Aleyda Solis analyzed US and UK SISTRIX data from Google’s May core update, finding visibility patterns tied to source type and market fit. The post Google’s May Core Update Favored Pages That Match Intent appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google launches Search profiles, giving eligible creators a customizable page for articles, social posts, and followers. U.S.-only at launch.

The UK’s CMA has imposed a new conduct requirement on Google Search, letting publishers opt out of AI features and requiring clearer content attribution. The post Google Must Let Websites Opt Out Of AI Search Features In UK appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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

You can’t optimize content for a retrieval system you can’t measure. Here’s the measurement literacy gap practitioners need to close.

Despite industry fears, AI search adoption remains fragmented with most users still preferring traditional search methods. The post Why Users Are Fleeing To AI-Free Search & What It Means For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google has expanded the attribute rules feature in Google Merchant Center to work for automatically found products. Before, attribute rules only worked for products added through your merchant feeds, but not it works for products Google finds by itself and adds to Merchant Center.

Here is the monthly Google webmaster report – the June 2026 edition – where I cover all the larger SEO and webmaster related Google Search news that you may want to catch up on over the past week.

Microsoft’s Fabrice Canel confirmed on LinkedIn last night that more features are coming sooner rather than later around Bing Webmaster Tools AI performance reporting and AI reporting.

Google Merchant Center may have a bug in its automated validation of products and landing pages. Last night, some Google Ads merchants received disapproval notices for “Product page unavailable” even though the product page was indeed available.