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10 days ago
OpenAI introduced OAI-AdsBot to check the safety and policy compliance of web pages submitted as ads on ChatGPT. It visits landing pages to ensure they follow guidelines and uses page content to decide when to show ads. The data collected is not used for training AI models. The bot's user-agent string is Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; OAI-AdsBot/1.0.
4 months ago
Google updated its AI Overviews ad documentation to include support for ads in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and the US. Previously, ads were only available in the US. The update also states that ads will not be shown for sensitive topics such as adult content, alcohol, gambling, finance, healthcare, and politics.
4 months ago
Google is now sending email notifications when restrictions on reviews and ratings in Google Business Profiles are removed. The email states, "Restrictions on your reviews and ratings have been removed" and comes from the Google Business Profiles team. Joy Hawkins noted this change on X, highlighting that businesses will now receive notifications when review restrictions are lifted, a feature that has been in place for a couple of years.
6 months ago
Google Ads introduced an Investment Strategy tab on the Recommendations page, offering suggestions on how increased investment can affect key metrics like clicks and conversions. This feature aids in budget allocation across campaigns for better performance. It is designed for short-term budget increases, unlike the Performance Planner, which is for long-term planning. Users can set investment goals and customize their campaign selections.
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6 months ago
The Google Search Console performance reports have not updated since October 19/20 for all profiles and websites. While the 24-hour view shows data, the 7-day filter fails to display anything from October 19 onward. Many users have reported similar issues on social media, expressing frustration. Despite these problems, it is believed that the data is not lost and will be fixed soon, as such issues are not uncommon for Search Console reporting.
6 months ago
The crawl stats report in Google Search Console is missing data for October 14, 2025, resulting in a noticeable gap in the chart. This issue appears to affect all profiles within Google Search Console, indicating it is a broader Google problem rather than site-specific. This data loss is not unprecedented, as similar occurrences were noted in May 2022, February 2022, and November 2021.
6 months ago
Google's John Mueller stated that the speed and frequency of the Google Search Console API has not changed, despite user concerns about recent data slowdowns. Complaints about delays with BigQuery and the Search Console API have been common, but Mueller confirmed on Bluesky that sometimes data is just slow. He clarified that there have been no changes to the API's sync frequency with live data, and slowdowns can occur without any code or feature updates.
6 months ago
A couple of weeks ago, Google added a new help page titled Discover feed source overview. This page discusses the cards in the Google Discover feed and instances when Google misidentifies the source name. The page explains that these cards are generated from public sources, which may lead to inaccuracies. It also provides instructions for reporting errors in an overview through a feedback option and legal help link. This update was noted by Damien on X.
Earlier this year, signs indicated that Google's local Questions and Answers feature was fading in various regions, including India. Google has announced via email that it will discontinue the My Business Q&A API on November 3, 2025. The email, shared by Dale Jepto in the Local Search Forum, states that while the API will be discontinued, users can still access existing data until that date. Google is also updating the Q&A functionality and user experience.
