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

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Google's help documentation now explicitly recommends using self-referential canonicals on canonical pages themselves.

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

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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.

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Instagram Head Adam Mosseri argues AI-generated content is actually a tailwind for authenticity, while explaining how the platform is restructuring product teams and rethinking creator identity in 2026.

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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.

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

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Fabrice Canel, a 30-year Microsoft veteran who oversaw Bing and its search services, has officially retired.

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Google has released an updated policy document for subscription linking in the Publisher Center that all participating news publishers must follow.

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SEOFOMO News reports unverified observations that Google Discover is increasingly surfacing content from Google News Showcase publishers.

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Google has moved its crawler IP range files to a new location as part of ongoing documentation organization.

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Google Search Console has added brand filters to simplify filtering and analyzing branded search queries.

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Google published official documentation explaining Preferred Sources and how publishers can encourage readers to subscribe.

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Bing is testing an AI Performance report in Webmaster Tools, though it lacks click data and CTR metrics.

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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.

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Meta donated 15,000 AI glasses to Vision Ireland to support vision-impaired users and improve public perception of the devices.

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Google has announced Google Assistant will shut down on September 4, 2026, with Gemini replacing it across Android, WearOS, and other devices.

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Meta and Snapchat face potential consumer resistance as they advance AI-powered glasses initiatives.

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Google made minor grammatical updates to its Performance Max help docs, with the text customization section remaining substantively unchanged.

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Google removed its OpenTable help document from Maps support but confirmed the partnership remains active after documentation consolidation.

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Google has rolled out the ability for Search Profile owners to edit their @handle directly from their profile settings.

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SERoundtable reports Google is experimenting with underlining and hyperlinking terms in its Related Searches results panel.

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Google will stop issuing Euro-denominated checks to AdSense publishers after August 7, 2026.

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Lenny's Newsletter interviews a solo founder who used ChatGPT and Codex to build an AI-native fashion brand, covering design workflows, e-commerce setup, and AI-human collaboration patterns.

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A solo fashion founder leveraged ChatGPT, Codex, and AI tools to design, prototype, and launch an e-commerce brand without hiring engineers.

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Google is actively recruiting product managers focused on content automation across two U.S. offices.

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OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast mode, which accelerates its GPT-5.6 Sol model 14-fold, targeting enterprise adoption.

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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.

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Google has updated ad requirements for YouTube and Discover Feed placements.

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Grace Clarke, an AI educator, rebuilt her service business entirely on custom Claude Code tools that automated admin work and replaced traditional software.

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OpenAI Developer Experience lead Nick Baumann demonstrates ChatGPT Codex's latest voice, automation, and site-building features in a live podcast episode.

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Google is testing a new Read Later Queue carousel in its Discover feed that lets users access previously saved articles in one place.

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Anthropic's first technical PM discusses the product decisions and development practices that established Claude as a leading AI model.

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Bing is testing a blur/fade effect on related search suggestions to highlight the hovered option and reduce visual clutter.

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Google is testing rounded corners and white borders on images in the Discover feed, a visual design experiment first spotted by researcher Damien Andell.

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OpenAI has added tooltips to ChatGPT Ads Manager that display View-Through Attribution (VTA) and Click-Through Attribution (CTA) conversion values.

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Bing is testing an image section within its shopping panel display, spotted by a user but not yet widely replicated.

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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.

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Netflix's CPTO Elizabeth Stone argues that systems thinking, not narrow specialization, is the critical skill for managing product teams in an AI-driven era.

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OpenAI added geo-targeting exclusion and audience list exclusion features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, continuing its rapid expansion of advertising capabilities.

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Google Ads now requires administrators to provide justification when removing user access, with requests sent to other admins for approval.

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Google removed an erroneous semicolon from its Google-InspectionTool user agent string documentation that didn't match the actual production value.

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Lenny's Newsletter features an interview with AI builder Alex Finn about running a five-computer local AI infrastructure with Claude Code loops to automate software development without cloud subscription costs.

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Google announced Barcelona as the 2026 location for Search Central Deep Dive Europe, its annual developer and SEO conference series.

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Google Trends has added a new button enabling users to compare keyword interest trends against previous time periods with visual charts.

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Google is asking the SEO community to help choose which European city will host the 2026 Search Central Live Deep Dive event.

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Google Search Central Blog announced that Search Central Live, its regional conference series, will expand to Shanghai in 2026.

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Google has announced Search Central Live is coming to Sydney in 2026 as part of its Asia Pacific event series.

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