YouTube Expands Live Stream Donations, Updates Shorts Editing Tools

YouTube’s also bringing its AI chatbot to Connected TV devices.

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Reddit Shares Insight into Rising World Cup DIscussion

Reddit is already seeing an influx of interest in the event.

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Meta’s Shutting Down its Messenger Website

Meta also shut down the separate Messenger app for Windows and Mac last year.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google Search Console launched the AI-powered configuration tool. Google has new link styles for AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google Ads may be reenabling paused keywords. Google Ads PMax placement reports have details. Google is losing a knowledge graph source. Google AdSense has a bug with anchor and vignette ads…

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Google Losing A Knowledge Graph Source – CIA World Factbook

Google is losing one of its main sources of information for its Knowledge Graph, the CIA World Factbook. This was a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency between 1962 and 2026 with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Google Rolls Out Hover Pop Up Links In AI Overviews & AI Mode

Earlier this month, we covered Google testing what we called contextual overlay link cards in AI Overviews and AI Mode. Well, Google officially began rolling them out yesterday, and they are more like hover-over pop-up link cards.

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Google Search Console AI-Powered Configuration Now Live

Google has finally fully rolled out the Google Search Console AI-powered configuration tool. Google wrote on LinkedIn, "The Search Console’s new AI-powered configuration is now available to everyone! Have you already tried it?"

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How 2Modern Curates Beautiful Designs Through Connections

The 2Modern team’s creative passion helps them draw connections between customers and artisans — and Exploding Topics helps them connect trend lines. Learn how.

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10-Step Local SEO Audit Checklist to Boost Small Business Rankings

Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything right, but your business still isn’t showing up in Google’s local results? You are not alone.

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Meta Announces Long-Term Partnership with NVIDIA

The deal will ensure that Meta can access the latest hardware for its expanding AI projects.

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44% of ChatGPT citations come from the first third of content: Study

ChatGPT pulls most from early sections, favoring direct definitions, balanced tone, and dense entities, new research finds.

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How to build AI confidence inside your SEO team

From shared tool selection to celebrating wins, here are four practical ways to reduce fear and turn AI into a strategic partner.

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Only 12% of AI Mode Citations Match URLs in the Organic SERP

Why do only 12% of AI Mode citations match organic SERP URLs? Discover how AI Mode selects sources and how to win visibility beyond rankings.

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How to apply ‘They Ask, You Answer’ to SEO and AI visibility

AI rewards clarity over spin. Map real buyer questions on pricing, problems, and reviews to win trust, citations, and sales.

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Microsoft rolls out applied Performance Max learning path

Microsoft Advertising’s new Performance Max learning path helps advertisers run better campaigns and showcase verified expertise.

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Snapchat+ Reaches 25 Million Subscribers

The platform’s add-on subscription has become a valuable revenue driver for the business.

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AI search KPIs: Focus on inclusion, not position

AI users consider 3.7 businesses per response, and 60% decide without clicking. Here’s what that means for your AI visibility strategy.

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LinkedIn Launches New Campaign for LinkedIn Premium

LinkedIn Premium has seen a 50% rise in subscriptions over the past two years.

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Paid search click share doubles as organic clicks fall: Study

Text ad clicks surged year over year as classic organic fell across key verticals, with paid listings now taking up to one-third of clicks.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads shows PMax placements in “Where ads showed” report

Google Ads now shows where Performance Max campaigns run, giving advertisers clear insights to optimize performance.

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Microsoft Advertising adds a multi image creative to Shopping ads

Microsoft Advertising’s multi-image Shopping ads let brands show more product visuals in search to boost engagement.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads adds Results tab to show impact of applied recommendations

Google Ads now shows the real performance impact of applied recommendations in a new Results tab, comparing outcomes against estimated baseline results.

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Perplexity stops testing advertising

Perplexity began testing sponsored placements in 2024. It’s abandoning them, saying labeled ads can erode credibility.

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Google AdSense Anchor & Vignette Ads Bug

There is a bug impacting a number of Google AdSense publishers where the anchor and vignette ads won’t close for users. This has been an issue since February 13th and Google is reportedly working on a fix for the issue.

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Google Ads Showing PMax Placement Report Details

Google Ads is now showing in the "When and where ads showed" report, the ability to see PMax, Performance Max, reporting. So you can see the placement, type, network and impressions you are getting from your PMax campaigns.

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Google Ads Auto Enabling Paused Keywords Via Low Activity System Bulk Changes

Google Ads may be automatically enabling paused keywords in your advertising accounts. I am waiting for a statement from Google on this but there are reports that this is being done through the low activity system bulk changes.

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Head of SEO/AEO

Join the Tilt team At Tilt (formerly Empower), we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond outdated credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial signals to recognize real potential. Named among the next billion-dollar startups, we’re not just changing how people access financial […]

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Growth Marketing Manager (SEO, AEO, SEM)

About Harmonic Security Harmonic Security lets teams adopt AI tools safely by protecting sensitive data in real time with minimal effort. It gives enterprises full control and stops leaks so that their teams can innovate confidently. We are led by cybersecurity experts and backed by top investors including N47, Ten Eleven Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. We […]

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Senior Content Marketing Manager

The Role We’re seeking a Senior Content Marketing Manager dedicated exclusively to Southwest Airlines, helping one of America’s most iconic companies redefine travel inspiration and organic discoverability. This role will act as the content lead within an embedded, cross-functional Earned & Owned team, working onsite at Southwest Airlines’ office in Dallas, TX for key meetings […]

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Senior SEO Strategist

Nectiv is an SEO and AI search agency focused on helping brands grow their visibility across search engines and AI-driven discovery platforms. We work with fast-growing SaaS companies, marketplaces, and enterprise brands to solve complex organic search challenges — from technical architecture and crawl optimization to content strategy and search performance analysis. The Role We’re […]

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Content Marketing Strategist (SEO, GEO, Social)

About Culligan Quench Culligan Quench’s purpose is to impact people’s lives and improve the earth by helping to eliminate the 500 million plastic bottles consumed each year.  We play a front-line role in the battle against single-use plastic water bottles by delivering on-demand filtered water solutions to more than 120,000 healthy and environmentally conscious customers […]

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