Google officially announced the rollout of the March 2026 core update early Friday morning at around 5:14 ET.

Google announced several new steering updates for Google Ads Performance Max including first-party audience exclusions, budget reporting, full audience reporting and network segmentation in placement reporting.

Microsoft Bing is testing using rounded corners on short videos and normal videos within the Bing search results interface. Bing used to show these as squared-off edges.

Google has started rolling out the March 2026 core update. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete. The post Google Begins Rolling Out March 2026 Core Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Wikipedia’s new AI guidelines prohibit editors from using LLMs for writing or rewriting content, with two exceptions.

Are you measuring AI visibility wrong? Tom Capper reveals the 4 biggest mistakes in AI prompt tracking and 4 creative ways to expand your list of prompts.

Google expands Search Live to 200+ countries, powered by its new Gemini 3.1 Flash Live model with multilingual voice and camera search in AI Mode. The post Google Takes Search Live Global With Gemini 3.1 Flash Live appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google introduces Performance Max updates, including audience exclusions, budget projections, and expanded reporting to give advertisers more visibility and control over campaign performance. The post Google Adds New Performance Max Controls And Reporting Features 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. The Google March 2026 spam update was the fastest rolling out update…

In this IMHO interview, Ash Nallawalla explains why governance is the missing layer behind most visibility breakdowns. The post How To Avoid Top Down SEO Systems Failures With The Visibility Governance Maturity Model appeared first on Search Engine Journal .