Jun 26
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You can’t optimize content for a retrieval system you can’t measure. Here’s the measurement literacy gap practitioners need to close.
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You Can Finally Measure Content Alignment. That’s The Dangerous Part via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Jun 26
4
Despite industry fears, AI search adoption remains fragmented with most users still preferring traditional search methods. The post Why Users Are Fleeing To AI-Free Search & What It Means For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Why Users Are Fleeing To AI-Free Search & What It Means For SEO via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW
Google has expanded the attribute rules feature in Google Merchant Center to work for automatically found products. Before, attribute rules only worked for products added through your merchant feeds, but not it works for products Google finds by itself and adds to Merchant Center.
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Merchant Center Expands Attribute Rules To Automatically Found Products
Here is the monthly Google webmaster report – the June 2026 edition – where I cover all the larger SEO and webmaster related Google Search news that you may want to catch up on over the past week.
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June 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Microsoft’s Fabrice Canel confirmed on LinkedIn last night that more features are coming sooner rather than later around Bing Webmaster Tools AI performance reporting and AI reporting.
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Microsoft: Bing Webmaster Tools AI Reporting To Gain New Features Soon
Google Merchant Center may have a bug in its automated validation of products and landing pages. Last night, some Google Ads merchants received disapproval notices for “Product page unavailable” even though the product page was indeed available.
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Google Merchant Center Mass Product Page Unavailable Notices Last Night?
Microsoft Bing is testing using a larger favicon format for sponsored ads in the top position. The favicon is about 33% bigger in the top sponsored ad position than in an organic or lower sponsored ad position.
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Bing Tests Larger Favicons For Top Sponsored Ads
Jun 26
4
As AI Mode becomes more seamless, Google appears increasingly comfortable with a world beyond Classic Search. The post Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is OK With AI Mode Replacing Classic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is OK With AI Mode Replacing Classic Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster
It is not that uncommon, unfortunately, to see Google Ads that are designed to steal your login credentials for various platforms, including your Google account. Now, when you search for “my business,” which is how many businesses login to their Google Business Profile account, you are presented with a Google Ad that will attempt to grab your login credentials and take over your account.
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Warning: Google Ads Phishing Attack For Google Accounts
Jun 26
4
Google Search Console now shows which of your pages appear in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover. Here’s how to use that data
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GSC’s New AI Overview Reporting: How Can We Use This Information? via @sejournal, @marie_haynes