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geoMicrosoft's own data: AI chat cut publisher clicks up to 93%, and links don't fix it
A court brief shows Microsoft's own data put the click-through reduction between Bing Chat and Bing web search at 87 to 93…
SEOGoogle's Discover 'Dive deeper' button keeps readers on Google, and publishers are alarmed
Google is testing a 'Dive deeper' button in Discover that opens a short Google-written topic overview with publisher links pushed small and…
Google AdsGoogle says its filters miss fake leads: add three form checks, and fix your conversions
Google published a help page stating its invalid-traffic filters do not stop fake form submissions on their own, because most checks run…
SEOThat 'casino site stole my canonical' de-indexing is almost always an error shell, Mueller says
John Mueller responded to a report of a site de-indexed and replaced by an unrelated casino domain as its canonical. The real…
geoHow the AI content payment models compare: Google, Cloudflare and Microsoft
Google, Cloudflare and Microsoft are each testing ways to pay websites for AI access to their content, and the three models differ…
metaFacebook Pages now charged for link posts, but the channel was already tiny
Meta is expanding a test that limits non-paying Facebook professional accounts to two link posts a month unless they subscribe to Meta…
eCommerce MarketingGoogle drops free product listings across Europe to comply with the DMA
Google removed free product listings and 'popular products' carousels from search across the European Economic Area, with a near-total drop within two…
Google AdsGoogle's ad tech remedies, decoded: what the full opinion actually requires
The full court opinion in the US ad tech antitrust case is public. Google must open AdX to Prebid and rival ad…
SEOLink building in 2026: what still works, what is toxic, and how it now feeds AI search
Link building still works in 2026 because links remain a core ranking signal, but relevance and trust now outweigh volume, and the…
eCommerce MarketingGoogle's holiday commerce update adds cart transfer, UCP analytics, and Business Agent in YouTube ads
Google is rolling out holiday agentic-commerce updates on the Universal Commerce Protocol, led by cart transfer, which lets shoppers move items from…
analyticsGoogle Ads multi-source conversions: connect your CRM to correct conversion values after the sale
Google published a help document for multi-source conversions in Google Ads, a beta connecting a website conversion action to a backend source…
geoGoogle's Mueller: Search Console AI position reporting will keep changing, so treat it as a moving target
John Mueller says Search Console position and impression tracking for AI Mode, AI Overviews and Search will evolve over time and confirmed…
Google AdsGoogle Ads Spend benchmarks report compares you to peers, but peer spend is not a target
Google Ads is rolling out a Spend benchmarks report in the Account Overview showing whether you spend more or less than similar…
SEOGoogle drops Search profiles to 10,000 followers and adds single-login multi-account management
Google cut the Search profiles follower threshold to 10,000 on 16 September 2026, down from 35,000, and paired it with a redesigned…
SEOCan you turn off Google Business Profile reviews? What owners can and cannot do
Google provides no setting to turn off reviews on a Business Profile, and owners cannot delete a customer's review. Here is what…
geoHow to track AI Overviews visibility, and what Search Console will not tell you
Tracking AI Overviews visibility needs a fixed query panel, a record of citations versus mentions, and Search Console read carefully. Here is…
Google AdsGoogle Search Partners: what the network is, where the data is, and when to turn it off
The Google Search Partners network shows your Search and Shopping ads on non-Google search boxes and portals. Here is where the setting…
Google AdsGoogle suspended 24.9 million advertiser accounts in 2025, and the categories matter more than the ratio
The Video Advertising Bureau circulated an analysis on 15 September 2026 setting Google's 2025 enforcement numbers against linear television. The ratio is…
Google AdsGoogle Ads confirms the August 17 bidding update finished on August 27, and CPCs are rising
Google confirmed that the 17 August target-based bidding change completed its global rollout on 27 August 2026, and the first outside data…
metaMeta One launches globally, and Thai prices run from 27 to 10,990 baht a month
Meta launched Meta One globally on 15 September 2026, a subscription across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI with plans for individuals,…
SEOGoogle adds four experimental ad metrics to the Chrome User Experience Report
Google added four experimental ad metrics to the Chrome User Experience Report on 15 September 2026. Ad Count, Ad Density, Ad Weight…
geoCloudflare's Disallow AI Training keeps Googlebot crawling while blocking model training
Cloudflare introduced a Disallow AI Training setting on 15 September 2026 that publishes a no-training preference in robots.txt while leaving Googlebot, Applebot…
geoWhat are Google AI Overviews? How they choose sources and what site owners can do
How AI Overviews work, how they affect clicks, where to find their data in Search Console, what the opt-out controls really do,…