Daily Search Forum Recap: June 25, 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 released the Google June 2026 spam update yesterday afternoon…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console Page Indexing Report Delayed Two Weeks

The page indexing report within Google Search Console is now two weeks delayed. It is stuck at June 11, 2026, for me, and has not been updated in 14 days. Google has been reporting issues with Search Console often enough, so this is not unusual, but this delay is significant enough to cover, since we are now at the two-week mark.

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Search Engine Roundtable

YouTube Studio display gets a round of updates

Creators will now be able to find a consolidated listing of video alerts, look at revenue estimates and review an Account Status page.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Explains When AI Performance Reports Count Impressions

Google’s John Mueller explained when Google will count an impression for a web page within the generative AI features in Google Search. In short, there needs to be a link to your site being shown in AI Overviews / AI Mode for it to show as an impression in the new Google Search Console AI performance reports.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Meta plans to replace 90% of content review staff with AI

Despite the recent Instagram breach, the company said 50% of its content review is done by artificial intelligence, and that number will grow by year’s end, per Axios.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google adds AI guidance to Demand Gen campaigns

Advertisers can now use a wider range of formats and get artificial intelligence assistance for their promotions.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Your AI salesforce is already selling your brand. The question is who trained it.

Recommendations depend on confidence, not just content. Here’s how search, knowledge graphs, and third-party proof influence AI decisions.

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Search Engine Land

Google gives Demand Gen new AI creative and reporting tools

Demand Gen is getting Gemini-powered creative recommendations, enhanced video optimization and new measurement tools.

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Search Engine Land

Keeping Data-Driven Content Fresh Was a Monthly Slog. So We Taught an Agent to Do It.

Here’s how the Ahrefs content team uses AI to save 20+ hours per month.

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Content Marketing – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

What if you were held accountable for your AI slop?

A ruling against Google signals a broader shift: companies may be responsible for AI-generated errors, even when humans didn’t write them.

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Search Engine Land

Google AI Mode Follow Up Box With Autocomplete

Google is testing autocomplete within the Ask Anything follow-up box within Google Search’s AI Mode. So when you start to type a follow-up question, Google will suggest autocomplete suggestions.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Overviews Testing Button To Go To Web Results

Google is testing a button in the AI Overview within Google Search that takes you to the web only tab. As a reminder, the web only tab does not have any AI search features or other search verticles, it only has the web search results.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Generative AI Control Explained

Earlier this month, Google announced new ways to control how Google’s general search AI features (like AI Mode and AI Overviews) can use your content and link to your content. Well, Google has released a super detailed help document explaining how it all works, including how to access it, the controls, what it does, the time it takes, the property inheritance, and how to submit feedback.

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Search Engine Roundtable

How to use Google query expansion to improve content visibility

Your content may already be surfacing for searches you never planned for. Here’s how to identify those opportunities and act on them.

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Search Engine Land

Meta poaches top talent from Virtue AI

Three founders from the artificial intelligence security startup will help to stress-test and improve Meta’s AI safety protocols.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google introduces new Merchant Center agency roles

Google is rolling out new Merchant Center agency roles that centralize client access management and strengthen security.

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Search Engine Land

YouTube updates reaction options for Shorts

The binary approach has been updated with a heart icon and more granular user feedback inputs, and viewers also have a new Clear Screen viewing option.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

When Your Audience Isn’t Who You Think They Are – SparkToro

Picture the customer for commercial backup power, and you probably see an electrician on a ladder, hard hat and all. And if you were to describe that

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SparkToro

How to win competitor traffic with Demand Gen and negative-intent conquesting

Traditional competitor campaigns can be expensive and ineffective. These alternatives help you reach buyers more efficiently.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads API v24.2 adds AI transparency, stronger security and new reporting

API v24.2 introduces AI visibility tools, stronger security controls and new PMax reporting features for advertisers and developers.

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Search Engine Land

How to find who’s using your brand in paid search

A step-by-step guide for spotting competitors, affiliates and misleading advertisers in your branded search queries.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads API Version 24.2 Now Out

Google has released version 24.2 of the Google Ads API, this is a minor release with dozens of updates. This update includes "critical security updates, new AI transparency features, reporting enhancements, and powerful planning insights," Google announced.

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Search Engine Roundtable