Archive for April, 2026

New: Google Won’t Use Spam Reports With Personally Identifying Information

2026/04/24

A couple of weeks ago, Google stunned many by saying that they updated their spam report to pass along all information to the site that you enter in the spam report. There was a lot of backlash to that and Google reverted, now saying if there is personally identifying information, it won’t process the spam report at all.

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Why Microsoft’s AI Ad Strategy Deserves More Attention From PPC Managers via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

2026/04/24

Microsoft’s AI ad strategy looks different from Google’s.

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Why Microsoft’s AI Ad Strategy Deserves More Attention From PPC Managers via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

2026/04/24

Microsoft’s AI ad strategy looks different from Google’s.

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Google Testing Audio Overviews In The Wild (Not Just In Labs)

2026/04/24

About a year ago, Google announced you can opt in, within Search Labs, to see Audio Overviews within the Google Search results. But now, I saw two different people say they saw it without opting into the experiment

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Google Business Profiles Sorts Photos By Most Recent

2026/04/24

Google Business Profiles lets you upload photos of your business to your Business Profile.

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Localized Distribution In The AI Era: The DIRHAM Framework via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/04/24

Why traditional frameworks fall short, and how the DIRHAM framework helps marketers build trust, relevance, and measurable impact in today’s content ecosystem. The post Localized Distribution In The AI Era: The DIRHAM Framework appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Won’t Act On Spam Reports If They Contain Personal Information via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/04/24

Google updated their spam reporting tool to warn they won’t process reports that contain personal information. The post Google Won’t Act On Spam Reports If They Contain Personal Information appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Google May Expand Unsupported Robots.txt Rules List via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/04/23

Google may expand its unsupported robots.txt rules list using HTTP Archive data and could broaden how it handles common misspellings of disallow. The post Google May Expand Unsupported Robots.txt Rules List appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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OpenAI’s Crawler Docs Now List OAI-AdsBot For ChatGPT Ads via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/04/23

OpenAI’s public crawler docs now list OAI-AdsBot, a bot that may visit pages submitted as ChatGPT ads to check policy compliance and ad relevance. The post OpenAI’s Crawler Docs Now List OAI-AdsBot For ChatGPT Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Adds View-Through Conversion Optimization To Demand Gen via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/04/23

Google adds view-through conversion optimization to Demand Gen and expands Commerce Media Suite support. The post Google Adds View-Through Conversion Optimization To Demand Gen appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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