October 30, 2026, Friday

Google Says Target Changes Don’t Reset Learning – 6 PPC Takeaways For BFCM

Google Says Target Changes Don’t Reset Learning – 6 PPC Takeaways For BFCM

Frederick Vallaeys

Six Google Ads details on Smart Bidding, seasonality adjustments, channel controls and budgeting that PPC teams should check before BFCM.

Webinar

Prioritize SEO Fixes When Developer Time Is Limited

with the SEJ Search Experts

In this webinar, Loren Baker shows how to rank SEO and AI readiness issues by business impact and decide what to fix first.

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Google’s Q3 Earnings Call Casts Shadow Over Classic Search

SEO

Google’s Q3 Earnings Call Casts Shadow Over Classic Search

Google's Q3 earnings call outlined a vision in which traditional Search may no longer be the central experience.

Google Reveals How AI Search Is Reshaping What Users Query

PPC

Google Reveals How AI Search Is Reshaping What Users Query

Google’s Ads Decoded explores longer AI Mode queries, earlier discovery, and demand for human perspectives. Here’s what advertisers can consider for 2027.

What Google’s Search Ad Revenue Numbers Signal For AI Search Spend

PPC

What Google’s Search Ad Revenue Numbers Signal For AI Search Spend

Google’s Q3 stock plunge puts AI spending and Search ad revenue under scrutiny. Here’s what the earnings reveal for PPC advertisers.

Partner Resource

Google Shopping Invalid Traffic Hit 7.51%, Roughly 1 In 13 Clicks

By In partnership with Lunio

Black Friday budgets are locking now and Google's reporting won't separate clean clicks from junk. Lunio's analysis of 414 million retail clicks gives you invalid traffic benchmarks for Google Search, Shopping, Meta, TikTok and Bing, plus the wasted-spend math.

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Accurate Facts Can Still Produce A False AI Answer, And Courts Are Starting To Hold The Platform Responsible

AI Search

Accurate Facts Can Still Produce A False AI Answer, And Courts Are Starting To Hold The Platform Responsible

AI search merges businesses with their lookalikes, and courts are holding platforms liable. Here’s how conflation happens and how to make your entity unmistakable.

How Can I Tell If My Images Are Optimized For Multimodal Search? – Ask an SEO

SEO

How Can I Tell If My Images Are Optimized For Multimodal Search? – Ask an SEO

Check whether search engines can find and understand your images, and spot technical issues that limit their visibility in multimodal search.

Checklist

Prove AI Search Drives Calls With a Six-Step Checklist

Sponsored by CallRail

AI-driven calls grew 58% in H1 2026, but many still show up as direct or other in call reports. Based on CallRail's analysis of nearly 30 million inbound calls, this checklist gives you six steps to track AI search as its own call source.

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OpenAI’s Agents Can Silently Block Your Site – & Your Logs Won’t Show It

AI Search

OpenAI’s Agents Can Silently Block Your Site – & Your Logs Won’t Show It

Identify OpenAI Aura blocks that stop agents from opening your site, and gather evidence to request a review.

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Live Website Audit: SEO Fixes for AI Search Visibility in 2027

Webinar

Live Website Audit: SEO Fixes for AI Search Visibility in 2027

Watch Loren Baker, founder of Search Engine Journal, audit a real website live. He'll show how he finds what's holding a site back in Google and AI search, and how he decides what to fix first.

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AI Search Visibility: What The Latest Benchmarks Reveal

Partner Resource

AI Search Visibility: What The Latest Benchmarks Reveal

Explore Ahrefs’ Q2–Q3 2026 AI search benchmarks, citation patterns across six platforms, and practical steps to help shape your AI visibility priorities.

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Regain Control Of Google Ads: Better Tracking, Clearer Proof Of ROI

Rundown

Regain Control Of Google Ads: Better Tracking, Clearer Proof Of ROI

Regain control of Google Ads with a curated article stack on lead quality, Local Services Ads migration, Smart Bidding goals, and proving PPC business value.

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SEJ Pro Exclusive: Website Visibility Audit

All members will receive a free site audit covering technical SEO, indexability, and AI readiness. And, as an SEJ Today subscriber, you get 25% off your membership: use code SEJtoday25.

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