Google is now notifying users when their reviews don't post and offering an appeals process, rolling out globally this week.

Google has released Ads API v25, a major update bringing new reporting features and goals support across campaigns, planning, conversions, and more.

Business owners report their review replies have vanished from Google Business Profiles, though replies remain visible in incognito mode and the issue appears widespread.

Google Ads now prevents appeals of policy violations older than 6 months, effective July 21, 2026.

Meta is being sued for allegedly using internal AI systems to identify and target specific employees for its 10% layoff.

Bing is testing an expandable sitelinks interface with an "Open" button that toggles a side panel showing domain links, a departure from traditional sitelinks display.

Pangram's research estimates that roughly 2 in 5 LinkedIn posts contain detectable signs of AI authorship.

OpenAI has started displaying two ads from different advertisers in ChatGPT response footers, a shift from the single-advertiser model previously observed.

Google renamed its NotebookLM user-agent from Google-NotebookLM to Google-GeminiNotebook to align with the product's rebranding to Gemini Notebook.

Google updated its StoreBot crawler troubleshooting documentation with clarifications on accessibility, robots.txt, IP blocking, and reprocessing timelines.

YouTube is testing an analytics-first redesign for Studio and clarifying its Inauthentic Content Policy to crack down on low-quality AI-generated, repetitive, and emotionally manipulative videos.

X is leveraging its Grok AI to detect and remove accounts engaging in engagement bait within its creator revenue program.

Meta rolled out parental alerts when teens discuss self-harm or suicide with its AI chatbot, with plans to expand the feature globally by year-end.

Google has removed the ability to manually add or update products in Manufacturer Center, requiring users to switch to the API or file uploads instead.

Google is consolidating its Shopping ads and free listings policies into one unified document in September 2026, though enforcement rules remain unchanged.

The UK is exploring mandatory default settings that would block teenage social media access after midnight to address youth screen time concerns.

China has enacted new regulations prohibiting users from engaging in romantic or intimate emotional interactions with AI chatbots.

Elon Musk has renewed his commitment to open-sourcing X's full codebase, though Social Media Today notes his track record of similar promises has previously fallen short.

Search Engine Land argues that rising CPCs are driven more by shrinking organic clicks and AI competition before auctions begin than by auction dynamics alone.

Google is testing a hide/show toggle for sponsored products in Shopping results, extending a feature it launched for main search ads last October.

Google has prohibited advertising of prediction market contracts and related products in Michigan and New York effective July 13, 2026.

Instagram expanded its AI-powered Reels translation tool to now support 14–18 languages, adding Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Italian alongside mouth-sync capabilities.

Emarketer projects the entire U.S. chatbot ad market will reach only $5.41 billion by 2030, putting OpenAI's $100 billion revenue target vastly out of reach.

Google is rolling out a redesigned Google Image Search homepage that replaces the simple search box with a dynamic, personalized gallery of images updated in real time.

Google is expanding alcohol ad geographic eligibility and requiring all gambling and games advertisers to meet stricter certification standards starting in late summer 2026.

OpenAI has quietly rolled out Attributed Sales Value and Sales ROAS metrics in ChatGPT Ads Manager, signaling a retail-first prioritization.

X is adjusting its algorithm to prioritize posts from followed accounts after acknowledging data gaps in its recommendation system.

Meta announced a $50B Louisiana data center expansion to power AI development, but the project faces scrutiny over environmental and community impacts.

The European Commission is advancing teen social media restrictions, likely including an under-16 age limit backed by a new age verification system.

Google now lets advertisers apply frequency caps to video campaign groups to control ad exposure across multiple promotions.

Google Ads' email support feature is currently down, returning an error message when users attempt to access it.

Google formally added guidance to its canonical help document recommending SEOs include self-referential canonical tags on the canonical page itself.

Google is testing a refreshed sticky ads interface with curved borders and a thinner sponsored label, refining a design it first tested in September 2024.

GatherUp tracked Google's month-long pause of reviews and Q&A starting March 2020 and the platform's uneven, category-by-category rollout to restore them by summer.

GatherUp's local SEO webinar covered new GMB service hours and attributes, Google's spam problem in local listings, and review attribute expansions.

Meta is granting early access to advanced capabilities in Muse, its AI assistant designed to help users delegate tasks and explore new possibilities.

Bing is testing the display of site favicons alongside brand names in its shopping ads carousel.

Google released a Search profile badge that site owners can embed to let visitors follow them directly from their website.

TikTok blocked Meta's paid campaign urging it and YouTube to join Meta's $16.7 billion child safety settlement, citing its ban on political advertising.

Google enhanced the Popular Products report within Merchant Center with improved coverage and insights capabilities.

SERoundtable spotted Google testing a loading animation for mobile search ads that displays a Gemini branding and "Evaluating sponsored results" message.

Google is now displaying copyable emojis in AI Overviews, extending a feature previously available in answer boxes.

Reddit is testing AI voice simulations to animate and voice posts in a limited trial.

OpenAI updated its crawler documentation to clarify that its user-agent string version number may change and that it uses an additional robots.txt marker when fetching robots.txt files.

Google simplified Search Profiles with a new article design, unified login system for managing multiple profiles, and lowered the follower threshold to 10,000.

Google Images now uses AI to suggest new collections and folders for saving photos, marked with a Gemini icon.

Google published new help documentation for its multi-source conversions beta feature in Google Ads.

Google is testing a blue background on the 'More' link in shopping result panels to make it more visually prominent.