Google Ads adds new Search and AI Max experimentation tools for testing budgets, ROI targets, brand controls, location settings, and campaign changes.

Platforms like Spotify and LinkedIn are cracking down on AI slop. SEOs face a choice: treat AI as a shortcut or as an editorial assistant. The post SEOs Are Becoming The Tools Of Their Tools – The AI Slop Backlash appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google fixed two bugs, the favicon bug and the crawl stats bug in Search Console…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google fixed two bugs, the favicon bug and the crawl stats bug in Search Console…

A practical framework for auditing publisher websites in 2026, covering technical SEO, content quality, E-E-A-T, and entity consistency across passive and active discovery channels. The post How To Audit Publisher Websites In 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

A practical framework for auditing publisher websites in 2026, covering technical SEO, content quality, E-E-A-T, and entity consistency across passive and active discovery channels.

Google has made some minor updates to the canonicalization help documents including the What is canonicalization and Fix canonicalization issues. I am not sure if anything fundamentally is different on the page outside of making it easier to understand and follow what the page is explaining, which is why I guess Google did not document the change over here.

Google has made some minor updates to the canonicalization help documents including the What is canonicalization and Fix canonicalization issues.

Google sent out an email to Google Merchant Center advertisers and users that the minimum size for product images is going up to 500 x 500 pixels starting on January 31, 2027. Google recommends at least 1500×1500 pixels or above, but the minimum size requirement is 500×500, which, in my opinion, is way too small.

Google is aware of and in the process of addressing an issue where reviews are missing after a Google Business Profile gets reinstated after it was suspended. Google is reportedly actively working on a resolution but there is no estimated time for when that resolution will take place.