SEO Daily News Recap for Monday, March 9, 2026
Organic SEO & Search News
Snapchat adds new tools to help brands tap into India’s cricket season – The expanded suite of ad features includes a live sports API and official team content as the app looks to connect with its growing user base in the region.
Meta outlines improved scam protection in Messenger app – In a new overview, the company provided details on how its Safe browsing feature operates within direct messaging via Advanced Browsing Protection.
More scrutiny for xAI’s Grok following racist remarks – The artificial intelligence chatbot is under new regulatory investigation in the U.K. after users prompted it to roast certain people and groups using “unhinged mode.”
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Google Ads adds AI voice-over to Performance Max video ads – Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their video ads — unless they opt out by March 20.
OpenAI updates privacy policy as ads expand in ChatGPT – OpenAI’s privacy updates let advertisers run personalized ads without accessing users’ chats, keeping targeting safe and privacy-friendly.
Google Ads Notices For European Union Political Ads – Google has sent notices to some advertisers asking them to confirm whether their campaigns contain European Union political content. The deadline to confirm is by March 31, 2026.
General Digital Marketing
AI assistants now equal 56% of global search engine volume: Study – Mobile apps drive most activity as ChatGPT, Gemini and others push AI discovery to 45B monthly sessions, new analysis finds.
Google Marketing Live 2026 set for May 20 – An email from the Accelerate with Google program inviting entries to the Google Ads Impact Awards shared the date GML 2026 is happening.
Studies Reveal AI Citation Clues – Generative AI platforms offer no guidelines on how to appear in their answers. We’re left with independent research.
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
More scrutiny for xAI’s Grok following racist remarks
The artificial intelligence chatbot is under new regulatory investigation in the U.K. after users prompted it to roast certain people and groups using "unhinged mode.”
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Social Media Today – Latest News
X shares data on women’s usage trends
In honor of International Women’s Day, the company provided information on the topics women were most engaged in, which included an evolving interest in women’s sports.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Marketing Live 2026 set for May 20
An email from the Accelerate with Google program inviting entries to the Google Ads Impact Awards shared the date GML 2026 is happening.
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Search Engine Land
5 things I learned about the future of Search from Liz Reid’s latest interview – Marie Haynes
I enjoyed this interview with Google’s head of Search Liz Reid on the ACCESS Podcast with Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger. Watch this video on YouTube Liz talked a lot about the future of Search. Here are the 5 most interesting parts. Will agents eventually do most of the activity on the web? Yes, […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 9, 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.
Liz Reid, Google’s head of search, spoke about the progression of AI in Google Search. Google Ads sends notices for EU political ads. Google Discover has a follow widget card. Google Search Console bulk export to BigQuery is broken. Google adds trending posts and discussions to the what people are saying section…
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Adds Trending Posts & Discussions To What People Are Saying
Google added "Trending posts & discussions" title under What People Are Saying section within Google Search results. It also has those favicons at the top, which I don’t think is new but it is all part of the package.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Follow Widget Card
Google is testing a new widget for the Google Discover feed where you can follow news publishers and/or topics. It is called the "home follow widget."
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Search Engine Roundtable
Organic search is fundamentally disrupted. Here’s what to do about it.
With Google referrals down and LLM use rising, discoverability now depends on metrics, structure and authority — not rankings alone.
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Search Engine Land
The Digital Markets Act promised fairer search. It’s failing.
Two years after the DMA took effect, user experience is worse, business metrics are down, and Google’s monopoly remains intact.
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Search Engine Land
Technical SEO
Meta outlines improved scam protection in Messenger app
In a new overview, the company provided details on how its Safe browsing feature operates within direct messaging via Advanced Browsing Protection.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Search Console BigQuery Exports Broken
There are a number of complaints that the Google Search Console bulk data export to BigQuery is not working. The issue seemed to have started several days ago and is still not working today.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s undocumented method to disavow a whole TLD
Google does not document it because it is not something the company recommends.
