This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the 7-Eleven update. Bing said it does not do one-off search penalties because it is not…
Google Ads Making Broader Smart Bidding Updates?
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
The PPC community has been going wild over the change that is coming to Google Ads around bidding for campaigns limited by budget on August 18th. There is some belief that this…
Google Maps Turn Off OpenTable Reservations
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google has removed its help document named “Make OpenTable reservations in Google Maps” yesterday. It looks like that implies that Google Maps removed the integration it has with restaurant listings and making…
Google Renames NotebookLM Useragent To Google-GeminiNotebook
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
As many of you know, Google has user-triggered fetchers including Google-NotebookLM. But with NotebookLM being renamed to Gemini Notebook, Google had to update the user agent name of Google-NotebookLM to Google-GeminiNotebook.
SEO Daily News Recaps for Thursday, July 16, 2026
SEO Daily News Recap for Thursday, July 16, 2026 Organic SEO & Search News Meta AI adds additional safety measures – Updates include parental alerts when children engage in self harm or…
Google StoreBot Accessibility Issues Help Doc Updated
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google has updated the help document named How to fix: Google StoreBot crawler can’t access your in-store product page. The document has a number of big updates with a lot of clarifications…
Bing Testing Black Magnifying Glass Icon In Search Bar
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing is testing using a black colored magnifying glass in the search bar and box. This is instead of a gray or black outlined icon, the test is a fully colored…
