Google Business Profile now has a new way to submit a business photo as part of verification. Ben Fisher spotted this and shared it on LinkedIn along with screenshots. He wrote: “New: This could be a ...

Update 1 – 8:05 PM on September 3, 2026 local time in NY, Googler Robby Stein confirmed on X this isn’t working as intended. Robby wrote – “Hey — thanks for flagging. This isn’t working as intended, ...

Google has been steadily turning traditional search into an AI-first experience, first with AI Overviews and then AI Mode. Now, that approach is showing up where users may not expect it: the Chrome ...

British department store chain John Lewis is turning to YouTube to help its products appear in AI shopping recommendations. The retailer has opened a permanent studio inside its flagship London store ...

LinkedIn’s “Seems like AI slop” button is now appearing more proeminently on comments, giving users a direct way to flag replies they believe are generic, automated or heavily generated by AI. We saw ...

Google started rolling out August 2026 Spam Update on 18 August 2026 (12:30 PM ET) and the rollout was completed on 21 August 2026 (4:50AM ET). Update was global and impacted search rankings ...

OpenAI says access has reached Plus and Business subscribers, but the new model is not available in every ChatGPT mode.

Google AI Mode is testing a new popup that appears between content, prompting users to “Sign in to save your favorite SEO tools and track your website optimization.” This showed up when searching for ...

Google is testing a new animation for sponsored ads on mobile. When a user searches for something, the sponsored results now show a loading animation before the ads actually appear. We spotted this ...

After spending more than 20 years running search-led publishing businesses and relying on SEO tools to make real editorial, traffic, and investment decisions, I approached KWFinder not just as another ...

Google has rolled out several updates to its tagging tools, aimed at making it easier for advertisers to measure website performance and cutting down on the technical setup involved. Ginny Marvin, ...

Let me say from the very beginning, after my tests – there is no clean, one-for-one replacement for DataForSEO. That is the first thing most “alternatives” lists get wrong. DataForSEO is not merely a ...