Friday, July 17, 2026

Google has fully launched news carousels and top stories within AI Overviews on mobile in the U.S., fulfilling a May commitment to highlight timely content and boost publisher visibility.

Google's SVP Nick Fox claims AI Search features alone send billions of clicks weekly, contradicting widespread reports of declining organic traffic.

Meta launched Business Agents—enterprise-grade AI systems that handle sales, support, and lead generation directly within WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DM.

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

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.

Bing is experimenting with a filled black magnifying glass icon instead of its previous outlined design in the search bar.

SEOFOMO News highlights a free tool that converts website content into Open Knowledge Format bundles designed for AI agents to parse.