Google makes recipes in AI Mode more publisher friendly
Google launched a new "visual treatment making it even easier to discover and visit recipe pages with AI Mode," said Robby Stein of Google.
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Bruce Clay, the Father of SEO, has passed away
No one has supported the search industry, for as long, and with so much of his resources, like Bruce Clay.
Google June 2026 spam update done rolling out
This spam update took two full days to roll out.
Page indexing report in Google Search Console delayed
The report has not been updated for two weeks now but this is not all that uncommon.
Google releases June 2026 spam update
This update should only take a few days to roll out.
Google Search Console AI performance reports rolling out to more users
John Mueller from Google added, "We're just rolling these out incrementally to sites, and reviewing the feedback along the way."
For site moves, specify all domain variants with Google’s Change of Address tool
Google updated its help documentation to clarify how to handle all your domain variants for site moves.
UK CMA orders Google to explain how search results are ranked
Plus, Google is ordered to provide data portability to some third-party services.
Bing Webmaster Tools updates AI reporting with Intents, Topics, Citation Share and Compare
Microsoft said this is beginning to roll out in preview within Bing Webmaster Tools globally today.
Google says llms.txt files won’t harm or help your search rankings
Google clarifies AI-focused site files may be crawled, but they get no special treatment in Search or AI results.
Schema.org now shows you how many sites are using each schema type
Ever wonder how many sites are using a specific type of structured data element? Now you can know.
Google adds guidance on third-party SEO tools, services, advice and updates hiring an SEO doc
Google added in topics about generative AI optimization, how third-party tools are not endorsed by Google and more.
Google introduces Search profiles within Google Discover
These are enhanced publisher landing pages, where you can follow the publisher, see the publishers latest articles, videos and social posts all in one place.
Google Search Console AI performance reports and controls to block your content in AI responses
These features are rolling out to subset of website owners in the UK and will expand it to more in the future.
Microsoft releases Web IQ, powered by Bing but designed for how AI-agents search
Microsoft releases a search service just for AI-agents, because agents search differently from humans.
Google May 2026 core update rollout is now complete
The second Google core update of 2026 was a big one, causing a lot of search ranking volatility over the rollout.
Matt McGee on the Wild West days of SEO
Matt was also the former Editor-in-Chief at Search Engine Land, so this interview is full of great SEO topics.
Vanessa Fox on the birth of Google Search Console
From the super early days of Google through using AI today for SEO - we covered a lot in this interview.
Google AI Overviews & AI Mode gain preferred sources, plus new perspectives carousel and highly cited labels
Google says these are "new ways to help you find high-quality content and firsthand perspectives."
Google Search Console links report showing old data after breaking
Google Search Console's link report broke last Thursday so Google decided to show old data from weeks ago, while it is being fixed.
Google May 2026 core update rolling out now
This is the second Google core update of 2026, following the March 2026 core update.
Google’s new intelligent Search box – its biggest change to the search box in 25 years
This new search box aims to gives searchers easier access to AI search capabilities, with longer prompts and more AI options.
Google Search now powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google announced Gemini 3.5 Flash today and immediately it is now powering Google Search as the new default for AI Mode.
Google Search gains information agents and improved agentic experiences
Google will continuously scan the web to give you updated information on your search - as an agent would do.
Google lets you build your own app within Google Search with agentic coding
This is powered by Google Antigravity and uses Gemini 3.5 right in Google Search.
Google Search Universal Cart, expands UCP and AP2
Google's Shopping Graph is now over 60 billion products.
Google publishes guide on optimizing for generative AI features
This new guide talks about the differences, if any, between SEO, AEO, GEO and so on and touches on commodity content, AI agents and much more.
Microsoft Clarity citations dashboard rolls out
The Citation dashboard shows how your content is referenced in AI-generated answers across supported AI experiences.
Google confirms spam policies apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode
Google clarified that spam tactics aimed at influencing AI-generated answers in Search can violate its existing spam policies.
Google Discover performance reporting bug in Search Console
You may notice a decrease in clicks and impressions between May 7th and May 8th, it is a reporting bug only.
Google to no longer support FAQ rich results
FAQ rich results will no longer show in search and the Search Console features will go away.
Google AdSense removes browser back button trigger for vignette ads
This is due to the new Google search penalty for back button hijacking.
Google updates links within AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google says these updates make it "easy for you to connect with authentic voices and explore useful information across the web."
Google expands UCP checkout to main search shopping results
UCP-powered checkout initially went live only in AI Mode but it now seems to be available for some retailers in Search.
Web Bot Auth, Google’s new experimental method to validate authentic bots
This is just a limited test now for some AI agents hosted on Google's infrastructure but it may roll out more widely sometime in the future.
Google fixes Search Console’s year-long data logging issue – well, kind of…
The data going forward should be correct but the 50 weeks or so of data in the past will not be fixed.
Ask.com shuts down after over 25 years
The turn down web page says, "Jeeves’ spirit endures."
Google Preferred Sources now works for all languages
Preferred Sources was supported globally but English only, now it works for all languages.
YouTube testing new search experience, Ask YouTube
YouTube calls it a "conversational search experience to complement how you already search on YouTube."
Bing Webmaster Tools teases new AI reporting updates
These include citation share, grounding query intent, and GEO-focused recommendations.