Google will be updating its Other restricted businesses: Government documents and services policy on October 5, 2026. There are a lot of changes coming to this policy, so if you are in the business that promote direct acquisition of government documents and services, then read on.

Microsoft is testing a “Top Source” section within the Bing Search results interface. This section shows the Top Source with various sections from the site or various news articles from the site.

Google has renamed the Local Services platform policies document to Local Services Ads requirements. I am not sure if this was renamed and reworded because the Google Local Service Ads platform is being migrated into the main Google Ads platform but it just seems weird to do this now?

Google has renamed the Local Services platform policies document to Local Services Ads requirements. I am not sure if this was renamed and reworded because the Google Local Service Ads platform is being migrated into the main Google Ads platform but it just seems weird to do this now?

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed intent to leverage the platform’s vast amount of evergreen content on recommendations and reviews. The post Reddit CEO Intends To Show More Reviews And Recommendations appeared first on Search Engine Journal

We’ve officially dropped the initial speaker lineup for MozCon London on November 13th, 2026! If you’re looking to future-proof your search strategy, this speaker drop gives you a preview of the high-signal, tactical sessions coming your way.

Most publishers think robots.txt keeps them out of AI Overviews.

Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites. The post Report That Cloudflare AI Bot Blocking Prevents Googlebot From Indexing Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Comparing which pages Google uses in AI answers against how they rank conventionally is where the new Search Console report earns its keep. The post Google Now Reports AI Search Impressions.

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