Google Ads is testing two new sections in the Overview tab. There is a new trends section and a new performance by stage section.

AI search is overriding geographic signals, pushing global pages into local markets unless brands reinforce market-specific authority in ways LLMs can interpret.

Uncover the insights from the 2026 AI Search Benchmark report and see how your brand measures up in AI search performance.

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

AI assistants generate shifting realities for your brand, making consistency a probabilistic challenge across every new conversation timeline. The post The AI Consistency Paradox appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Ahrefs’ Patrick Stox joins Shelley Walsh to talk about the shifting search journey, the limits of LLM attribution, and the importance of brand consistency.

OpenAI announced shopping research within ChatGPT, “a new experience in ChatGPT that does the research for you to help you find the right products,” as OpenAI put it. This is clearly OpenAI’s response to Google’s AI Mode and Gemini 3 shopping experiences.

Google announced that it will be reinstating the suspended hotels in Hotel Center and removing the Suspended Hotels” tab in the “Properties” page of your Hotel Center account.

Google is now showing the “What to know” section within web search, not just AI Mode, within the product summary bar on the right side. This shows up when you click on a product.

Can you imagine you manage hundreds of clients in your Google Ads Manager Accounts (MCC) gets hijacked. Or your Google Account and your ad campaigns gets hijacked due to an MCC hijack? Well, this stuff happens and it can be incredibly scary and painful.