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 spoke about indexing issues because of content ...

Ahead of Alphabet's Q2 report: can Google Cloud fend off Meta and Azure, is the TPU chip business turning into real revenue, and is Gemini closing on ChatGPT?

Google is so famous for killing products that there’s a whole virtual graveyard you can explore. Google’s latest shutdown now has a headstone of its own. Effective today, Google has discontinued the ...

Google began rolling out the June 2026 spam update, applying globally and to all languages. It's the second spam update of 2026, and Google announced no new spam policies with it. Ranking or traffic ...

Google Messages is finally giving Android users more customization and personalization options with “Chat themes.” Update 6/26: Since Tuesday, more Google Messages beta users (version 20260622_01_RC00 ...

A little piece of my soul shrivels up every time I get a message laying out how another company plans to use personal data in ever encroaching ways for AI training. I got one of those emails recently ...

Earlier this month it was detailed that Google Messages would get the ability for users to set custom background wallpapers and themes in individual chat threads. The customizations would only be ...

Google has started rolling out custom chat wallpapers in the Google Messages app. This seems to be a very limited release for now, as only a few beta users have received it. The feature lets you ...

Using specific tools for specific tasks is simply smarter. Separate your searches and your AI queries for better results. DuckDuckGo and Perplexity are my services of choice. Had you asked me years ...

WebFX reports on the rise of AI search ads, now embedded in AI-generated answers by OpenAI and Google, transforming how marketers engage.