Your Week in Search and Social: 16 to 21 August 2026
A 41 day experiment found Googlebot reaching only 2 percent of pages linked by JavaScript, and the AI crawlers found almost none.…
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Category: Content Marketing
Friday Brief: Google’s Video Carousel Has Halved Since 12 August
Google's video carousel now shows on under 20% of searches, down from just over 30%, and on tracked brand names it fell…
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Thursday Brief: Googlebot Found Just 2% of a Site’s JavaScript Links
A 41 day experiment split one site's internal links between plain HTML and JavaScript. Googlebot found 2% of the JavaScript pages and…
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Wednesday Brief: Google Is Running a Spam Update Right Now
Google started the August 2026 spam update on Monday and it is still rolling out worldwide. WordPress 7.1 ships today, Instagram will…
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Your Bid Target Just Became an Instruction: Search and Social Update for 17 August 2026
Google's Smart Bidding change went live today, so a target you set as a ceiling is now an instruction. ChatGPT Ads started…
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Google Is Deleting the Language Setting: Search and Social Update for 16 August 2026
Google Ads removes campaign level language targeting in late September, which matters more in a multilingual market than almost anywhere else. AI…
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Your Week in Search and Social: 9 to 14 August 2026
Three changes this week were not features you can adopt when ready. Google Ads starts migrating campaigns to AI Max on 1…
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AI Max Carries 72% More Invalid Traffic: Search and Social Update, 14 August 2026
New Lunio data shows Google search campaigns running AI Max carried 72 percent more invalid traffic, and Google converts eligible campaigns automatically…
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Search and Social Update: 12 August 2026
Google has opened its generative AI performance report to every Search Console account, complete with a pop-up pointing you at it. It…
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Search and Social Update: 11 August 2026
YouTube doubles the watch hours a new channel needs to start earning, from 4,000 to 8,000, effective February 2027. Google also banned…
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Google Ads Starts Locking Gmail Accounts Out of Their Own Settings
Google has begun piloting a rule that stops free email addresses like Gmail from making sensitive changes to a Google Ads account.…
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Search and Social Update: 9 August 2026
The word yes is showing up as a query in Search Console, and it is coming from AI Mode follow-ups. Google is…
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