20+ hour, 14+ min ago  (108+ words) Google is reportedly testing opening search results in a new window. Yes, there is a setting to turn this on or off, but the setting is turned off and Google is testing opening these clicks in a new window. This…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (93+ words) Microsoft Bing Offers Index Now Support To The Internet Archive'Search Engine Roundtable The folks at the Internet Archive are having issues with archiving the web Something it has done since 1996 and is such a foundational website that it is sad…...

20+ hour, 44+ min ago  (114+ words) Are we seeing better specific competitor targeting in Chat GPT ads or is it just a fluke? (Also, "just a fluke" - flukes are a wonderful fish). Glenn Gabe spotted a case where fast-food company Sonic was showing an ad on…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (261+ words) Lenny Rachitsky interviewed Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google, who we cited here numerous times over the past couple of years. The interview covers how AI is not replacing search, search is not dead, how AI Mode will be…...

4+ day, 52+ min ago  (578+ words) 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 Maps released its spam fighting report efforts. .. Here is a recap of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (616+ words) Google rolled an important change with how AI Mode works yesterday and it can have a big impact on the experience for desktop users. Now when users click a link in AI Mode, they will not be taken dire Google…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (180+ words) Google Merchant Center Next added new analytics data to the Promotions tab/section. This shows you two new analytics charts including "Your promotions at a glance" and "Performance in the last 28 days." These are summary cards to see how well…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (124+ words) Google rolled out Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor a few weeks ago and did you know that it can reference and cite third-party external sources, outside of just Google's own help documentation? Well, it does. Govind Singh Panwar spotted this…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (232+ words) On the Reddit Q4 2025 Earnings call (see transcript here), Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, was asked about how he feels about how Google and Open AI link or use citations to link to Reddit's content. Overall, Steve made it sound…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (278+ words) Open AI continues to drive forward on the ads front. This weekend Ad Week reported that Open AI is currently testing an Ads Manager for Chat GPT advertisers. As Ad Week explained, "The Ads Manager is a dashboard that lets…...