SEO Daily News Recap for Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Organic SEO & Search News
Stop Measuring AI Search Like SEO: Here’s What To Track Instead – Measuring AI search like SEO? Learn what to track instead: visibility, recommendations, bot access, citations, and off-site signals that drive real value.
Google June 2026 Spam Update Is Rolling Out – Google has just announced the release of the June 2026 spam update and said it should only take a few days to roll out.
Google releases June 2026 spam update – This update should only take a few days to roll out.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 24, 2026 – Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
GLM 5.2: why I’m replacing Opus in Claude Code with this new model – Watch now | 🎙️I ran GLM-5.2, the open-weight model from Z.AI, through codebase audits, UI redesigns, and a 45-minute autonomous bug-hunting task in Cursor and Claude Code, and it cost me $3.36
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Meta brings back Facebook Creator Studio – The updated portal offers new artificial intelligence features to help creators build their presence, including personalized insights and auto-generated replies.
LinkedIn automates job application process for premium users – The platform’s Premium Apply Assistant will use artificial intelligence to pre-fill applications and even add cover letters for suitable roles.
Meta outlines best practices for AI-generated multimedia ads – The company’s updated creation tools are designed to help advertisers maximize their performance by generating multiple ad variations to find the best fit.
LinkedIn tests suggested feeds – The move is designed to broaden user exposure and engagement in the app, and echoes a similar alternative feed test from last year.
Meta launches integrated booking for lead ads – The Facebook-only update integrates third-party platforms including Calendly and is designed to streamline the signup process.
General Digital Marketing
How to measure paid social’s impact on paid search performance – Search often captures demand that starts elsewhere. Use these measurement techniques to identify what’s driving it.
Stop trying to replace people with AI – Fear-based AI positioning grabs attention, but it can undermine trust. Here’s why augmentation is a stronger long-term marketing strategy.
OpenAI says ChatGPT ad dismissals have dropped 50% as relevance improves –
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
Google June 2026 Spam Update Is Rolling Out
Google has just announced the release of the June 2026 spam update and said it should only take a few days to roll out. Truth is, we kind of saw this coming, although Google would say no, we did not.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google releases June 2026 spam update
This update should only take a few days to roll out.
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Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 24, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Search Engine Roundtable
Tailor Your Feed: The Google Discover fan-out that surfaces niche sites
Here’s why it opens a third path to visibility for small sites, beyond implicit affinity and the Follow button.
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Search Engine Land
Technical SEO
GLM 5.2: why I’m replacing Opus in Claude Code with this new model
Watch now | 🎙️I ran GLM-5.2, the open-weight model from Z.AI, through codebase audits, UI redesigns, and a 45-minute autonomous bug-hunting task in Cursor and Claude Code, and it cost me $3.36
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Lenny’s Newsletter
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
Meta brings back Facebook Creator Studio
The updated portal offers new artificial intelligence features to help creators build their presence, including personalized insights and auto-generated replies.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
SparkToro’s MCP Server is Now Live — Connect Audience Research Directly to Your Favorite AI Tool – SparkToro
Anything AI can do… AI can do better with SparkToro. We (and dozens of our customers) have detailed over and over how real audience data + AI tool
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SparkToro
Local SEO
Google Explains More On Broad Search For Local Services Ads
Google added a lot more detail to a Google help document on using broad search for Local Services Ads. Google added a section on the setting, how to disable broad search, how to view leads from broad search, some nuances and how to target multiple verticals.
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Search Engine Roundtable
AI and Machine Learning in SEO
Stop Measuring AI Search Like SEO: Here’s What To Track Instead
Measuring AI search like SEO? Learn what to track instead: visibility, recommendations, bot access, citations, and off-site signals that drive real value
Source:
moz (en-US)
A 13-word edit can steer what deep-research AI agents recommend
Fake entities appeared in 38% to 51% of reports when agents retrieved a manipulated page, rising to 62% with multiple pages.
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Search Engine Land
Stop trying to replace people with AI
Fear-based AI positioning grabs attention, but it can undermine trust. Here’s why augmentation is a stronger long-term marketing strategy.
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Search Engine Land
OpenAI says ChatGPT ad dismissals have dropped 50% as relevance improves
OpenAI says ChatGPT users are dismissing ads 50% less often, suggesting its conversational ad format is becoming more relevant.
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Search Engine Land
ChatGPT recommendations drive more brand website visits: Study
AI-influenced visitors viewed 12 pages and spent 11.8 minutes on site, compared with 6.5 pages and 5.6 minutes for others, SimilarWeb found.
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Search Engine Land
B2B brands rank in Google but appear in just 3% of AI Overviews
AI Overviews appear in roughly half of relevant B2B searches, yet most brands remain largely absent from the answers buyers see.
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Search Engine Land
Career Development and Industry Trends
LinkedIn automates job application process for premium users
The platform’s Premium Apply Assistant will use artificial intelligence to pre-fill applications and even add cover letters for suitable roles.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
E-commerce and Affiliate SEO
Google On How To Remove Found By Google Products In Merchant Center
Google published new ways to remove and prevent Google Merchant Center from showing products "Found by Google" in your product feed. This is when Google finds products on your site by crawling your site, not through your feed.
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Search Engine Roundtable
User Experience and SEO Optimization
LinkedIn tests suggested feeds
The move is designed to broaden user exposure and engagement in the app, and echoes a similar alternative feed test from last year.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
Meta outlines best practices for AI-generated multimedia ads
The company’s updated creation tools are designed to help advertisers maximize their performance by generating multiple ad variations to find the best fit.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Meta launches integrated booking for lead ads
The Facebook-only update integrates third-party platforms including Calendly and is designed to streamline the signup process.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
How to measure paid social’s impact on paid search performance
Search often captures demand that starts elsewhere. Use these measurement techniques to identify what’s driving it.
Source:
Search Engine Land
Google Ads API to stop supporting new Smart Campaign creation
Google will end support for creating new Smart Campaigns via its Ads API, further shifting advertisers toward Performance Max.
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Search Engine Land
Google tests "Strongest match" labels on Search ads
Google is exploring new ways to highlight the most relevant ads in Search, potentially giving advertisers a visibility advantage.
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Search Engine Land
Google AdSense Multiplex Ad Units To Request Ads For Each Unit
Google is making a change to how it reports on the Multiplex ads units, where starting on June 23, 2026 where Google will report every ad in the grid as its own ad request. Previously, ads in a Multiplex ad unit are counted as one ad request with multiple impressions for each slot within the grid.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Shop Diagnostics Section
Google Ads is rolling out a new section under the Conversions section labeled "Shop diagnostics." It says, "This report helps diagnose shop sales reporting and optimization eligibility."
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads New Columns For Unique Search Categories With Clicks, Conversions & Impressions
Google Ads is rolling out new data columns that show unique search categories with clicks, conversions and impressions. This is different from just the clicks column, which is also available in this report.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Allow Some Final URLs To Redirect To A Different Domain
Google is updating its Google Ads Destination Mismatch policy in early July 2026 to allow the final URL to redirect to a different domain in some cases, with prior approval from Google. This was previously not allowed, as ads generally should take you to the final destination URL, but in some cases, Google Ads will allow it.
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Search Engine Roundtable
