SEO Daily News Recap for Monday, February 23, 2026
Organic SEO & Search News
Mastering generative engine optimization in 2026: Full guide – Learn how to get your brand cited, recommended, and discovered by AI search engines with a step-by-step framework.
What it takes to make demand gen work for B2B and ecommerce – Discover why search tactics fail and learn what actually drives MQLs, SQLs, and sales.
Google Won’t Use Your Sitemap File If It’s Not Convinced Of New/Important Content – Google may not index all pages in your sitemap file if it doesn’t find new and important content on your site.
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
X tests AI labeling to combat the rise of generated content – The app is exploring a process where users label posts created using AI tools to combat the surge of generated content.
Google Ads support now requires account change authorization – Advertisers contacting Google Ads must authorize support-led account changes while retaining full responsibility for results.
Google Business Profiles With AI Generated Services – Google is utilizing AI to generate a list of services offered by local businesses.
General Digital Marketing
Instagram emphasizes Reels in new design update – Users now have more ways to access Reels content with customizable feed options and a new Your Feeds center.
SerpApi moves to dismiss Google scraping lawsuit – SerpApi argues that Google is leveraging the DMCA to protect ad revenue, not copyrights, in a battle over access to public SERPs.
AI Prompts Come to Search Console – A new feature in Search Console allows for organic search analysis through generative AI-like prompts.
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 23, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Search Engine Roundtable
SerpApi moves to dismiss Google scraping lawsuit
SerpApi says Google is stretching the DMCA to protect ad revenue, not copyrights — casting the case as a fight over access to public SERPs.
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Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Page Indexing Report Missing Data Prior To December 15th
The Google Search Console page indexing report seems to be missing a chunk of data. The missing data is from December 15th and earlier, but we do have data from December 15th (14th) through today.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fake Or Incentivised Reviews Found On Your Business Profile
Google is now (past few weeks?) sending out emails when it detects fake or incentivised reviews on your Google Business Profile. Google also says it has removed the fake or incentivised reviews that were identified.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Says A Spike In Impressions Doesn’t Cause Problems For Search
Google’s John Mueller said a spike/increase in impressions within Google Search Console does not cause any specific problems within Google Search. There are a number of posts where some users are seeing a surge in impressions within Google Search Console but clicks and traffic have not changed.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console page indexing report missing data prior to December 15
This seems to be impacting everyone – so it is likely a Google reporting bug.
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Search Engine Land
Technical SEO
Amount of Data Created Daily (2026)
Statistics related to data creation per day and over time.
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Unknown Source
Google Won’t Use Your Sitemap File If Its Not Convinced Of New/Important Content
Google’s John Mueller said that if Google is not convinced that there are new and important content to index on your site, then it won’t use the sitemap file on your site. Just because you have a sitemap file, it does not mean Google will index all the pages in that file.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing AI Responses With New Links & References UI
Microsoft is testing a new user interface for the Bing Copilot AI responses. The new interface shows these link and references cards both inline and on the right.
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Search Engine Roundtable
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
Content scoring tools work, but only for the first gate in Google’s pipeline
Google’s first-stage retrieval still runs on word matching, not AI magic. Here’s how to use content scoring tools accordingly.
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Search Engine Land
AI Prompts Come to Search Console
The new feature enables organic search analysis by entering generative AI-like prompts.
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SEO – Practical Ecommerce
Local SEO
Google Business Profiles With AI Generated Services
We’ve seen Google use AI for local panel descriptions, menus and more. But now Google is also using AI to generate a list of services a local business offers.
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Search Engine Roundtable
AI and Machine Learning in SEO
X tests AI labeling to combat the rise of generated content
The app is working on a process that would require users to label posts created using artificial intelligence tools, according to an app researcher.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Professional AI adoption could unlock up to $4.1 trillion capacity for US
A new report from LinkedIn found that more needs to be done in order to maximize the benefit of artificial intelligence in the workforce.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
X plans to combat AI-generated content while promoting Grok
The platform’s head of product announced anti-bot detection measures, while its chatbot is being widely offered to assist with post creation.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Film studio association issues new censure against ByteDance’s AI tool
The Motion Picture Association sent a strongly worded letter to the Seedance owner demanding that it stop training on copyrighted material, per Variety.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Mastering generative engine optimization in 2026: Full guide
How to get your brand cited, recommended, and discovered by AI search engines — a step-by-step framework.
