Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Into March
Google Search rankings remain heated into March - I mean, I can post about this every day but now I am at the point of just doing it weekly. We thought things might be cooling a bit, but the volatility really has not cooled much at all.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Google AI Mode Sidebar Links Don't Pass Referrers - Google To Fix
Google AI Mode doesn't always pass referrer data from the links on the sidebar. This is supposedly being looked at by the Google Search team and hopefully will be fixed soon, if not, already.
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Google Knowledge Panels With Colored Table Elements Sections Rolling Out
Google seems to be rolling out colorful sections in the knowledge panels. Sometimes you will see gray, sometimes blue, sometimes orange and sometimes green and maybe more. We saw this on mobile over a decade ago, so this does seem new, especially on desktop.
How Google Search & Google Discover Picks Image Thumbnails
Google updated its image SEO best practices and Google Discover documentation to clarify how Google picks a preferred image thumbnail for Google Search and Google Discover. Google wrote it "uses both schema.org markup and the og:image meta tag as sources when determining image thumbnails in Google Search and Discover."
Google Updates Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Gambling & Government Policies
Google has updated or is updating a number of Google Ads and Google Merchant Center policies. This goes across alcohol, prescription drugs, gambling and games and government documents and services policies.
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Google Help Document On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Checkout
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Mar 2, 2026Google Patent: Sending Searchers To AI-Generated Pages Over Your Site
Mar 2, 2026Will Google To Allow Publishers To Claim Google Discover Profiles
Mar 2, 2026March 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Mar 2, 2026Google Ads Label: Sponsored Options In The Area
Mar 2, 2026Daily Search Forum Recap: February 27, 2026
Feb 27, 2026Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Discover Core Update Done, Search Volatility, Search Serving Bug, AI Prompt Injection, Google Ads, Local & Bing
Feb 27, 2026Videos: Google Search On HTML & Google Ads On Search Experiences
Feb 27, 2026Picture of the Day
