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Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June 15, 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. Catching up on the newsletter…

News publishers chasing SEO-driven clicks often sacrifice audience trust, and pay the price when rankings collapse. The post The Dangerous Seduction Of Click-Chasing appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Measure PPC performance in 2026 with AI-driven auctions, smarter attribution, profit-based metrics, and reporting frameworks built for Google Ads automation and AI search. The post How To Measure PPC Performance When AI Controls The Auction appeared first on Search Engine Journal

A recent announcement by Google signals the start of a massive change in how the internet and search work.

Research on language models reveals how brands win or lose in AI-generated recommendations based on association strength. The post How AI Chooses Which Brands To Recommend: From Relational Knowledge To Topical Presence appeared first on Search Engine Journal

The NY Times commissioned a study that says AI Overviews have holes in both grounding and accuracy.

Google announced that on August 20, 2026 it will experiment with an updated set of commonly used ad technology partners. If the experiments go well, Google will switch it “on or after June 5, 2026.”

It looks like Google is testing a new report within Google Search Console named AI contribution. I have no clue what it looks like but I suspect it is a lot like the Bing Webmaster Tools AI performance reports.