Most publishers think robots.txt keeps them out of AI Overviews.

Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites. The post Report That Cloudflare AI Bot Blocking Prevents Googlebot From Indexing Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Comparing which pages Google uses in AI answers against how they rank conventionally is where the new Search Console report earns its keep. The post Google Now Reports AI Search Impressions.

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

Google paid search growth slowed in Q2 2026. See what tougher comparisons and shifting ad spend mean for PPC budgets and H2 planning.

Here is the big Google Webmaster Report for August 2026, including of course the ongoing Google search ranking volatility; we saw volatility on…

Google is testing adding keyword-rich anchor text hyperlinks to the ad descriptions in the sponsored results within Google Search. Clicking on the link takes you to the same ad landing page URL as it would if you clicked on the main title link in the ad.

The Google Ads Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool, where you can preview your ads in the Google Search results, within the Google Ads interface is broken. It loads a CAPTCHA box and doesn’t let you remove the CAPTCHA from being displayed

Google Ads is testing a new text disclaimer feature that lets you set the text disclaimer to override descriptions pinned to position 1. This is labeled as “new” under where you add text disclaimers in the Google Ads interface.

Google is currently beta testing a new Search Profiles feature named Handle Swapping.