Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data. The post Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Thin health content was always risky. With AI Overviews answering most medical queries, it’s now invisible. Here’s what earns citations instead

Thin health content was always risky. With AI Overviews answering most medical queries, it’s now invisible. Here’s what earns citations instead.

Google amended its DMCA complaint against SerpApi, adding licensing terms after a court dismissed the original claims over search scraping.

OpenAI’s ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations. The post OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Cloudflare announced wallets and optional identity handles for AI agents on August 4, extending paid access past crawlers to any caller and any resource. The post Cloudflare Gives AI Agents Wallets That Pay For What They Access appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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. Google has amended its lawsuit against SerpApi…

Google Smart Bidding changes August 17. Learn which Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns to audit and what to update before the deadline. The post Google Is Ending Target Overperformance – What to Fix Before August 17 appeared first on Search Engine Journal

With Google migrating Local Service Ads to the main Google Ads platform, Google is already preparing new Google Ads help documents with more details about the change. A new document named About Local customer optimization within Performance Max campaign for store goals was just posted by Google.

After Google’s lawsuit against SerpAPI, the Google Search scraper tool, was dismissed a month ago, Google has decided to amend the complaint. Google filed the amendment on August 10, 2026 as an “Amended Complaint.” Google is now taking an approach around protecting licensed content within its search results.