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Search Engine Land
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
How Much is Your Audience Searching Google vs. Prompting AI Tools? SparkToro’s Answers Just Got an Upgrade – SparkToro
For the past year, SparkToro’s had the remarkable ability to tell you how much your audience used Google vs. ChatGPT, Perplexity vs. Yahoo, Claude vs.
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SparkToro
AI and Machine Learning in SEO
OpenAI updates privacy policy as ads expand in ChatGPT
OpenAI’s privacy updates let advertisers run personalized ads without accessing users’ chats, keeping targeting safe and privacy-friendly.
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Search Engine Land
🎙️ This week on How I AI: Mastering Midjourney: How to create consistent, beautiful brand imagery without complex prompts
Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network
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Lenny’s Newsletter
AI assistants now equal 56% of global search engine volume: Study
Mobile apps drive most activity as ChatGPT, Gemini and others push AI discovery to 45B monthly sessions, new analysis finds.
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Search Engine Land
Studies Reveal AI Citation Clues
Generative AI platforms offer no guidelines on how to appear in their answers. We’re left with independent research.
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SEO – Practical Ecommerce
Mastering Midjourney: How to create consistent, beautiful brand imagery without complex prompts
Listen now | 🎙️ Learn how an AI creative director builds consistent brand aesthetics using style references, personalization codes, and strategic iteration—without complex prompting
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Lenny’s Newsletter
Liz Reid On Progression Of Google AI Search
Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger interviewed Google’s head of Search, Liz Reid, on Google’s progression of AI into Search. It felt like a very candid interview that is worth listening to. In short, Liz is still not sure if Gemini and Google Search will ever fully converge or not.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Content Marketing and Strategy
TikTok showcases eight women creators for Women’s History Month
The company said women including Brittany Wilson Isenhour, Gym Tan and Madison Humphrey were driving discussions in the app.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Career Development and Industry Trends
Bluesky CEO steps down as the app focuses on growth
Jay Graber will transition to a new role as chief innovation officer while former Automattic CEO Toni Schneider steps in as interim CEO.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
Snapchat adds new tools to help brands tap into India’s cricket season
The expanded suite of ad features includes a live sports API and official team content as the app looks to connect with its growing user base in the region.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Ads adds AI voice-over to Performance Max video ads
Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their video ads — unless they opt out by March 20.
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Search Engine Land
ChatGPT ads are coming — here’s how you should prepare now
If consumers start shopping through AI prompts, ChatGPT could rival search as a demand-capture channel—redirecting ad budgets.
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Search Engine Land
Why PPC teams are becoming data teams
Automation and AI are changing PPC roles. Winning teams now control data infrastructure, measurement, analysis, and experimentation.
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Search Engine Land
Google Ads Notices For European Union Political Ads
Google has sent notices to some advertisers asking them to confirm whether their campaigns contain European Union political content. The deadline to confirm is by March 31, 2026.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Job Postings
Job Postings
3/9/2026
Director of Organic Search
The best organic search strategies don’t just move rankings—they move businesses. As Director of Organic Search, you’ll lead a team of specialists in building strategies that tie SEO and AEO performance directly to the outcomes clients care about: revenue, market share, and competitive advantage. This is a role for someone who thinks like a business […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
3/9/2026
National Digital Marketing Specialist (SEO/CRM/SEM)
Job Description National Digital Marketing Specialist Why Join CIP? Vacation Time – 15 days full time only Paid Holidays – 13 days full time only;Holiday premium pay for part time only Paid Sick Days and Personal Days accrued Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Voluntary Benefits: Short and Long-term Disability, Additional Life, Child Life and Spousal […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
3/9/2026
Digital Marketing Coordinator (SEO/SEM)
About Direct Online Marketing (DOM) Since our foundation in 2006, DOM has helped businesses grow through data-driven digital marketing campaigns. We emphasize a disciplined, transparent approach and we wont be out-communicated. If you want to experience what it’s like to work at a full-service digital marketing agency that does things a little differently than youve […]
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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
3/9/2026
Content Marketing Manager
Job Description Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world’s most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, […]
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