Microsoft Advertising is previewing a new design and usability update for its ad platform. This update has a redesigned navigation and improved tables and layouts. This update should make managing your ad campaigns more efficient and intuitive.
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Microsoft Advertising New Updated Design Preview
Google posted a note that it has made enhancements to the Merchant Center’s Popular products reports. Specifically, the coverage and insights sections were improved back in June of this year, but Google just posted about this information on this past Friday afternoon.
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Google Merchant Center Popular Products Enhanced Coverage & Insights
Microsoft is now forcing all users to log in before using Copilot, but this currently does not apply to Copilot Search answers within Bing Search. When you try to go directly to Copilot, even by clicking on the Copilot button on Bing’s home page, you are asked to sign into your account.
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Microsoft Forcing Copilot Users To Login But Not For Copilot Search Answers
Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Google Search, has confirmed that the Google Search team is still well-resourced in its fight against search spam. The spam team continues to update its spam algorithms, such as the latest Google August 2026 spam update, to help reduce spam in Google Search results.
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Google Confirms Search Spam Team Is Fighting & Well Resourced
Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Google Search, has confirmed that the Google Search team is still well-resourced in its fight against search spam.
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Google Confirms Search Spam Team Is Fighting & Well Resourced
Google is now showing shopping ads in a carousel format inline within AI Mode results. Plus, Google is also showing a similar ad unit at the bottom of the AI Mode results. We got a lot of ads in AI Mode now, and I guess Google is looking for more and more ways to monetize those ads.
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Google AI Mode With Inline Shopping Carousel Ads & Single Ad Unit
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Google’s John Mueller shares what happened when he checked whether AI crawlers were actually asking his sites for markdown. The post Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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Google’s John Mueller shares what happened when he checked whether AI crawlers were actually asking his sites for markdown. The post Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
The Universal Commerce Protocol’s first spec release since April adds grocery readiness, lays groundwork for food and lodging, and brings schema changes. The post UCP Releases Spec Update With Schema Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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New data finds Claude and Claude Code search at different rates, mention different brands, and send their agents to different types of pages. The post Claude Searches Web Differently From Claude Code, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Claude Searches Web Differently From Claude Code, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern