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AI Image Generation Now Within Google AI Overviews

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:41 am

Google AI Overviews can now generate AI images based on your questions, directly in the AI Overview response in Google Search. Google wrote, “To help bring those unique ideas to life, we’re bringing image generation directly into AI Overviews in Search.”

ChatGPT Ads Get Location & Audience Exclusion Controls

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:31 am

OpenAI added more features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, the ability to exclude your ads from showing based on geo-location and/or audience lists. ChatGPT Ads Manager continues to rapidly add new advertising features to its ad platform.

GA4’s AI Assistant Channel Undercounts Your AI Traffic: How To Build One That Doesn’t

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:30 am

GA4’s AI Assistant channel fragments traffic from a single source into three separate channels, making your AI referral numbers quietly wrong. The post GA4’s AI Assistant Channel Undercounts Your AI Traffic: How To Build One That Doesn’t appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google Confirms Testing Hide Sponsored Products In Shopping Results

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:21 am

Google has confirmed that it is testing the hide and show sponsored results within the Google Shopping search results interface. Google launched the hide/show sponsored results in the main search results last October and is now testing this feature within Google Shopping.

Google: Significant Differences With A/B Tests Can Show In Search Results

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:11 am

Google’s John Mueller noted that if your A/B tests are “significantly different” from one and the other, then that “could be visible in search results too.” He also said, “Depending on your setup, what might happen is that one or the other version is used for indexing.”

Google Bans Prediction Markets Product Ads Michigan & New York; Expands Shopping Ads & Free Listings

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 11:05 am

Google announced it is no longer allowing the advertisement of prediction markets contracts and related products ads in Michigan and New York. Plus, Google also expanded Google Shopping ads and free listings eligibility to more countries.

The PPC Metrics Your CFO Actually Cares About (And How To Report Them) via @sejournal, @timothyjjensen

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 9:30 am

CFOs focus on revenue impact over vanity metrics. Discover the essential PPC measurements that resonate with executives

Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2026/07/15 at 12:46 am

John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal anchor text would count, known as “first-link priority.” The post Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

TikTok Targets AI-Generated Spam Accounts In High-Risk Topics via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2026/07/14 at 6:26 pm

TikTok will test detection for accounts posting AI-generated spam in politics, financial advice, and medical content, and has joined C2PA’s steering committee. The post TikTok Targets AI-Generated Spam Accounts In High-Risk Topics appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google Adds Image Generation To AI Overviews, Revamps Images via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2026/07/14 at 4:00 pm

Google is adding AI image generation to AI Overviews and rolling out a redesigned Google Images homepage. Both start rolling out over the coming weeks