4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (217+ words) So the searcher will think they are calling the business that they are looking at but in fact, they are calling a scammer instead. This is not necessarily a new spam / fraud technique but I don't think I've covered it…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (159+ words) Google has updated its location asset requirements for Google Ads. Google said it made these updates to "improve terminology, enhance readability, and include troubleshooting steps applicable to advertisers using location assets." "This update aims to provide clearer information to advertisers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (191+ words) Google has updated its Google European Search Dataset Licensing Program page with details on the program. Google has been designated as a "gatekeeper" under the DMA and is thus legally required to share its search data with competing search engines…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (139+ words) Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Google Search, has confirmed that the Google Search team is still well-resourced in its fight against search spam. The spam team continues to update its spam algorithms, such as the latest Google August 2026 spam…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (196+ words) Google sent out emails to some advertisers notifying them that starting October 1st, Google Local Service Ads will charge for some missed and subsequent calls over the platform. "On October 01, 2026, we are updating how and when you are charged for call…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (127+ words) Google Ads is testing loading the sponsored results in the mobile search results interface with an animation. It shows that Gemini is also involved by saying, "Evaluating sponsored results" and has a Google and Gemini logo as the ads load…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (157+ words) Search Engine Roundtable Google has made some minor updates to the canonicalization help documents including the What is canonicalization and Fix canonicalization issues I am not sure if anything fundamentally is different on the page outside of making it easier…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (102+ words) Google Tests Pink Highlights In Featured Snippets Search Engine Roundtable Google Tests Pink Highlights In Featured Snippets Typically, when Google highlights phrases in a featured snippet or AI Overview within Google Search, the highlighter color is blue. We've seen Google…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (207+ words) Google has fixed two bugs this weekend related to Google Search. The first is the bug with many favicons not showing up in the Google Search result snippets. The second is the bug with two days of data missing from…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (180+ words) Search Engine Roundtable Google Search’s AI Mode is now being powered sometimes by the new Gemini 3.7 Flash Google’s John Mueller says it does not roll out updates prior to the announcement He also explained why Google announces some…...