Google announced it has expanded its Financial Services Verification process to 24 new European Economic Area (EEA) markets. The verification requirements kicks in today, July 23, 2026.

Stop reporting rankings and traffic. Start showing pipeline, CAC, and ROI that executives actually care about. The post How To Define & Report SEO KPIs That Actually Move The C-Suite appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Over 1,300 companies already show all four signals of AI-driven headcount cuts. Here is how to protect your marketing budget before Q4 planning ends. The post 4 Warning Signs Your Marketing Team Is Next For AI Cuts appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Over 1,300 companies already show all four signals of AI-driven headcount cuts.

Two senior Google AI researchers, Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer and AlphaFold’s John Jumper, are leaving for OpenAI and Anthropic within the same week. The post Google Loses Two Top AI Researchers To OpenAI & Anthropic appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google, Shopify, and browser makers are backing new PACT protocol “on Cloudflare’s network” for gatekeeping AI agents.

About half of U.S. adults use AI chatbots, and 60% read AI Overviews, but more predict AI will hurt society than help it.

Google’s new messaging to CMOs reiterates that GEO is still SEO and states that third-party tools have no access to its internal metrics. The post Google Says SEO Tools Lack Access To Its Internal Metrics 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. We saw some significant Google search ranking volatility heat this weekend…

A Munich court found AI Overviews are Google’s own speech, not search results – that changes who pays when the answer about you is wrong. The post A German Court Made Google Liable For What Its AI Says About You appeared first on Search Engine Journal .