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Google Ads Surfaces PMax Search Partner Domains In Placement Report

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Some advertisers are now seeing Performance Max placement data populate in Google Ads reporting, including Search Partner domains and impression counts that had previously been absent from the report. PPC marketer Thomas Eccel flagged the change on LinkedIn, noting the report had been empty for his PMax campaigns until now. “I finally see where and … Read more

Google Offers AI Certificate Free For Eligible U.S. Small Businesses

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Google has launched the Google AI Professional Certificate, a self-paced program covering data analysis, content creation, research, and vibe coding. Every participant receives three months of free access to Google AI Pro. Eligible U.S. small businesses can access the entire program at no cost through a separate application (more on eligibility below). The certificate is … Read more

Why Google Runs AI Mode On Flash, Explained By Google’s Chief Scientist

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Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said Flash’s low latency and cost are why Google can run Search AI at scale. Retrieval is a design choice, not a limitation, he added. In an interview on the Latent Space podcast, Dean explained why Flash became the production tier for Search. He also laid out why the pipeline … Read more

Antitrust Filing Says Google Cannibalizes Publisher Traffic

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Penske Media Corporation (PMC) filed a federal court memorandum opposing Google’s motion to dismiss its antitrust lawsuit. The company argues that Google has broken the longstanding premise of a web ecosystem in which publishers allowed their content to be crawled in exchange for receiving search traffic in return. PMC is the publisher of twenty brands … Read more

Google AI Shows A Site Is Offline Due To JS Content Delivery

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Google’s John Mueller offered a simple solution to a Redditor who blamed Google’s “AI” for a note in the SERPs saying that the website was down since early 2026. The Redditor didn’t create a post on Reddit, they just linked to their blog post that blamed Google and AI. This enabled Mueller to go straight … Read more

Google Clarifies Its Stance On Campaign Consolidation

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In the recent episode of Google’s Ads Decoded podcast, Ginny Marvin sat down with Brandon Ervin, Director of Product Management for Search Ads, to address a topic many PPC marketers have strong opinions about: campaign and ad group consolidation. Ervin, who oversees product development across core Search and Shopping ad automation, including query matching, Smart … Read more

Google Shows How To Get More Traffic From Top Stories Feature

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Google added new documentation to Search Central covering their Preferred Sources program that helps news websites get into the Top Stories feature. The documentation explains what publishers can do to make it more likely to be ranked in Top Stories and get more traffic. Top Stories Given that Top Stories is about breaking news, freshness … Read more

Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs

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Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify information about file size limits. The change involves moving information about default file size limits from the Googlebot page to Google’s broader crawler documentation. Google also updated the Googlebot page to be more specific about Googlebot’s own limits. What’s New Google’s documentation changelog describes the update as a … Read more

Hidden HTTP Page Can Cause Site Name Problems In Google

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Google’s John Mueller shared a case where a leftover HTTP homepage was causing unexpected site-name and favicon problems in search results. The issue, which Mueller described on Bluesky, is easy to miss because Chrome can automatically upgrade HTTP requests to HTTPS, making the HTTP version easy to overlook. What Happened Mueller described the case as … Read more

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