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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's help documentation now explicitly recommends using self-referential canonicals on canonical pages themselves.
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.
Fabrice Canel, a 30-year Microsoft veteran who oversaw Bing and its search services, has officially retired.
Claire Vo benchmarked Sonnet 5 against GPT-5.5, Gemini 3 Pro, and other models across 64 blind tests using a custom evaluation framework she built live.
Open-weight models like GLM-5.2 are reaching production quality, challenging proprietary AI vendors' pricing power and vendor lock-in for development workflows.
Google has released an updated policy document for subscription linking in the Publisher Center that all participating news publishers must follow.
SEOFOMO News reports unverified observations that Google Discover is increasingly surfacing content from Google News Showcase publishers.
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.
Meta donated 15,000 AI glasses to Vision Ireland to support vision-impaired users and improve public perception of the devices.
Google has announced Google Assistant will shut down on September 4, 2026, with Gemini replacing it across Android, WearOS, and other devices.
Meta and Snapchat face potential consumer resistance as they advance AI-powered glasses initiatives.
Google made minor grammatical updates to its Performance Max help docs, with the text customization section remaining substantively unchanged.
Google removed its OpenTable help document from Maps support but confirmed the partnership remains active after documentation consolidation.
Google has rolled out the ability for Search Profile owners to edit their @handle directly from their profile settings.
SERoundtable reports Google is experimenting with underlining and hyperlinking terms in its Related Searches results panel.
Google will stop issuing Euro-denominated checks to AdSense publishers after August 7, 2026.
Google is actively recruiting product managers focused on content automation across two U.S. offices.
OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast mode, which accelerates its GPT-5.6 Sol model 14-fold, targeting enterprise adoption.
Meta leveraged AI analysis to remove 750,000 teen accounts in Australia in compliance with the country's eSafety Commission ban on under-16 users.
Google has updated ad requirements for YouTube and Discover Feed placements.
Google is testing a new Read Later Queue carousel in its Discover feed that lets users access previously saved articles in one place.
Bing is testing a blur/fade effect on related search suggestions to highlight the hovered option and reduce visual clutter.
Google is testing rounded corners and white borders on images in the Discover feed, a visual design experiment first spotted by researcher Damien Andell.
OpenAI has added tooltips to ChatGPT Ads Manager that display View-Through Attribution (VTA) and Click-Through Attribution (CTA) conversion values.
Bing is testing an image section within its shopping panel display, spotted by a user but not yet widely replicated.
Google softened its guidance on AI label placement in image ads, moving from a specific 5.5% margin rule to vaguer language about avoiding corners.
OpenAI added geo-targeting exclusion and audience list exclusion features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, continuing its rapid expansion of advertising capabilities.
Google Ads now requires administrators to provide justification when removing user access, with requests sent to other admins for approval.
Google removed an erroneous semicolon from its Google-InspectionTool user agent string documentation that didn't match the actual production value.
Google announced Barcelona as the 2026 location for Search Central Deep Dive Europe, its annual developer and SEO conference series.
Google Trends has added a new button enabling users to compare keyword interest trends against previous time periods with visual charts.
Google is asking the SEO community to help choose which European city will host the 2026 Search Central Live Deep Dive event.
Meta has enhanced WhatsApp's scam detection system while maintaining the app's privacy-first architecture.
Google is testing a blue background color for the Google Business Profile dashboard interface in Google Search, replacing the previous white background.
Bing is experimenting with a filled black magnifying glass icon instead of its previous outlined design in the search bar.