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Your Week in Search and Social: 23 to 28 August 2026

Google confirmed it is routing search clicks through its own redirect links, bot protection knocked the IRS out of Google entirely, and…

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The IRS Vanished From Google This Week: Search and Social Update, 28 August 2026

The IRS dropped out of Google search this week because its own bot protection blocked Googlebot, and Cloudflare's new defaults on 15…

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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…