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Bing Webmaster Tools Page & Query Level Filtering Coming To Reports

2026/08/03

Microsoft has confirmed it is working on bringing filtering capabilities to the Bing Webmaster Tools performance reports.

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EU Commission Article 50 AI Transparency Law Has Four Exemptions via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/08/03

The European Commission’s AI transparency law that has taken effect contains four exemptions from its AI labeling requirements. The post EU Commission Article 50 AI Transparency Law Has Four Exemptions appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Search Tests Sign In To Verify Searches Are Human (Not Captcha)

2026/08/03

Google Search is testing asking searchers to sign in to verify they are humans and not bots conducting the searches. I don’t think Google has done this before, geneally when Google tries to verify human versus bot activity, Google will serve a captcha and has done so for many years. But this test is asking the searcher to sign in.

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Google Trends Lets You Compare 220% More Search Terms

2026/08/03

Google Trends now lets you compare up to 400 search terms across 8 groups of terms and up to 50 terms in each group. Previously, it was 125 search terms across 5 groups of terms and up to 25 terms in each group. That is a 220% increase, if my math is correct.

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Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP/POX APIs To Be Retired On August 31, 2026

2026/08/03

Microsoft will be retiring the Bing Webmaster Tools SOAP/POX APIs on August 31, 2026. If you use these legacy APIs you should begin to migrate to the JSON/HTTP (REST) API version.

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Google’s Documentation Refresh Offers Ideas For SEO Content Updates via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/08/03

Google’s updated documentation refresh shows where to focus on when updating your own content for SEO. The post Google’s Documentation Refresh Offers Ideas For SEO Content Updates appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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How to Build a Full SEO Analysis Dashboard with the Moz API MCP Server

2026/08/03

Turn plain-English prompts into instant, full-stack SEO dashboards with the new Moz API MCP server.

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Google Search Filter By Recent Broken

2026/08/02

If you try to filter you Google Search or Google News tab results by the recent search tools option, it simply won’t work. If you try to select the “Tools” and then “Recent” options, including the past hour option, it won’t listen to that filter and it won’t filter the content by the last hour.

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What Opting Out Of Google’s AI Search Features Means Now via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/08/01

Google’s AI search opt-out is rolling out as Top Stories appear inside AI Overviews. What the control covers and what businesses can measure before deciding

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Cloudflare’s PACT Is Not Live Yet – Decide Which Track Your Traffic Needs via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic

2026/07/31

Cloudflare and three rival browsers agreed on one protocol. That’s rare

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