Search and Social Update: 5 August 2026
From 2 August, AI generated content shown to European audiences has to carry a label, with fines up to fifteen million euros.…
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Search and Social Update: 4 August 2026
Google has started asking some searchers to sign in and prove they are human before showing more results. Rankings moved on the…
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Search and Social Update: 3 August 2026
Google switches local inventory ads on for every Shopping campaign from 31 August, and the Ads API will not let you switch…
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Search and Social Update: 2 August 2026
Google starts retiring Dynamic Search Ads in September, migrating eligible campaigns to AI Max automatically. Google Business Profile chat has shut down…
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Search and Social Update: 1 August 2026
Google Search Console platform properties are now available to everyone, so you can finally see which searches surface your Instagram, TikTok and…
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Google Search Console Now Tracks Your Social Posts
Google Search Console platform properties went global this week, so you can now verify your Instagram, TikTok, X or YouTube account and…
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Search and social update: 30 July 2026
Google Search Console can now report on your Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube posts, and it arrives just as zero-click searches hit…
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Google’s Third July Shake-Up, ChatGPT Ads for Everyone, and Search Console Goes Social
Google search rankings shifted for the third time this month and Google has confirmed nothing. Meanwhile ChatGPT opened self-serve ads to every…
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Google can now strip the stars off your search listing: search and social update, 28 July 2026
Google has banned fake and undisclosed incentivised reviews from review snippets, with manual actions for sites that ignore it. Plus the zero-click…
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Google Rankings Wobble and AI Overviews Bite: Your Marketing Brief for 27 July 2026
An unconfirmed Google update rattled rankings over the weekend, with some sites reporting drops of up to 70 percent. Meanwhile AI Overviews…
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Google’s AI Search Shake-Up and Threads Ads: Your 26 July 2026 Briefing
Zero-click searches hit 68% and Google responds with big changes to AI Overviews, while Threads ads go global within days. Here is…
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Google Wobbles, AI Rewrites the Results Page: What SA Businesses Need to Know This Week
Google rankings shifted sharply over the weekend of 18 and 19 July with no confirmed update, while new Search Console reports finally…
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