Google is replacing site reputation abuse manual actions in the EEA with a system that can rank affected site sections independently. The post Google Updates Site Reputation Abuse Policy: Removes Penalties In EEA appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google Search seems to be having indexing or serving issues in the past hour or so. New content from the past hour doesn’t seem to be showing up in Google Search results. Content from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN and other news sites that post content constantly are not showing much or any new pages in the Google search results.

Google is testing asking searchers to sign in within the AI Mode response. Google shows a big Google super logo and a sign in button that says “Sign in to save your…”

Google has updated the favicon search developer documentation to list out the supported favicon file formats.

Google announced it will not enforce manual actions under the site reputation abuse policy in the European Economic Area (EEA) due to a mandate set by the European Commission, effective August 30, 2026. Google said searchers in the EEA will not benefit from Google’s spam prevention for sites labeled for site reputation abuse.

Answer sooner, write less, simplify: standard advice that can relocate informational work rather than remove it. Here’s the sharper test. The post AI Search Didn’t Remove Cognitive Load, It Moved It appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Answer sooner, write less, simplify: standard advice that can relocate informational work rather than remove it.

Over the past few days, the IRS website (and other government sites) has tanked within Google’s search results. My gut feeling is that the federal government implemented some bot-blocking that was too aggressive and blocked Google, among others, resulting in Google not fully showing the IRS website. I believe the IRS implemented some fixes, and the website is slowly coming back in Google Search.

Google is rolling out hotel booking in AI Mode with Google Pay checkout. Flight alerts and rewards pricing are available in supported markets. The post Google Starts Rolling Out Hotel Booking In AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google is rolling out three new travel features within AI Mode in Google Search. These features include track flight prices, view points or miles rates, and book hotels directly within AI Mode, through your conversational search.