Category Archives: computers

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Google Ads Product Eligibility View Across Campaigns

Google Ads added to the Products section of your ads account the ability to see product eligibility directly in the Status column. This lets you see very quickly where each product is eligible across different campaigns in your Google Ads account.

Where Are Those New Google Search Console Features?

Last November and December, Google announced a slew of new features for Google Search Console. But it seems like most of us still do not have access to those features.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Bing AI Performance Reports, New AI Mode Retail Ads, UCP Checkout & ChatGPT Ads Go Live

This week in search we have more ongoing Google search ranking volatility. Bing Webmaster Tools rolled out new AI Performance reports with a new design. Google AI Overviews tests new overlay cards. Grokipedia is seeing a decline in visibility in Google Search and ChatGPT…

Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims

When corporate data is exposed on a dedicated leak site, the consequences linger long after the attack fades from the news cycle

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2026

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 Ads launched new AI Mode retailer ads…

Google Ads New AI Mode Shopping Ad & Veo 3 Is In Asset Studio

Google announced a new ad unit for AI Mode for shopping ads which promotes retailers. Google also launched Veo 3 support in Google Ads Asset Studio. Plus Vidhya Srinivasan, VP/GM of Ads & Commerce at Google, published her annual letter to the industry on the Google blog.

Google AdSense Adds New Triggers For Vignette Ads

Google AdSense has added additional triggers for vignette ads. There are now a total of six triggers, three old ones and three new ones. These new triggers took effect on February 9, 2026.

OpenAI Wants Advertisers To Prompt To Create Ads & Skip Agencies

Asad Awan, who is in charge of monetization at OpenAI was interviewed by his own company on “The Thinking Behind Ads in ChatGPT.” It is a 25 minute interview and one part he discusses how he would like to see advertisers simply prompt to create ads and ad campaigns and not have to hire an […]

Google AI Mode Launches UCP-Powered Checkout

Google is rolling out UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol, powered checkout in AI Mode. This launched as part of the Google Ads news from yesterday, and you can now see it in AI Mode for products from Etsy and Wayfair.

Google Releases Early Preview Of WebMCP

The Google Chrome team announced its early preview of WebMCP, “a standard way for exposing structured tools, ensuring AI agents can perform actions on your side with increased speed, reliability, and precision,” AndrĂ© Cipriani Bandarra from Google wrote.

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 11, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Clarifies Google’s Crawler File Size Limits Doc Again

Earlier this month, we reported that Google updated two of its help documents around Google’s crawler file size limits. Well, Google made a clarification to one of those documents the other day after some confusion within the SEO industry.

Would You Give Google Your ID Numbers To Remove Results About You

Google announced a number of updates to help people find and remove personal information and sensitive imagery about themselves from Google. But you would need to give Google this information first, so Google can find it and then remove it.

Bing Webmaster Tools Rolls Out AI Performance Report (With New Design)

A couple of weeks ago I reported Bing was beta testing a new AI performance report within Bing Webmaster Tools. These reports are now available as a public preview for all to see. Plus, Bing Webmaster Tools has a whole new slick design.

Google Business Short Names Being Removed From Business Profiles

Google will stop showing the business short names on Google Business Profiles in Search and Google Maps. The short name will still work, if you have one, but going forward, the link in your Google Business Profile will no longer be displayed to you or searchers.