Archive for September, 2026

Google Globally Rolls Out Monitoring Capabilities In AI Mode

2026/09/28

Google is now rolling out monitoring capabilities in AI Mode in Google Search globally for everyone. When Google first announced this feature, it was only available for Ultra and Pro paid subscribers, but now it is available to all Google users.

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Anthropic Publishes Prompting Guidance For Claude Opus 5.5 via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/09/28

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 prompting guide asks developers to retest effort settings and reconsider chat prompt lines telling Claude to think carefully. The post Anthropic Publishes Prompting Guidance For Claude Opus 5.5 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Court Filing Quotes OpenAI Engineer: Users “Won’t Click” Links via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/09/28

A court brief quotes an OpenAI engineer saying users “won’t click” links and cites Microsoft data on lower CTRs in Bing Chat than in search. The post Court Filing Quotes OpenAI Engineer: Users “Won’t Click” Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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MIT & Harvard Data Show How SEO And Paid Media Managers Become Directors via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/09/28

SEO and paid media managers can strengthen their promotion case by proving AI’s net gains and building a reskilling plan for their teams.

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CallRail Makes ChatGPT Ads Measurable For SMBs And Marketing Agencies via @sejournal, @CallRail

2026/09/28

CallRail’s ChatGPT ads integration lets SMBs and agencies attribute calls, texts, and forms to campaigns, send conversion data to OpenAI, and compare performance across channels. The post CallRail Makes ChatGPT Ads Measurable For SMBs And Marketing Agencies appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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The Generative AI Report Sucks – Let’s Make It Brilliant

2026/09/28

Google’s Generative AI report shows visibility and nothing else.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 28, 2026

2026/09/28

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. The Google September spam update had a big impact this weekend…

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Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Big WeekendÂImpact

2026/09/28

The first stage of the Google September 2026 Spam update seems to have been felt in a big way starting Friday, September 25th, with even more movement on Saturday, September 26th and then ending on Sunday, September 27th.

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Google Web Search Service API Documentation Has Been Removed

2026/09/28

A couple of weeks ago, Google seemed to accidentally publish its Web Search Service API documentation, then pulled it down last week. Google doesn’t offer a public Web Search Service API, so we really can’t access it, but I assume it does have some partners with access, like Apple.

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Several Google Merchant Center Policy Documents Updated

2026/09/28

Google has updated several Google Merchant Center policy documents late last week.

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