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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Tag: Merchant Center
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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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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