Search geek - like SEO, Google, Bing and dev https://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myuwnmdcnd2hGoogle favicon help document now says Googlebot must be allowed to follow redirects from homepage to favicon location https://www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-redirects-from-homepage-to-favicon-42396.html27 Oct 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuwnmdcnd2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myufj7ayt25nIt's New 10/27: Google updates UGC spam guidelines, indexing reporting, @themarketinganu.bsky.social on Google Ads policy dashboard and @gregfinn.bsky.social plays the is it an LSA game and surprise @mordyoberstein.bsky.social showed up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXCDHpCxWI027 Oct 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myufj7ayt25nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu6c22ipg2wUnconfirmed Google Search ranking update hits over the past 24 hours after a heated Saturday Google update https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-42379.html27 Oct 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu6c22ipg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu5q65oca2vGoogle's John Mueller downplays the importance of having fresh indexing reporting in Search Console https://www.seroundtable.com/google-downplays-importance-of-fresh-index-reporting-42381.html27 Oct 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu5q65oca2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu56bfqak2hGoogle advertisers struggle to agree if this is a Local Service Ad or not https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-service-ad-confusion-42328.html27 Oct 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu56bfqak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu4mh557o2qGoogle Ads testing dotted underlined links in sponsored ads https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-dotted-underlined-links-42290.html27 Oct 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu4mh557o2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu42nedrv2xGoogle to update its Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) ads policy in January 2027 https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-csae-ads-policy-42375.html27 Oct 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu42nedrv2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu3gz7wv72xThe library at the Google office in Montreal https://www.seroundtable.com/photos/google-montreal-library-42340.html27 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu3gz7wv72xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myu3dt5cxkppNow we have an official statement from @semrush on the Google SERP poisoning at https://www.semrush.com/blog/poisoned-serps/ I added it to my ongoing story at https://www.seroundtable.com/third-party-google-rank-tracking-broken-42272.html27 Oct 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu3dt5cxkpphttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3mytxkj2i6cjcGoogle's Rajan Patel now says the Google Discover issue with it not allowing you to click on sources was a bug with an experiment that they have now turned off - was it a bug or an experiment or both? :) - story updated at https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-disabling-clicks-42369.html27 Oct 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mytxkj2i6cjchttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3mysgu7ukhe2xGoogle warns tools on user-generated spam guidance and adds a new section for only index content meant for Search https://www.seroundtable.com/google-user-generated-spam-guidance-tools-42378.html26 Oct 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysgu7ukhe2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrv2yxw7sisIt's New 10/26: Google volatility, Business Home, AI Overviews grows @mordyoberstein.bsky.social on AI in AI Overviews, Discover disabled clicks @gregfinn.bsky.social on Google Ads marquee and @themarketinganu.bsky.social on expanding smart bidding exploration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldSnbhfH24Y26 Oct 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrv2yxw7sishttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrnt2ytqh2xGoogle AI Overviews now show for 80%+ of search queries, data from Semrush, SE Ranking and seoClarity https://www.seroundtable.com/over-80-of-google-searches-have-ai-overviews-42372.html26 Oct 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrnt2ytqh2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrnbbdemw2uGoogle Ads AI-generated review summaries new help document https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-review-summaries-doc-42370.html26 Oct 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrnbbdemw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrmpdxyqa2hChatGPT Ads with new learn more link and some served through Amazon DSP https://www.seroundtable.com/chatgpt-ads-learn-more-amazon-dsp-42371.html26 Oct 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrmpdxyqa2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrm5i27hc2aGoogle Discover testing disabling clicks on the source button https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-disabling-clicks-42369.html26 Oct 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrm5i27hc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrlljpf4m2dGoogle Ads 1-click AI Max experiments https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-1-click-ai-max-experiment-42324.html26 Oct 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrlljpf4m2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myrky2xpup2hGoogler basebal card https://www.seroundtable.com/photos/google-baseball-card-42339.html26 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrky2xpup2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3mypf2uxwor2wGoogle Search ranking volatility is heated 🔥 on Saturday, October 24th https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-heated-42373.html25 Oct 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypf2uxwor2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3mynvcfyxf2nmThe Google Search Console links report updated today - I track the updates in this story for some reason https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-links-report-fewer-links-40698.html24 Oct 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynvcfyxf2nmhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk4yr2ow2vdSEO Video Recap covering Google Search ranking chatter, the massive PHP exploit, AI Search SEO worth it, Google Local, Ads, ChatGPT Ads and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJmgl_x_Wfc Sponsored by Duda23 Oct 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk4yr2ow2vdhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk4gc25r524Google AI Overview citation cards with AI-generated summaries in the snippets https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overview-citation-ai-summaries-42361.html23 Oct 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk4gc25r524https://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk3uiytqb2hGoogle Images & Google Discover do not support JPEG XL image format says John Mueller https://www.seroundtable.com/google-jpeg-xl-42352.html23 Oct 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk3uiytqb2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk3cjm3lx2zNew Google Business Profiles performance reports are rolling out to some and it looks cool https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-new-performance-reports-42367.html23 Oct 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk3cjm3lx2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk2qnzav32tGoogle Universal Cart is live in the U.S. In Google Search, yes... https://www.seroundtable.com/google-universal-cart-in-search-is-live-42349.html23 Oct 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk2qnzav32thttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk2fycgxp2wGoogle AdSense inventory restrictions policy to remove the placement requirement and the scroll-to-sticky requirements https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-videos-policy-update-42366.html23 Oct 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk2fycgxp2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myk26wqebr24Google Ads is testing a scrolling marquee in the sponsored results ad text https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-tests-scrolling-marquee-ratings-reviews-and-underlines-on-sponsored-results-42364.html23 Oct 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk26wqebr24https://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myjztzikfg2zGoogle Ads Sourced videos toggle setting in asset optimization https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-sourced-videos-42365.html23 Oct 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjztzikfg2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myjzlenfby2mWhite Google umbrella https://www.seroundtable.com/photos/google-umbrella-42296.html23 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjzlenfby2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rustybrick.com/post/3myhvol23ye2eNew Beta Google Business Home for Google Business Profiles https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-home-42363.html22 Oct 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:h3v76uve6amgzfvqc4kixk4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhvol23ye2e