Skip to content

Today’s SEO & Digital Marketing News

Where SEO Pros Start Their Day

Menu
  • SEO News
  • AI & LLM
  • Technical SEO
  • JOBS & INDUSTRY
Menu

Analysing and Reconstructing Site Architecture Using Breadcrumbs: A Practical SEO Guide – Screaming Frog

Source: Screaming Frog

By: Mark Porter

02/20/26

Analysing site architecture is one of the most important — and often most challenging — aspects of technical SEO, particularly for large websites. In many projects, SEO professionals rely on signals such…

Video: Google Volatility Heated All Week, Google Reviews Vanishing, AI Overview & AI Mode Links Updated, Google Ads News and more

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week, we covered that Google Search has been super volatile all week long. Google’s John Mueller said they don’t really have a bad title…

Google Discourages Force Indexing Your Pages To Search

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

Google’s John Mueller said that he discourages large sites from force indexing its pages to Google Search. He said on a comment on LinkedIn, “I strongly recommend not relying on trying to…

Google Updates Google Business Profile Review Policies

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

As I noted in my story yesterday about Google reviews dropping out, Google has updated the Google Business Profiles review policies, the Prohibited & restricted content section.

Google Ads Budget Pacing For Ad Scheduling Updated

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

Google sent out an email to some Google Ads advertisers about changes coming to Google Ads budget pacing for ad scheduling. These changes go into effect on March 1, 2026.

SEO Daily News Recaps for Thursday, February 19, 2026

02/20/26

SEO Daily News Recap for Thursday, February 19, 2026 Organic SEO & Search News Meta Updates Marketing API to Align With Latest Ad Shifts – Meta’s changes ensure third-party ad tools align…

OpenAI ChatGPT Ads From Expedia Spotted In The Wild

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

As you know, OpenAI said they would release ads in ChatGPT and then about ten days ago, said the ads went live for a limited number of users. Since then, we have…

Google Sponsored Places Search Ad Unit

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

02/20/26

Google may be testing a new ad unit named Sponsored Places. I think this is new, I mean, have any of you seen this before in the search results? Instead of it…

Filter Posts






Latest Headlines & Articles
  • Analysing and Reconstructing Site Architecture Using Breadcrumbs: A Practical SEO Guide – Screaming Frog
  • Video: Google Volatility Heated All Week, Google Reviews Vanishing, AI Overview & AI Mode Links Updated, Google Ads News and more
  • Google Discourages Force Indexing Your Pages To Search
  • Google Updates Google Business Profile Review Policies
  • Google Ads Budget Pacing For Ad Scheduling Updated
  • SEO Daily News Recaps for Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • OpenAI ChatGPT Ads From Expedia Spotted In The Wild
  • Google Sponsored Places Search Ad Unit
  • Digital Marketing and Content Strategist (SEO/AIEO)
  • ChatGPT ads spotted and they are quite aggressive

February 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728  
« Jan    

ABOUT OPTIMIXED

Optimixed is built for SEO professionals, digital marketers, and anyone who wants to stay ahead of search trends. It automatically pulls in the latest SEO news, updates, and headlines from dozens of trusted industry sources. Every article features a clean summary and a precise TL;DR—powered by AI and large language models—so you can stay informed without wasting time.
Originally created by Eric Mandell to help a small team stay current on search marketing developments, Optimixed is now open to everyone who needs reliable, up-to-date SEO insights in one place.

©2026 Today’s SEO & Digital Marketing News | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme