Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
An analysis of 11 impacted sites reveals a strong correlation between Google visibility losses and declining AI search citations, with ChatGPT hit hardest. The post Are Citations In AI Search Affected By Google Organic Visibility Changes? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
An analysis of 11 impacted sites reveals a strong correlation between Google visibility losses and declining AI search citations, with ChatGPT hit hardest.
Google has finally fully rolled out the Google Search Console AI-powered configuration tool. Google wrote on LinkedIn, “The Search Console’s new AI-powered configuration is now available to everyone! Have you already tried it?”
Move SEO upstream into leadership decisions to safeguard visibility, enforce standards, and scale sustainable search performance. The post Enterprise SEO Operating Models That Scale In 2026 And Beyond appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Earlier this month, we covered Google testing what we called contextual overlay link cards in AI Overviews and AI Mode. Well, Google officially began rolling them out yesterday, and they are more like hover-over pop-up link cards.
Google Ads may be automatically enabling paused keywords in your advertising accounts.
Google Ads is now showing in the “When and where ads showed” report, the ability to see PMax, Performance Max, reporting.
Google is losing one of its main sources of information for its Knowledge Graph, the CIA World Factbook. This was a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency between 1962 and 2026 with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
There is a bug impacting a number of Google AdSense publishers where the anchor and vignette ads won’t close for users.