YouTube Shorts is awarded Media Rating Council accreditation

This is the first short-form video platform to gain this certification, which comes alongside the platform’s sixth consecutive overall approval rating.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Hackers continue to exploit Meta’s AI agents

Despite Meta working to address a recent exploit that enabled hackers to trick Meta’s AI chatbot into giving them control of Instagram profiles, reports suggest that this is still possible.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 3, 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.

The UK forced Google to add AI Search blocking controls in Search Console and there are also new AI performance reports – this is all rolling out slowly, first to some folks in the UK…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google May 2026 Core Update Analysis: Intent, Market Fit and Source Type Drove the Biggest Visibility Shifts – International SEO Consultant, Author & Speaker | Aleyda Solis

I’ve analyzed the biggest domain level visibility shifts in Sistrix for the US and UK during the May 2026 Core Update, with a measured window from May 26 to June 2, 2026. The rollout itself took place from May 21 to June 2. One of the clearest patterns I’ve found when going through the winners … Google May 2026 Core Update Analysis: Intent, Market Fit and Source Type Drove the Biggest Visibility Shifts

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SEO Blog by Aleyda

Shopify outage disrupts stores, checkouts and admin access

A Shopify outage disrupted storefronts, checkouts, admin access and Retail POS, potentially affecting merchants’ ability to manage stores / process sales.

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Search Engine Land

Google Drops Several Bid Adjustments For Hotel Ads

Google Hotel Ads may have dropped several bid adjustments, or maybe it is a bug. Bid adjustments such as day of the week check-in, advanced purchase, check-in date, length of stay and maybe some others are no longer showing up in the Google Ads interface.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft Scout: But What About Yahoo Scout (Web IQ from Microsoft)

Microsoft held its Microsoft Build event and announced Web IQ, a search engine platform for AI-agents and so many other AI enhancements. But what gave me a double-take was Microsoft Scout. I mean, didn’t Yahoo just announce Yahoo Scout in January, in partnership with Microsoft? Why did Microsoft name a similar product Scout, when Yahoo went with that name and even owns the domain name scout.com?

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console AI Performance Report & AI Blocking Controls

Google has announced the new Search Console Search Generative AI performance reports and a toggle to block your site from showing in AI responses. This is available currently only for a small subset of UK site owners, but it will expand globally at some point. Oh, and no, the reporting does not show click data – not that any of you expected that.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console AI performance reports and controls to block your content in AI responses

These features are rolling out to subset of website owners in the UK and will expand it to more in the future.

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Search Engine Land

Meta offers new AI messaging options for businesses

At its Conversations event in London, the company announced global access to its artificial intelligence-powered agents via paid subscriptions.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google tests proactive AI guidance app

The company’s Dreambeans platform is designed to cull information collected from connected Google apps and make recommendations to “inspire and delight.”

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google looks to ease publisher concerns over the impact of AI Overviews on referral traffic

Google’s looking to ease publisher concerns about traffic losses due to the rise of AI overviews in Search.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

GSC’s new AI Overview reporting – How can we use this information? – Marie Haynes

Tracking your performance in Google’s AI Overviews & AI Mode Google is giving us brand new information within our Google Search Consoles to tell us how our content is being used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the AI features in Discover. If you have been wondering whether your SEO efforts are actually landing you […]

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SEO Blog by Marie Haynes Consulting

What to do now that AI Overviews turned search into reading sessions

Search intent still shapes content strategy, but AI Overviews now shape how users behave on the SERP itself.

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Search Engine Land

How Google Display exclusions guide AI-driven optimization

Accidental clicks, bot traffic, and low-quality placements contaminate campaign data. Strategic exclusions help keep optimization on track.

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Search Engine Land

Gemini Omni: Clone yourself with AI in under 15 minutes

Watch now | 🎙️ Testing Google’s Gemini Omni avatar feature live—I scan a QR code, clone my face, and ship a hype reel

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Google Adding More Link Cards To AI Mode & AI Overviews

Google may be adding more link cards to the sidebar of the Google AI responses. Specifically, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews are testing showing more citation/link cards on the side of the AI response.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Introducing Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers

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Google Search Central Blog

Announcing the First Batch of Speakers for MozCon NYC 2026

Is AI search making your brand harder to find? Meet MozCon NYC 2026’s first speakers and learn how to win SERP visibility, answer engine citations, and AI growth.

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moz (en-US)

TikTok launches separate event-based app

The new TikTok Pro Events platform will let fans engage with daily challenges and win stars they can redeem for merchandise and other rewards.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

The overlooked business value of SEO and affiliate alignment

SEO and affiliate teams affect the same revenue, rankings, and LLM visibility. Alignment can reduce costs and strengthen brand performance.

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Search Engine Land

The new PPC skill set: From keyword manager to system optimizer

AI-driven Google Ads is changing the PPC role from campaign execution to signal design, conversion architecture, and system guidance.

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Search Engine Land

ChatGPT Testing Multi-Advertiser Placements & Ads Manager Updates

OpenAI sent out an email to advertisers announcing some new ad unit tests, specifically multi-advertiser placements in ChatGPT. OpenAI also announced new updates to the ChatGPT Ads Manager to help advertisers manage their ads and control targeting.

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Search Engine Roundtable