

Google can show an "Activities" button in the Google Business Profiles dashboard within Google Search. I assume this button is reserved for venues that let you book activities including booking tickets or other activities.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-activities-ta...

Google is testing attributing where the 3D models are from that Google shows within the product detail screen in Google Search. I can't replicate this but the test shows "3D mode from [retailer name]."
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-3d-model-from-41515.html

Google seems to be showing content from publishers in the Google News Showcase more within the Google Discover feed. I don't have direct data to prove this but two people who follow Google Discover closely said this is to be true.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-feed-google-news-showc...

Google has updated its site move and domain migrations help document to note that for domain migrations, you should make sure to submit Change of Address requests for all domain variations. Google said the "domain migrations work best when?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-domain-variants-site-moves-4152...

Bing Webmaster Tools is rolling out a preview release of those new AI reporting features demonstrated at SEO Week in late April. These include Intents, Topics, Citation Share, and Compare within the AI reporting section.
https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-intents-topics-citation-share-com...

I've been watching the chatter in the SEO industry, and honestly, it hasn't calmed down much since my last report for the period of June 8-12. The Google search results seem more heated today, and there appears to be an unconfirmed Google s?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-41523...

The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK has told Google it must be transparent on how it ranks search results in Google and it must enable users to port its data to other third-party search services. I can't imagine Google will eve?
https://www.seroundtable.com/cma-google-search-results-ranked-data-...

Google is rolling out a new look and feel for the Google Ads campaign status notifications and icons. The new statuses are no longer highlighted fully, instead they are just outlined in various colors. It makes it a bit less extreme to lo?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-updates-campaign-status-int...

Google added a new summary tab to the access and security section that shows the security tasks you completed and what tasks you have not completed. Google continues to add more and more security features to the Google Ads advertiser platfo?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-security-tasks-summary-tab-...

Google's latest Off The Record podcast was titled Markdown vs HTML with John Mueller and Martin Splitt talking about the use cases for both. In short, both said that when it comes to SEO and Search...
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-html-vs-markdown-41508.html

John Mueller from Google said that when it comes to having a multinational site, making a specific US folder structure won't give you any practical SEO difference. It might be easier for you to manage or for your to analyze with your analyt?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-seo-us-site-folders-41506.html

Google has been mixing sponsored ads within its organic free search listings since October 2023. Eventually, Google said this is called dynamic ad placement, and it has become the new Google Search. Google has been doing this with the imag?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-image-search-mix-ads-41511.html

Microsoft Advertising has rolled out a new feature named Product Explorer. This tool gives advertisers a searchable view of your entire product catalog, letting you quickly see which of your products are active, serving, and performing.
https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-advertising-product-explorer...

Google has updated its guide for optimizing for generative AI search help document to clarify that (1) LLMS.txt files don't help or hurt with search rankings and (2) AI files, markdown files, etc are not used in Google Search.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-llms-txt-files-hurt-help-41512....

Google Ads announced a number of updates and changes this morning including changes to bidding target optimization, expanding access to Smart Bidding Exploration and promotion mode beta rolling out. My biggest concern is with bidding target?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-promotion-mode-smart-biddin...

Google is rolling out Information agents within Google Search AI Mode. Information agents was announced at Google I/O and is a search feature that you can pay for within Google AI Ultra subscription plans, allowing Google Search to perform?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-information-agents-41502...

It looks like Google has removed the pagination feature within the Google Local Finder interface. When you scroll through the local business profiles, it keeps adding more and more but the pagination bar is no longer there. I suspect the p?
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-finder-interface-drops-pa...