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Google AI Mode Tests Paginated Follow Up Responses With Skip Button

2026/09/08

Google is testing a new form of responses in AI Mode that offers paginated follow-up questions and responses, with a skip button to skip them.

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Google Search Console Links Report Not Updated In A Month

2026/09/08

The Google Search Console link report has now not been updated for a month. The last time the report was updated with fresh link data was around August 8, 2026 – a month ago.

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Harvard Found The Public Has Little Objection To AI Taking Search Marketers’ Jobs via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/09/07

Harvard scored 940 occupations on how morally objectionable the public finds automating them.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 7, 2026

2026/09/07

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

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Google Can Lose Faith In Sites Based On Low Value Programmatic SEO

2026/09/07

Google’s John Mueller went off again on programmatic SEO, this time saying that programmatic SEO can “often leads to a site that’s either spam, borderline spam, or low quality,” he wrote.

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Your Biggest AI Search Risk Is Conflicting Information About Your Brand via @sejournal, @cshel

2026/09/07

Publishing more content won’t fix what AI gets wrong about your brand. Too many versions of the truth is the real problem.

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New Google Ads Automated Promotions

2026/09/07

Google Ads posted a new help document about automated promotions that describes how Google Ads can and does automatically identify and apply active promotional offers directly from your website.

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Google Search Booking Partner Prices Are Customized

2026/09/07

Google’s new DMA booking search widgets now carry a disclaimer to explain that the prices listed in that block are customized “based on factors such as your device type.” It is unclear what other factors are being used outside of “device type,” but you’d have to assume the users location, language and other factors.

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Google Merchant Center Shows AI Prompts For Top Performance Insights

2026/09/07

Google accidentally showed the prompts it uses for some of the insights reports within Google Merchant Center.

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Google Shopping Ads Have A Reverse Crocodile Effect With AI Overviews

2026/09/07

Since Google added AI Overviews to Google Search, many of us have been experiencing what some call the crocodile effect, also known as the great decoupling. But according to new data, the opposite may be happening with Google Shopping Ads.

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