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Google Ads Turning On Conversion-Based Customer Lists For Advertisers

2026/06/19

Google will be turning on conversion-based customer lists for Google Ads advertiser accounts beginning on Jun 17, 2026, with data processing to begin on August 18, 2026.

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Google Maps: Hot Pink Live Time Alerts

2026/06/19

Google is testing using a hot pink font for the live time for when a place is busy or not. This is part of the old popular times feature, but Google is testing or launching a hot pink font to make it really noticeable.

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OpenAI Brings Improved Health Responses To Free ChatGPT via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/06/18

OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant, the free default ChatGPT model, now performs comparably to its frontier models on the company’s own health evaluations. The post OpenAI Brings Improved Health Responses To Free ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/06/18

A coalition including Google, Microsoft, and GitHub published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open draft spec for how AI agents find and verify tools online. The post Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 18, 2026

2026/06/18

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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Rank And AI Citation Aren’t The Same Number via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

2026/06/18

A model breaks your prompt into several short retrieval queries before anything hits an index. Prompt length tells you almost nothing about search behavior

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Bing Webmaster Tools May Support More Country Reporting

2026/06/18

Bing may soon support more countries for the countries filter within Bing Webmaster Tools. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft wrote on X, “Well, we are now actively considering expanding this to show more individual countries.”

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Google Business Profiles Dashboard Activities Button

2026/06/18

Google can show an “Activities” button in the Google Business Profiles dashboard within Google Search. I assume this button is reserved for venues that let you book activities including booking tickets or other activities.

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Google Tests 3D Model From Attribution In Product Results

2026/06/18

Google is testing attributing where the 3D models are from that Google shows within the product detail screen in Google Search. I can’t replicate this but the test shows “3D mode from [retailer name].”

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