Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 24, 2026
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AI search transforms international SEO challenges from selecting correct pages to ensuring accurate, market-specific information survives AI synthesis and retrieval.
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Why International SEO Needs A Global Knowledge Integrity Strategy via @sejournal, @billhunt
AI visibility issues often reflect organizational misalignment rather than SEO problems, as inconsistent data confuses language models. The post Why AI Visibility Does Not Only Depend On SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Why AI Visibility Does Not Only Depend On SEO
Google is updating its Google Ads Destination Mismatch policy in early July 2026 to allow the final URL to redirect to a different domain in some cases, with prior approval from Google.
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Google Ads Will Soon Allow Some Final URLs To Redirect To A Different Domain
Google added a lot more detail to a Google help document on using broad search for Local Services Ads. Google added a section on the setting, how to disable broad search, how to view leads from broad search, some nuances and how to target multiple verticals.
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Google Local Services Ads Broad Search Details Added To Help Doc
Google published new ways to remove and prevent Google Merchant Center from showing products “Found by Google” in your product feed. This is when Google finds products on your site by crawling your site, not through your feed.
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Google Merchant Center: How To Remove Found By Google Products
Google Ads is rolling out new data columns that show unique search categories with clicks, conversions and impressions. This is different from just the clicks column, which is also available in this report.
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Google Ads: Unique Search Categories With Clicks, Conversions & Impressions
Google Ads is rolling out a new section under the Conversions section labeled “Shop diagnostics.” It says, “This report helps diagnose shop sales reporting and optimization eligibility.”
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Google Ads Shop Diagnostics: Shop Sales Eligibility
Google is making a change to how it reports on the Multiplex ads units, where starting on June 23, 2026 where Google will report every ad in the grid as its own ad request. Previously, ads in a Multiplex ad unit are counted as one ad request with multiple impressions for each slot within the grid.
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Google AdSense Multiplex Ads Changes Ad Request Reporting
AI recommendation poisoning is already happening. Here’s what it is, why it matters more than GEO, and which side of the line is worth choosing
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The Grounding Wars Are Coming: How AI Visibility Creates Its Own Black-Hat Playbook via @sejournal, @purnavirji