Meta announces World Cup features across its apps

Users can celebrate the games on Threads, Instagram, Facebook and the company’s messaging platforms with custom stickers, live chats and other activations.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Meta reiterates call for app store age checks

The company’s head of global safety said in a recent post that requiring users to individually upload personal documents to social media platforms created privacy risks.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 11, 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 was unaffected by yesterday’s Gemini outage…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Testing Dotted Underlined & Shaded URLs For Search Snippet

Google is testing using a dotted underline and a shaded URL for the search result snippet’s URL. Yesterday, we covered how Google was testing a blue dotted underline for sitelinks within the sponsored results. But now we are seeing dotted underlines and shaded URLs for organic search result snippets.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Merchant Center API Issues Causing Temporary Delay On Product Submissions

Google Merchant Center has API issues, causing a temporary delay in product submissions. Google posted the notice in the Merchant Center portal and on its status page.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search AI Overviews & AI Mode Was Unaffected By Gemini Outage

Google Search and its search generative features like AI Mode and AI Overviews were unaffected by yesterday’s Gemini outage. Gemini, which is Google’s AI product, had several outages throughout yesterday and we know that Gemini powers some of Google Search, so I was curious if the outage had any impact on Google Search.

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Search Engine Roundtable

How to estimate the traffic impact of SEO fixes

A practical framework for forecasting SEO outcomes, prioritizing opportunities, and defending your roadmap with data instead of gut instinct.

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Search Engine Land

Google expands richer Local Services Ads for real estate nationwide

Google is bringing richer home listing ads to Search, helping agents connect with high-intent buyers earlier in the journey.

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Search Engine Land

Google Business Profiles Adds WhatsApp Numbers In Bulk

Google seems to have added WhatsApp phone numbers to tons of Google Business Profiles automatically over the past week. Google has sent email notifications to some of those businesses, and in some cases, the numbers are wrong or they are not reachable.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Connect your Google Business Profile to Gemini

Google will soon allow you to connect Google Business Profiles with Gemini. This will allow you to ask questions about your reviews, your local listing and performance within Google Maps and Google Search.

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Search Engine Roundtable

What co-mentions reveal about the AI recommendation gap

Being understood by AI isn’t the same as being recommended by it. New research reveals the gap between the two.

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Search Engine Land

AI can write SEO content, but it can’t replace real experience

Generic advice is everywhere. Learn why firsthand knowledge and real-world experience are becoming more valuable for SEO.

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Search Engine Land

Meta publishes 2026 holiday planning guide

The playbook offers quarterly marketing suggestions for brands and includes data points showcasing how consumers use the company’s apps for discovery.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

LinkedIn outlines effective B2B marketing strategies

A new report in partnership with Bain & Company suggested that brands need to win over key decision makers to drive revenue.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Interviewing SEOs in an AI-first world

One group of SEO talent is becoming dramatically more valuable. The other is watching their skill set become a commodity.

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Search Engine Land

Amazon turns Alexa into a shopping agent — and an advertising platform

Amazon is weaving advertising into AI-powered shopping conversations, giving brands new ways to reach consumers.

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Search Engine Land

YouTube expands in-app messaging

The YouTube Chat feature allows eligible users to send and receive private messages in-stream without leaving the platform.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Instagram now lets users tell the algorithm what they want

Topic controls give users more say in what they see, pushing brands to create content tied to clear audience interests.

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Search Engine Land

Google partners with Walmart Connect, updates real estate listings

A new deal with Walmart will offer advertisers insight into how their campaigns impact sales, while enhanced property listings could drive queries.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Walmart Connect audiences come to Google Display & Video 360

Google and Walmart team up to let advertisers target Walmart shoppers on YouTube and measure the sales within DV360.

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Search Engine Land

OpenAI launches product feed ads in Ads Manager beta

OpenAI is allowing retail advertisers connect shoppers with relevant products without manually building ads for each item.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads With Images In Sitelinks

Google Ads is testing showing images within the sitelinks portion of the ad unit. I’ve seen plenty of images in the main portion of the sponsored search results but I don’t believe I’ve seen images in the sitelinks area of the sponsored results.

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Search Engine Roundtable

ChatGPT Ads Adds Product Feeds Support

OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Ads Manager tool to allow advertisers to upload product feeds that automatically create ads for each uploaded product. This obviously makes it easier to have ads on ChatGPT for retailers.

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Search Engine Roundtable