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Search Engine Land
Content Marketing and Strategy
What it takes to make demand gen work for B2B and ecommerce
From scroll-stopping creative to smarter budgets, learn why search tactics fail and what actually drives MQLs, SQLs and sales.
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Search Engine Land
User Experience and SEO Optimization
Instagram emphasizes Reels in new design update
Customizable feed options and a new Your Feeds center give users another way to access Reels content, according to an app researcher.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
🎙️ This week on How I AI: How Notion’s design team uses Claude Code to prototype
Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network
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Lenny’s Newsletter
“I haven’t written a single line of front-end code in 3 months”: How Notion’s design team uses Claude Code to prototype
Watch now | 🎙️ Notion’s Brian Lovin on building a shared prototype playground, using Claude Code to transform Figma designs into working code, and why AI is changing how designers work
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Lenny’s Newsletter
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
Google Ads support now requires account change authorization
Advertisers contacting Google Ads must now authorize support-led account changes — while keeping full responsibility for results.
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Search Engine Land
Job Postings
Job Postings
2/23/2026
Senior SEO Strategist & Account Lead
Company: UPFRONT MKTG, LLCLocation: Fully RemoteSalary: $65,000–$75,000 (DOE)Department: SEOReports To: Founder / CEO About UPFRONT MKTG UPFRONT MKTG is a strategy-first digital marketing agency helping local, national, ecommerce, and multi-location businesses grow through ethical, data-driven SEO. We prioritize long-term, white-hat growth strategies rooted in business objectives — not shortcuts. We are seeking a Senior SEO […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
2/23/2026
Web Platform & Technical SEO Manager
Mission and Overview Above the Bar Marketing is a leading provider of digital marketing for lawyers and law firms. We are committed to delivering exceptional solutions to our clients and fostering long-term partnerships. The Web Platform & Technical SEO Manager is responsible for owning and maintaining ATB’s proprietary WordPress-based website platform, ensuring all client sites […]
Job Postings
2/23/2026
Customer Success Manager / SEO
Hey, I’m Matt, co-founder of SEO Gets. Every single day, SEOs sign up for our product trying to make sense of their GSC & GA4 data. They need to look at their analytics and actually know what’s working, what’s not, and what to do next. I need someone who wakes up thinking about how to […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
2/23/2026
SEO Coordinator
Job Description **Currently hiring in Louisiana** Are you obsessed with SEO and always eager to learn what’s next? Do you follow industry changes, test new ideas, and look for ways to sharpen your skills? We’re looking for someone who is hungry to grow, excited to dive deeper into strategy, and motivated to turn knowledge into […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
2/23/2026
Sr. SEO Manager
About Us At Ideal Living, we believe everyone has a right to pure water, clean air, and a solid foundation for wellness. As the parent company of leading wellness brands AirDoctor and AquaTru, we help bring this mission to life daily through our award-winning, innovative, science-backed products. For over 25 years, Los Angeles-based Ideal Living […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
2/23/2026
Head of SEO
About us Smallpdf was founded in 2013 with one simple belief: working with documents shouldn’t be complicated. Today, we’re an industry leader in digital document solutions, trusted by millions of users across 195+ countries. We build intuitive, powerful tools that help individuals and businesses work smarter with their documents. From compressing and converting files to […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
2/23/2026
SEO Manager
Job Description COLAB Marketing is seeking an experienced and results-driven SEO Manager to lead our organic search strategy across multiple client accounts. This is a full-time, in-office position for someone who understands both the technical and strategic sides of SEO and thrives in a fast-paced agency environment. We’re looking for someone who doesn’t just “do SEO,” but understands how […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
