Archive for January, 2026

5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

2026/01/26

Five Google Analytics reports PPC marketers should use to improve targeting, justify spend, and understand how paid traffic supports conversions across the customer journey. The post 5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Google Ads Gambling & Games Certification Eligibility: Good Health

2026/01/26

On March 23, 2026, Google will update its Google Ads Gambling and games policy to say that your overall account must demonstrate good policy health to be eligible for gambling and games certification. Meaning, you need to have a good account history and have a number of violations on your account.

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Google AI Mode Tests Product Images With Price Labels

2026/01/26

Google is testing adding price labels on top of the product images within AI Mode results.

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Google Ads Campaign Mix Experiments In Beta

2026/01/26

Google Ads has a new help document named Campaign Mix Experiments (Beta).

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Google Ads Product Campaign View Report Is Useful

2026/01/26

Google Ads lets you see how your product ads are performing across all your campaigns in a single view. Some advertisers are saying this is a new report, so I figured I’d share what they’re noticing.

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Why CFOs Are Cutting AI Budgets (And The 3 Metrics That Save Them) via @sejournal, @purnavirji

2026/01/26

Stop measuring AI by hours saved and start measuring the expansion, quality gains, and capabilities that move the business. The post Why CFOs Are Cutting AI Budgets (And The 3 Metrics That Save Them) appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google’s New User Intent Extraction Method via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/01/26

Google’s user intent extraction research shows how AI on mobile devices could be used to proactively assist users and automate tasks. The post Google’s New User Intent Extraction Method appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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User Data Is Important In Google Search, Per Liz Reid’s DOJ Filing via @sejournal, @marie_haynes

2026/01/23

Marie Haynes analyzes DOJ trial documents that reveal how Google’s proprietary freshness signals, spam annotations, and user data power its ranking systems. The post User Data Is Important In Google Search, Per Liz Reid’s DOJ Filing appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 23, 2026

2026/01/23

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

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SEO Pulse: Google’s AI Mode Gets Personal, AI Bots Blocked, Domains Matter in Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/01/23

This week’s SEO Pulse breaks down how Gmail-powered AI answers, crawler access decisions, and free subdomains are shaping who gets surfaced in search. The post SEO Pulse: Google’s AI Mode Gets Personal, AI Bots Blocked, Domains Matter in Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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