Feb 26
25
Survey data shows 49% of U.S.
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Gen Z Preference For TikTok Over Google Drops 50%, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Feb 26
25
Anthropic updated its crawler documentation to list separate Claude bots for training, search indexing, and user requests, with visibility tradeoffs when blocked.
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Anthropic’s Claude Bots Make Robots.txt Decisions More Granular via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 25, 2026
Where should you invest paid media dollars in 2026? Here’s a data-driven look at reach, targeting depth, and automation across 10 major ad platforms.
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The 10 Best PPC Ad Networks via @sejournal, @LisaRocksSEM
Feb 26
25
Social media’s next chapter moves beyond feeds and platforms toward decision-making moments powered by behavior, trust, and machine interpretation.
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New Platforms Won’t Save Social Media: Here’s What’s Actually Shifting via @sejournal, @rio_seo
Some time ago, Google updated the flow for the Google Business Profile verification. And the issue is, if you fill it out wrong, it can have consequences for that Google business listing in the future.
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Careful With Google Business Profile Verification Flow
Feb 26
25
Google is showing a “See more” button in some of the AI Mode results. This has been happening for almost the past month on desktop and probably mobile.
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Google AI Mode See More Button
Anthropic updates its crawler documentation explaining what its crawlers do, and what blocking them will result in. Anthropic has three primary bots and they include ClaudeBot, Claude-User and Claude-SearchBot.
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Anthropic Updates Crawler Docs: ClaudeBot, Claude-User & SearchBot
Google’s AI Shopping tab is now pushing shoppers and searchers to find more products. The prompt responses to your queries can display “Show more products” and other links to get you to view more products.
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Google AI Shopping Pushing Show More Products
Google had a brief issue with serving search results this morning, February 25th. Google documented the issue at around 1:30 am ET on Wednesday, February 25th and said it was resolved a minute later.
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Google Search Brief Serving Issue This Morning