The Show More Button Is Disappearing: Search and Social Update, 31 August 2026
Google has confirmed that AI Overviews now expand into full answers for some searches, removing the Show more button and pushing your…
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One Google Rule, Two Different Answers: Search and Social Update, 30 August 2026
From today Google stops applying its site reputation abuse penalty to anyone searching inside Europe, after pressure from the European Commission. Also…
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Google Will Charge You for Missed Calls: Your 26 August Brief
From 1 October, Google Local Services Ads will charge you for calls nobody answered, and for the follow up call as well.…
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Tuesday Brief: That Search Console Security Email Was a Google Fault
Search Console emailed thousands of site owners on Monday claiming a new owner had been added, and it was a bug. Google…
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Monday Brief: Google Quietly Repaired Two of Its Own Faults Over the Weekend
Google confirmed on Sunday that the search favicon bug is fully fixed, and repaired the Search Console crawl stats gap over the…
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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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