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Google’s AI Mode self-citations tripled in nine months. SE Ranking data shows that more links now lead to organic search results, not business profiles
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Google AI Mode Cites Itself More Often, With More Organic Links via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 6, 2026
This week, we continue to see ongoing heated Google Search volatility. I posted the big Google webmaster report for March 2026
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heat Continues, AI Mode Recipe Link Cards, ChatGPT Web Search With Fewer Links & AI-Generated Search Landing…
Mar 26
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In SEO Pulse: AI Overview citations drift further from traditional rankings as AI search expands and platforms clarify how content appears in AI answers.
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AIO Citations Diverge From Rankings, Bing Rewrites Rules – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller again spoke about the disavow link file.
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Google: Most Sites Don’t Need To Disavow Links But That’s Not All Sites
Microsoft is testing a “Go to Shopping” button within the Bing Search results. This is instead of the narrower shopping section that shows shopping results by just says “see all.”
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Bing Search Tests Go To Shopping Button
A few years ago, Microsoft Advertising the support of Asian owned labels and attributes on its search ads within Bing. Google has a similar attribute, by the way. Honestly, I’ve never seen the label on Bing, until now.
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Bing With Asian Owned Labels On Microsoft Ads
Google Local Service Ads can be super expensive; each call or click can cost hundreds of dollars. Which is why Google has generally been good about refunding for mistaken leads or issues with those leads.
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Google Local Service Ads Won’t Credit Calls For Existing Clients (Not Lead)
Google sent out emails to some advertisers about changes coming to the Customer Match uploads in the Google Ads APl. After April 1, 2026, those data uploads are no longer going to work in the Google Ads API and must be done in the Data Manager API instead.
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Google Ads Customer Match Data Uploads Changes Coming April 1
AI copy guardrails and expanded YouTube non-skip video formats headline this week’s Google Ads updates in PPC Pulse. The post AI Max Brand Controls Expand, VRC Non-Skip Ads Go Global – PPC Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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AI Max Brand Controls Expand, VRC Non-Skip Ads Go Global – PPC Pulse via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson