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

Wrong postcodes, closed-business claims, invented services: what vendor tests reveal about AI answers, and how to audit yours across five platforms.

Google is moving Local Services Ads into Google Ads as Performance Max pay-per-lead campaigns, with bidding, reporting, and management changes beginning August 2026. The post Google Is Bringing Local Services Ads Into Google Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Nick Fox, Google’s head of search, said on Friday that Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews – its AI search features – send billions of clicks to websites every week. He said Google Search overall is still sending billions of clicks daily, is only seeing growth…

Is it a technical issue or a quality problem? A step-by-step look at why Google crawled your pages but refused to index them

Google may have released yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking update this weekend. I am seeing some signs of ranking movement from the third-party Google tracking tools and the SEO chatter spiked a bit this weekend.

AI visibility tools count citations. Citations aren’t recommendations. Here’s what to measure instead, and why the gap keeps widening.

Google’s Mueller explained how an “are you a bot” screen can push a site’s pages out of Google, and get another site picked as canonical. The post “Are You A Bot” Screens Can Get Your Pages Dropped By Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller explained what happens when you click Validate Fix in Search Console, and when the button is worth using. The post When To Use Search Console’s ‘Validate Fix,’ According To Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google’s NotebookLM rebrand may expose websites to more AI scraping with zero attribution unless site owners take action right now. The post Google NotebookLM Rebrand May Expose Your Site To More AI Scraping appeared first on Search Engine Journal .