Google Ads is beta testing a new option during the campaign creation process for “Video Campaign Group.” This option is for video or Demand Gen campaigns, and it features aggregated metrics and controls for reach and frequency across campaigns.

This week we covered how Google said it launched its biggest reduction in search quality in Europe over the DMA laws. Google also posted a document on the regional differences with the Google Search experiences. Google confirmed there was a temporary indexing reporting bug in Search Console…

Did you know that Apple Siri handles 2.5 billion requests every single day? Lilian Rincon, Apple’s Vice President of Product Management / Product Marketing for Artificial Intelligence, said that yesterday at the Apple Event on September 9, 2026.

If you conduct a blank search on Google Search, you will get an AI Overview that says “…nuts? 𥔠It seems like one of those easter eggs dropped by Google within its search results.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. John Mueller from Google said it is hard to map positions one through ten in search anymore…

There is a new Google ranking factor survey out for 2026. It has been a while since we had one, and it is here. This one was done by Cyrus Shepard and Dawn Shepard and posted at Zyppy. It says content relevance, backlinks, and content quality are the most important factors, according to the experts […]

Google Ads has been offering new and existing customers credits to encourage them to spend on the advertising platform. But sometimes, Google Ads will revoke a credit, a credit that was already spent within the Google Ads platform, leaving the client spending more than they budgeted for.

Google Ads has a new beta variable to test within its experiments area named “Budget or bidding targets for Search campaigns.” This test different budget, target CPA or target ROAS amounts to find the optimal level of spending for your campaign, Google wrote.

Google’s John Mueller responded to questions about how impressions are counted for Generative AI in Google Search Console. Google has a document that explains that, and John just reiterated that. But what he added was that “the old “position 1 – 10″ is hard to map.”

Scammers are using the Google Maps contributor program to upload AI-generated photos with phone numbers, tricking users into calling the number in the photo instead of the number on the Google Business Profile listing. These scammers are doing this across dozens, if not, hundreds of Google Business Profile listings and reporting them to Google seems […]

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google said with SEO…

Google Ads is releasing two new features for multi-location retailers including Local Customer Optimization and Store Sales in Data Manager. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, wrote on X, “Ahead of the holiday rush, we’re introducing two features for multi-location retailers, restaurants and local services to drive and measure in-store sales with ease.”

Google is now answering nearly 100% of all people also asked questions with AI Overviews. 14 months ago, it was only at about 12% but now we are seeing thar nearly all People also ask sections are answered by AI Overviews.