Google is testing using rounded corners for the stories and cards that show up in the Google Discover feed. Google normally shows the images for the stories as rectangles but now we are seeing Google round out the corners and add white borders to the edges of the images.

OpenAI has added a new tooltip to the conversions column within the ChatGPT Ads Manager.

On Alphabet’s Q2 call, Pichai named coding an area to improve, saying Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier, as 3.5 Pro stays delayed.

Alphabet’s Q2 Search revenue rose 17% to $63.27 billion, its first easing after four quarters of acceleration. Google credited retail and Gemini integration

Your rankings are holding. Your traffic isn’t.

Google reported its earnings today, its Q2 2026 earnings report showed search ad revenues up by 14.5% at $81.6 billion and overall revenue was up 24% at $119.8 billion. As you know…

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Another day, another bug with Google local, specific with reviews. Today’s bug is that the review replies are not showing up for many. This is a new widespread bug, that seems to be impacting all Google Business Profiles.

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.

AI doesn’t reward the best-optimized page. It rewards the highest-confidence evidence. Bill Hunt explains how organizations earn that confidence.