Archive for August, 2026

The Conversion Setup Errors That Break Smart Bidding

2026/08/20

Smart Bidding problems often trace back to broken conversion tracking, not bidding strategy. Seven silent setup errors that corrupt the data feeding your campaigns. The post The Conversion Setup Errors That Break Smart Bidding appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 20, 2026

2026/08/20

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

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Prompt Injections Just Proved Something SEO Has Known For 25 Years via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

2026/08/20

Hidden white-on-white text was an SEO trick 25 years ago. Now, it tells AI models what to conclude about you

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Prompt Injections Just Proved Something SEO Has Known For 25 Years via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

2026/08/20

Hidden white-on-white text was an SEO trick 25 years ago. Now, it tells AI models what to conclude about you. The post Prompt Injections Just Proved Something SEO Has Known For 25 Years appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Why Google Announces Some Search Updates But Not All

2026/08/20

As you know, Google does smaller core updates and algorithm search updates all the time without announcing them. So why does Google announce some of those updates and not the others

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Google Ads Can Find Sitelinks For You

2026/08/20

Google Ads can now help you find sitelinks for your ad extensions.

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Google Ads Enhanced Matching In Customer Match

2026/08/20

Google Ads seems to be rolling out a new customer match option named “enhanced matching.” Google writes this allows you to “Expand your audience reach with your consented user lists.” Google will then “match your consented users with publishers’ consented users where available.”

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Microsoft Advertising Rolling Out AI Max Globally

2026/08/20

Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally and to all advertisers. If you log in to your Microsoft Advertising account, you should be able to toggle on the AI Max setting for your search campaigns.

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Microsoft Advertising Rolling Out AI Max Globally

2026/08/20

Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally and to all advertisers. If you log in to your Microsoft Advertising account, you should be able to toggle on the AI Max setting for your search campaigns.

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Google Bringing Back Google Posts Insights (People Viewed)

2026/08/20

In 2018, Google launched Google Posts Insights, a way to see how many views and clicks a Google Post within Google Business Profiles received. Google discontinued and sunset that feature in January 2023.

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