Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday
Nick Fox, Senior Vice President of Knowledge & Information at Google, said Google Search "broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history" after Argentina scored its winning goal in yesterday’s World Cup match.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 9, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Google Ads Formats That Don't Allow Alcohol Ads
Google Ads updated its alcohol policy to provide more examples of ad formats that don’t allow alcohol ads. The list previously only had reservation display ads and Google TV masthead ads, and it was updated app install image ads, app install video ads, consumer ratings annotations, Discovery ads, dynamic search ads and Gmail ads.
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Google Merchant Center Next Is Now Just Google Merchant Center
Google has removed "Next" from Google Merchant Center Next and it is now to be known as just Google Merchant Center. Google announced this over here saying, "The platform you use today will simply be referred to as Google Merchant Center."
Google Search Generative AI Controls Rolling Out Beyond UK Sites
Google seems to be rolling out the new Generative AI controls in Google Search Console to sites outside the United Kingdom. It initially launched a month ago only for .co.uk based sites but now we are seeing it roll out for some (not all) sites based in the US and other countries.
Google Ads Tests Favicons In Sponsored Results Sitelinks
Google is testing placing favicons in the sitelinks portion of the sponsored results from Google Ads. Generally, we only see the favicon in the main sponsored or organic listing, but here Google is testing showing favicons for all the links in the sponsored results grouping, including all the sitelinks.
Google Ads Travel Search Campaigns Expands For Things To Do & Events Beta
Google announced it has expanded Search campaigns for Travel to an open beta for the Things to Do and Events verticals. This brings you Search and AI Max features for those types of campaigns.
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8, 2026
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 is testing using tracking URLs within its search results...
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