Google Search Ranking Volatility Around 7-Eleven
We may have had another unconfirmed Google Search ranking update around July 11th, which I will call the 7-Eleven update. It has been an unusual time since the completion of the June 2026 spam update, where I was on the verge of covering a few unconfrimed updates but it seems the chatter in the SEO community is at an all time low.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 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 Image Search turned 25 years old and with that...
Google Image Search Home Page Goes From Simple Search Box To Gallery
Google Image Search turned 25 years old and to celebrate, Google revamped the Google Image Search home page. Instead of a clean image search box, Google added an image gallery and placed a search bar at the top of the page.
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AI Image Generation Now Within Google AI Overviews
Google AI Overviews can now generate AI images based on your questions, directly in the AI Overview response in Google Search. Google wrote, "To help bring those unique ideas to life, we’re bringing image generation directly into AI Overviews in Search."
ChatGPT Ads Get Location & Audience Exclusion Controls
OpenAI added more features to ChatGPT Ads Manager, the ability to exclude your ads from showing based on geo-location and/or audience lists. ChatGPT Ads Manager continues to rapidly add new advertising features to its ad platform.
Google Confirms Testing Hide Sponsored Products In Shopping Results
Google has confirmed that it is testing the hide and show sponsored results within the Google Shopping search results interface. Google launched the hide/show sponsored results in the main search results last October and is now testing this feature within Google Shopping.
Google: Significant Differences With A/B Tests Can Show In Search Results
Google's John Mueller noted that if your A/B tests are "significantly different" from one and the other, then that "could be visible in search results too." He also said, "Depending on your setup, what might happen is that one or the other version is used for indexing."
Google Bans Prediction Markets Product Ads Michigan & New York; Expands Shopping Ads & Free Listings
Google announced it is no longer allowing the advertisement of prediction markets contracts and related products ads in Michigan and New York. Plus, Google also expanded Google Shopping ads and free listings eligibility to more countries.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026Google Ads Expands Alcohol, Gambling & Games Policy
Jul 14, 2026Google Ads Asks For Justification When Requesting Removal Of Access
Jul 14, 2026OpenAI Crawlers Can Update Its User Agent String
Jul 14, 2026Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights For AI Mode & AI Overviews
Jul 14, 2026ChatGPT Ads Manager Gains Attributed Sales Value & Sales ROAS & Products
Jul 14, 2026Google Fixes Google-InspectionTool User Agent String In Help Doc
Jul 14, 2026Picture of the Day
