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Google Can Now Monitor Search For Your Government IDs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/02/10

Google’s Results about you tool now monitors Search results for government-issued IDs like passports, driver’s licenses, and Social Security numbers. The post Google Can Now Monitor Search For Your Government IDs appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Should I Optimize My Content Differently For Each Platform? – Ask An SEO via @sejournal, @rollerblader

2026/02/10

This Ask an SEO explains how search, social platforms, and on-site content demand different optimization approaches without fragmenting strategy. The post Should I Optimize My Content Differently For Each Platform? – Ask An SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Google Search Ranking Volatility Gets Heated Again February 10th

2026/02/10

I am seeing some early signs of yet another unconfirmed Google Search ranking update with more volatility touching down today, February 10th.

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Google Ads Performance Max A/B Experiments In The Wild

2026/02/10

A month ago, we reported on a new help document on Google Ads for Performance Max optimization experiments: A/B testing assets beta.

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Grokipedia Seeing Decline In Google Search Visibility

2026/02/10

There are some reports coming out that Grokipedia, the AI-based Wikipedia, is now showing a decline in search visibility in both Google and even ChatGPT. This comes after both an indexing and ranking surge in Google Search.

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OpenAI ChatGPT Ads Go Live With User Ad Controls

2026/02/10

OpenAI has officially launched ads in ChatGPT yesterday. The company announced, “Today, we’re beginning to test ads in ChatGPT in the U.S

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Google AI Mode Tests Citation Icons At Bottom Of Answers

2026/02/10

Google appears to be testing showing the citation favicon site icons at the bottom of the answer in AI Mode. This is in addition to where it normally shows those icons, at the top right of the card stack, on the side of the answer response.

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Bing Tests Dynamic Results Count Under Search Box

2026/02/10

Microsoft Bing is testing a dynamically loading results count under the search box. So when you enter your search phrase, the results count will dynamically count up from 0 to the number of results found.

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New Data Shows Googlebot’s 2 MB Crawl Limit Is Enough via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/02/10

New data shows that most web pages fall well below Googlebot’s two-megabyte crawl limit. The post New Data Shows Googlebot’s 2 MB Crawl Limit Is Enough appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Bing Webmaster Tools Adds AI Citation Performance Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/02/09

Bing Webmaster Tools now shows publishers how often their content is cited in Copilot and AI-generated answers, with page-level data and grounding queries. The post Bing Webmaster Tools Adds AI Citation Performance Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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