Google updated a help document within the Google Merchant Center help area to document that Google Merchant Center for Agencies can now link to up to 1,000 Merchant Center accounts. Previously, that number was not there, and now we know – up to 1,000 accounts can be linked to a single agency account.
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Google Merchant Center For Agencies Can Link Up To 1,000 Accounts
As we know, Google has often declared that its crawlers, Googlebot, etc, come from Mountain View, California. But the truth is, that is where they self-declare the bots are coming from.
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Googlebot Say They Are Coming From California But Might Not
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Google has a new reporting option for reviews in Google Business Profiles and Google Local. This one is called “Report owner response.” It lets you tell Google if an owner response to a review is off-topic, contains profanity, is harassing, discriminatory, hateful, or includes personal information.
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Google Local Report Owner Response
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Google Ads is changing language targeting for Search and Performance Max in September 2026. Learn what’s changing and what advertisers need to know
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Google Is Removing Language Targeting From Search Campaigns via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Practitioners value AI visibility data highly and won’t fund the platforms selling it. New survey data on what’s actually blocking the category. The post The GEO Trust Gap: SEOs Want The Data, But Not The Platforms Selling It appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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The GEO Trust Gap: SEOs Want The Data, But Not The Platforms Selling It via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
PPC managers inheriting an account: verify the conversion value before touching the bid strategy. Five checks that separate real revenue from phantom value
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The PPC Clean-Up: How to Audit and Fix ‘Value Inflation’ in Google Ads
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Anthropic has revealed enough about Claude’s watermark to identify how it might work. A new research paper may be the clue. The post Why Anthropic’s Claude Watermark May Be A New Text-Marking Method appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Why Anthropic’s Claude Watermark May Be A New Text-Marking Method via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Search referrals measure how people reach Reddit. They don’t measure why people go looking for it, and that gap is where the value sits. The post Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke via @sejournal, @brentcsutoras
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 13, 2026
Stable rankings, stable impressions, falling CTR: the signature of AI Overview click loss.
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How Do I Know If AI Overviews Are Taking Clicks From My Site And What Can I Do About It? – Ask An SEO via @sejournal, @HelenPollitt1