Meta takes legal action against celeb-bait scammers

The new filings are part of a larger effort to protect users by taking stronger legal measures against scam activity.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 26, 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 Circle to Search sees the whole picture now. Google Ads API version 23.1 is now available. Bing updated its Webmaster Guidelines. Google is testing displaying vertical search services in the EU, again. Google Posts recurring scheduling is coming soon…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Post Recurring Scheduling Coming Soon

Recently, Google rolled out the ability to schedule Google Posts. Supposedly, soon, Google will also roll out recurring scheduling for posts. So you can set a Google Post to repeat and post over and over again on a schedule.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google To Test Displaying Vertical Search Services In Europe

Reuters has a headline that reads Exclusive: Google to test changes to search results, source says as EU fine looms. This confuses me because I thought Google had been testing this for a couple of years now.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Bing Webmaster Guidelines Updated

Microsoft has updated the design of the Bing Webmaster Guidelines section and changed some of the verbiage. I think overall these are smaller updates, but I have not gone through every single change to double-check as of yet.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google’s Nano Banana 2, merges pro-level image quality with flash speed

Nano Banana 2 delivers Pro-quality, production-ready images at Flash speed, enabling faster, scalable creative generation.

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Search Engine Land

Google Circle to Search Now Looks At Multiple Parts Of Images

Google announced updates to Circle to Search where it now doesn’t just look at the part you circles but apparently the whole image, so it can get more context. "New multi-object image search helps you find more items from one picture at the same time in Circle to Search," Google explained.

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Search Engine Roundtable

How to Monitor Brand Mentions in ChatGPT

Learn how to monitor brand mentions in ChatGPT, with free manual methods and automated tools like Brand Radar to track your AI visibility.

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SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Google introduces next iteration of AI image generation model

With Nano Banana 2, the company merged the capabilities of Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro, combining all the tools into a single app.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Unlocking advanced image creation: Meet Nano Banana 2

Imagine images so accurate, they feel like reality. Nano Banana 2 fuses Google’s top AI with lightning speed. See what’s new!

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Search Engine Land

How to use AI response patterns to build better content

LLM answers vary widely. Here’s how to extract repeatable structural, conceptual, and entity patterns to inform optimization and positioning.

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Search Engine Land

Google expands AI Max text guidelines globally

Google’s AI Max now lets you guide AI-generated ad copy worldwide with custom text rules to keep messaging on-brand.

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Search Engine Land

ChatGPT ecommerce traffic converts 31% higher than non-branded organic search

AI referrals drove stronger purchase intent, faster growth, lower average order value, and just 1.5% of organic revenue, new analysis finds.

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Search Engine Land

Creators express frustration with Instagram’s latest AI experiment

A shopping test in the Meta-owned app is being criticized for displaying products influencers don’t endorse and tags that could compete with pre-existing brand deals.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel

Jeetu Patel on going all-in on AI, why most big companies hedge when they should double down, and why he can’t do his job without AI

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Google’s spam update vs. AI affiliate sites: An SEO experiment

An experiment with AI affiliate sites shows how Google’s spam systems treat low-trust, programmatic SEO — and why it can’t stand alone.

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Search Engine Land

Threads tests simplified DM connection in-stream

The new process is being tested in the U.S. and Canada, and allows users to activate direct messaging by typing in a post.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Instagram will alert parents when teens search for self-harm content

The new safety measure will roll out on the Meta-owned app the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia over the coming weeks.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Design Trends That Are Shaping 2026 – Screaming Frog

2025 was a big year for technology, and we’re all gearing up for the same rapid developments to emerge in 2026. But as tech has evolved, design has evolved alongside it – distilling large-scale advancement into creative digital visual expression. As we enter a new era in 2026, where AI…

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Screaming Frog

X adds two aspect ratio options for in-stream ads

The new options are aligned with the more compact formatting style popularized across other apps.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How to use Google Ads Performance Planner and Reach Planner

Model budget shifts, forecast KPI impact, and estimate YouTube reach before scaling. See how these underused planning tools work in practice.

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Search Engine Land

Acceleration in ChatGPT ad activity spotted

ChatGPT ads are well and truly here with major brands triggering placements on high-intent prompts like “best” and “new”.

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Search Engine Land

4 strategic paid search pivots to survive Google’s AI Overviews

AI Overviews are lowering CTR, raising CPCs, and compressing the buyer journey. Here’s how to protect performance and stay competitive.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads API Version 23.1 Now Out

Google has released a minor version update to the Google Ads API, version 23.1. This update has changes to account management, campaigns, conversions, incentives, planning, reporting and more.

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Search Engine Roundtable

What industry data reveals about the impact of Google’s AI Overviews on paid search

Google’s AI Overviews aren’t just a visibility problem, they’re a revenue one. Here’s what Adthena data reveals about CTR and CPC impact.

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Search Engine Land

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