Archive for February, 2026

How Researchers Reverse-Engineered LLMs For A Ranking Experiment via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/02/26

Researchers compared two ways to improve rankings in LLMs: Shadow Model and Query-based solutions. The post How Researchers Reverse-Engineered LLMs For A Ranking Experiment appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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From Visibility Engineering To Preference Engineering: The Rise Of The Infinite Tail via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW

2026/02/26

See why the infinite tail demands narrower focus, stronger entity signals, and deeper topical coverage. The post From Visibility Engineering To Preference Engineering: The Rise Of The Infinite Tail appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Circle to Search Looks At The Whole Image

2026/02/26

Google announced updates to Circle to Search where it now doesn’t just look at the part you circles but apparently the whole image, so it can get more context. “New multi-object image search helps you find more items from one picture at the same time in Circle to Search,” Google explained.

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Google Ads API Version 23.1 Now Available

2026/02/26

Google has released a minor version update to the Google Ads API, version 23.1. This update has changes to account management, campaigns, conversions, incentives, planning, reporting and more.

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Microsoft Updates Bing Webmaster Guidelines (A Bit)

2026/02/26

Microsoft has updated the design of the Bing Webmaster Guidelines section and changed some of the verbiage. I think overall these are smaller updates, but I have not gone through every single change to double-check as of yet.

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Microsoft Updates Bing Webmaster Guidelines (A Bit)

2026/02/26

Microsoft has updated the design of the Bing Webmaster Guidelines section and changed some of the verbiage. I think overall these are smaller updates, but I have not gone through every single change to double-check as of yet.

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Google To Test Showing Vertical Search Services In EU

2026/02/26

Reuters has a headline that reads Exclusive: Google to test changes to search results, source says as EU fine looms. This confuses me because I thought Google had been testing this for a couple of years now.

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Google Post Recurring Scheduling Coming

2026/02/26

Recently, Google rolled out the ability to schedule Google Posts.

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Google Post Recurring Scheduling Coming

2026/02/26

Recently, Google rolled out the ability to schedule Google Posts. Supposedly, soon, Google will also roll out recurring scheduling for posts

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Google To Test Search Changes In EU After DMA Charges, Per Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/02/26

Google is preparing to test search result changes in the EU that would show rival vertical search services alongside its own results The post Google To Test Search Changes In EU After DMA Charges, Per Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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