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Your Promo Code Field May Be Sending Revenue To Affiliates via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

2026/08/25

An owned promo code page can keep purchase-ready shoppers away from coupon affiliates and recover revenue leaking from ecommerce checkout flows. The post Your Promo Code Field May Be Sending Revenue To Affiliates appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google To Charge For Missed & Subsequent Calls On LSAs

2026/08/25

Google sent out emails to some advertisers notifying them that starting October 1st, Google Local Service Ads will charge for some missed and subsequent calls over the platform.

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Google Shows AI Overviews Above Stock Charts For Stock Price Queries

2026/08/25

Google seems to be showing AI Overviews at the top of the search results page when you specifically search for stock price queries – such as for [GOOG stock] or [MSFT stock] and so on. I was able to replicate this myself and it is just weird to show the AI Overview at the top for this queries and it seems to make the search results less relevant.

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Google Ads Tests Loading Sponsored Results Using Gemini With Animation

2026/08/25

Google Ads is testing loading the sponsored results in the mobile search results interface with an animation.

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Google: There Is Nothing Special To Do For Generative AI Responses In Search

2026/08/25

Google’s John Mueller said on Bluesky that there is nothing special for one to do for generative AI responses within Google Search. He wrote, “from our POV there’s nothing really special you need to do for generative AI responses in search.”

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Google: There Is Nothing Special To Do For Generative AI Responses In Search

2026/08/25

Google’s John Mueller said on Bluesky that there is nothing special for one to do for generative AI responses within Google Search. He wrote, “from our POV there’s nothing really special you need to do for generative AI responses in search.”

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Google Says Google’s Crawlers Don’t Parse JSON

2026/08/25

Gary Illyes from Google reiterated this morning that Googlebot, Google’s crawler, does not parse JSON files. Instead, Googlebot just downloads the files and then the indexer does the rest.

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Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/08/25

Google’s recent Spam Update may have partially focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content. The post Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/08/25

Google’s recent Spam Update may have partially focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content. The post Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Cloudflare Says EmDash Version 1.0 Is Releasing Soon via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/08/25

Cloudflare’s EmDash CMS, the spiritual successor to WordPress, is set to release version 1.0 soon after proving itself on their high traffic blog. The post Cloudflare Says EmDash Version 1.0 Is Releasing Soon appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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