Just a heads up, that a small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your site to get a Google search penalty – specifically for the new back button hijacking search spam rule.

Just a heads up, that a small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your site to get a Google search penalty – specifically for the new back button hijacking search spam rule.

Just a heads up, that a small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your site to get a Google search penalty – specifically for the new back button hijacking search spam rule.

Google is testing removing some of the action buttons on local panels, Google Business Profiles, including call and share, and replacing it with a numbered show more button. Clicking on that button opens up those additional action options.

Google is testing having the AI Overview box “Ask Anything” section stick to the bottom of the Google Search box as you scroll down the AI Overview and the search results. This keeps AI Mode in your face during the whole search experience.

Google Ads is testing a way for advertisers to preview the impact of a change, like adding negative keywords. It seems to be called “Preview impact estimates” and lets you estimate the impact of, in this case, adding specific negative keywords.

Google Ads is testing a way for advertisers to preview the impact of a change, like adding negative keywords. It seems to be called “Preview impact estimates” and lets you estimate the impact of, in this case, adding specific negative keywords.

Discover the criteria behind AI answers. Learn how to optimize your content for visibility in AI-driven environments. The post Why Your Content Isn’t Being Cited in AI Answers (And How to Fix It) [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

OpenAI crawl activity roughly tripled after GPT-5, with OAI-SearchBot now generating more log events than GPTBot. The post OpenAI Crawl Activity Tripled Since GPT-5, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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