Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Again January 21
Last week,I reported on January 15th of a Google Search ranking update with a lot of heated volatility. Truth is, it went through the weekend, but now it is spiking back up again as of yesterday and today - January 20th and 21st.
Latest Articles
Google Ads Posts New Call & Messaging Ads Terms
Google Ads has posted new call and messaging ads terms that advertisers need to agree to in order to use those ad products. Anthony Higman posted about it on X and said, "There are some important new updates here."
Apple Releasing Two New Siri; iOS 26.4 & iOS 27 (Campos, Rave & Fizz)
Apple will reportedly release two new Siri versions, one this year with iOS 26.4 and one next year with iOS 27. Plus, Apple may release an AI pin wearable device in 2027.
Search Video Recaps
OpenAI To Charge Based On Ad View Impressions, Not Clicks
As you know, OpenAI will soon show ads on ChatGPT, but now we are hearing that those ads will be charged on a pay-per-view, impression-based model, not a click-based, cost-per-click model.
Google Search Makes Recipe Results More Publisher Friendly
A few weeks ago, we covered how damaging the Google Search results were for recipe publishers and bloggers. It was nicknamed Frankenstein recipes because it would take pieces of these recipes from bloggers, mash them together and ruin them, all while also mentioning the brand name - hurting the brand.
New GoogleBot: Google Messages
Google added a new crawler, robot, to its list of user-triggered fetchers in the Google crawlers documentation. This specific bot is named Google Messages and it is a fetcher "used to generate link previews for URLs sent in chat messages," Google wrote.
Archives
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 21, 2026
Jan 21, 2026Google Ads Still Not Coming To Gemini (Post ChatGPT Ads Announcement)
Jan 21, 2026Google Adds "Answer Now" Button To Gemini App - If You Can't Wait...
Jan 21, 2026Google Local Service Ads Verified Section Details
Jan 21, 2026Google Search Monopoly Appeal Legal Docs Mention Search Signals
Jan 21, 2026Daily Search Forum Recap: January 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2026Google AI Overviews With Font Strikethroughs
Jan 20, 2026Google AI Mode Fan-Out Prompts To Narrow Your Query
Jan 20, 2026Google Search Team Does Not Endorse LLMs.txt Files
Jan 20, 2026Picture of the Day
