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Google has updated fourteen different help center documents, specific to Google Ads policy. Google said the updates “improved organization and readability” of those help center articles.

Microsoft is testing placing “Recent searches” at the top of the Bing Search results page. This is instead of it being placed at the bottom or the side.

Google is testing a new section in the Google Search results titled “From online stores.” We’ve seen a similar section for nearby stores but I am not sure if we’ve seen the online stores version.

Google is now showing the energy-saving label with a green leaf icon in the product listings side panel within Google Search. We saw these on special compare and save type of search box but now they may be shown in the product listings box.

Google Merchant Center now lets you preview your promotions, your sponsored ads, before adding them. Google also added two check boxes to your customer service section for live versus chatbot support.