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A Liquid Web rebrand of StellarWP plugins triggered backlash after users reported missing pages, login issues, and license confusion. The post Liquid Web WordPress Plugin Rebrand Triggers Backlash appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google quietly updated Search Terms reporting for AI Mode, AI Overviews, Lens, and autocomplete. Here’s why advertisers may be concerned about interpreted queries.

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch told teams to plan as if search traffic will be zero after three years of forecasts that underestimated actual declines.

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

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Google had yet another Search Console reporting bug, this time with the Discover performance report. Between May 7, 2026 and May 8, 2026, Google confirmed a data logging issue that can result in the report showing fewer clicks and impressions. It is a reporting issue only and not a Discover ranking issue.

Google’s ALDRIFT framework “opens exciting avenues” toward AI answers that do more than sound plausible. The post Google Research’s ALDRIFT: AI Answers That Do More Than Sound Plausible appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google posted a tease for Google Marketing Live where Google Ads will be announcing new dashboards powered by Gemini. Google wrote on X, “Tired of manual reporting? Introducing Dashboards built with Gemini capabilities.”

Google at some point added a section to this Google Ads document explaining that because of all the new Google AI search features, like Lens, AI Mode, AI Overviews, or auto-complete searches – the search terms report now may show keywords that “represents the best approximation of the user’s intent.”