Google is giving retailers new AI visibility metrics in Merchant Center, offering a closer look at how products surface in conversational shopping results. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on May 29, 2026 Google is adding new AI performance insights to Merchant Center, giving retailers a clearer view of how their products appear across … Continue reading Google adds AI shopping insights to Merchant Center
Google AI Cites More Social, As Perplexity Pulls Back From Reddit by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 27, 2026 Citations, which influence consumer perception and drive purchases, are crucial in AI search queries because they act as digital footnotes by linking to source webpages and establishing the credibility of AI-generated answers. They also drive a … Continue reading Google AI Cites More Social, As Perplexity Pulls Back From Reddit
Google is currently struggling to define words like disregard, stop and ignore The search engine’s definitions have been replaced with AI Overviews. By Ian Carlos Campbell Updated: May 22, 2026 Karissa Bell for Engadget Google appears to be running into some hiccups after the company began rolling out its updated, and even more AI-focused search … Continue reading Google is currently struggling to define words like disregard, stop and ignore
Google Warns Of The Coming ’10x’ Moment by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 22, 2026 A software presentation this week at Google I/O 2026 aimed at software engineers reaches further into the advertising and the marketing funnels than any other product announced at the conference. Adam Bender, principal software engineer at Google, hosted the … Continue reading Google Warns Of The Coming ’10x’ Moment
Google Rediscovers Its Groove, Data Shows by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 21, 2026 Google Gemini as a stand-alone app and referral source to sites and publishers across the open web sits at No. 2 behind OpenAI ChatGPT in terms of how consumers use artificial intelligence (AI), but it’s gaining momentum each day. During … Continue reading Google Rediscovers Its Groove, Data Shows
New Google Protocol Brings ‘Intelligent Shopping’ To Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 20, 2026 Google brought new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) features to retailers on Wednesday with the launch of “Universal Cart” to introduce what the company calls “intelligent shopping.” It works across retail and services like Search. When shoppers are ready … Continue reading Google Connects Ads To UCP, Expands Into New Categories
Introducing A New Tool to Measure AI Search Visibility Across ChatGPT and Google by Search Engine People Wisam Abdulaziz May 20, 2026 Search is changing faster than at any point in the last decade. Over the past few years, we have built reliable systems to measure SEO performance in … Continue reading Introducing A New Tool to Measure AI Search Visibility Across ChatGPT and Google by Search Engine People
Apple backs Google after EU orders Android be opened up to AI rivals By Mariella Moon May 14, 2026 Jelena Kuznetsova/Shutterstock Apple is on Google’s side when it comes the latter’s criticisms against the European Union’s proposals which would give third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini has. The European Commission … Continue reading Apple backs Google after EU orders Android be opened up to AI rivals
Google AI Now Powers And Automates Bids, Budgets by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 7, 2026 Google Search, Shopping, and Performance Max campaigns will soon have artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bidding and budgeting to help advertisers meet and manage campaign goals. The company is automating and adding updates for features including “Journey-aware Bidding,” “Smart Bidding … Continue reading Google AI Now Powers And Automates Bids, Budgets
Google Tests ‘Remy’: How Soon Before Agents Own The Ad Chain? by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 6, 2026 There is an ongoing debate about whether advertisers are ready for agentic agents to take complete control of advertising platforms — and even rewrite them in real time with the ability to create, build and … Continue reading Google Tests ‘Remy’: How Long Before Agentic Personalizes Ads?
