Archive for September, 2026

Test Google Ads AI Max Against Dynamic Search Ads

2026/09/23

Google Ads added new help documentation on how to test AI Max against Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) by using experiments. Google posted two options within Google Ads experiments including (1) custom experiments and (2) the experiment template.

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Test Google Ads AI Max Against Dynamic Search Ads

2026/09/23

Google Ads added new help documentation on how to test AI Max against Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) by using experiments. Google posted two options within Google Ads experiments including (1) custom experiments and (2) the experiment template.

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Bing Tests Favicons On Shopping Ads Carousel

2026/09/23

Microsoft is testing placing favicons on the Bing shopping ads, product results, carousel. Normally, this ad unit just shows the site name but Bing is testing adding favicons in front of the site name.

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Google Hreflang Examples To Uppercase Codes – But It Doesn’t Matter

2026/09/23

Google has updated the localized versions of your page help document to change all the hreflang examples from lowercase codes to uppercase codes. It doesn’t matter because the hreflang value is case-insensitive; Google accepts lowercase and uppercase codes.

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Google Business Profiles Gives You Four Days To Reject User Edits

2026/09/23

Google updated its help document to clarify that you have four days to reject a user suggested edit to your Google Business Profile.

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Google Business Profiles Gives You Four Days To Reject User Edits

2026/09/23

Google updated its help document to clarify that you have four days to reject a user suggested edit to your Google Business Profile. If you do not reject the edit within four days, Google may apply that edit to your Google local listing.

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Google Ads New AI Max Reporting & AI Brief Expands To More Countries

2026/09/23

Google Ads is expanding access to AI Briefs and also added new AI Max reporting. Google said AI Brief audience targeting works now in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

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ChatGPT Ads Appeared In 47% Of Video Gaming Chats, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/09/23

Data shows ChatGPT ads becoming more common in retail conversations among US users on desktop.

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Google Page Experience Docs Adds CrUX Ad Metrics

2026/09/22

Google has updated the understanding page experience in Google Search results help document to add the new CrUX ad metrics which launched last week. To be clear, Google did not say this is a specific ranking signal for search, the CrUX ad metrics line was added to the “Page experience resources” section of the document.

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Which Data Sources Should You Care About For AI Search? via @sejournal, @chrisgreenseo

2026/09/22

AI search pulls from more sources than most SEOs track.

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