If you sell on a major SMB platform, agentic commerce is already being implemented. Here's what to confirm in your admin before the traffic arrives. The post Agentic Commerce For Small Merchants: Which Protocol Spec Actually Matters For Your Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Google is testing new campaign limitation labels in the Google Ads interface. Advertisers can now see badges like Limited by bid strategy or Limited by budget in the Status column with a refreshed design. The updated design gives these campaign limitations a softer, less intrusive appearance while keeping them visible

Should you use schema for AI search visibility? Yes, but not for the reasons most consultants are selling. A breakdown of what the evidence supports. The post Schema, LLMs & The Low Bar For βEvidenceβ In GEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Advertisers using Demand Gen campaigns will soon experience a change in billing. Starting July 15, 2026, campaigns using view-through conversion (VTC) optimization will switch from cost-per-click (CPC) to cost-per-thousand impressions (CPM) billing. This shift only affects campaigns with VTC optimization enabled. Googl

Google says that markdown solves one problem while potentially creating others for search visibility. The post Google Says Markdown For AI SEO Strips Away The Parts That Matter appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Rising impressions with falling traffic often stems from SERP changes, AI features, irrelevant rankings, or new content indexing. The post Why GSC Impressions Are Up But Traffic Is Falling: 4 Things To Consider First β Ask An SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google has launched several updates to improve bidding and budgeting strategies for advertisers. These updates are designed to enhance campaign performance and allow brands to capture more unique traffic. New features include: Expanded Smart Bidding Exploration: This feature allows campaigns to capture diverse, convers

Performance Max gets blamed for a lot. Wasted spend. Black-box reporting. Brand traffic cannibalization. But after auditing hundreds of retail accounts, we keep finding the same root cause. And it is almost never a campaign setting. It's the product feed. For retail advertisers, Performance Max feed optimization matter

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Ahrefs analyzed 137K domains and found 97% of llms.txt files received zero requests. AI retrieval bots accounted for 1% of total requests. The post 97% Of LLMS.txt Files Got No Requests, Ahrefs Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal.