"Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Search Console finally rolled out custom annotations for the performance reports. Google's AI not only got a search snippet wrong but it was insulting to the writer. Google Ads may be launching journey-based bidding in 2026. Google is testing the old search design or is it a bug. Google Ads combination reports gain top combinations for PMax campaigns."
"Google's ability to automatically detect fake reviews needs A LOT of improvement. Like how does this crap even publish? Cannot tell you how stressful it is for a small business owner to be hit by this scam., Joy Hawkins on X Today Bing started showing me nonsensical search results, and it wasn't a mistake. If they think you're scraping, they won't always block you. They'll just rank completely irrelevant pages instead. I checked ~150 rankings wit, Glen Allsopp on X"
Google Search Console rolled out custom annotations for performance reports. Google's AI produced an incorrect search snippet and generated an insulting response to a writer. Google Ads may introduce journey-based bidding in 2026. Google is testing or reverting to an older search design, possibly due to a bug. Google Ads combination reports now surface top combinations for Performance Max campaigns. Automatic detection of fake reviews remains unreliable, creating stress for small business owners. Bing has returned nonsensical, irrelevant results when detecting scraping behavior. Google is testing a 'track price' animation and uses ibp=oshop to tag clicks from the shopping interface. Spam can resurface via expired domain takeovers.
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