Google Ads and Discover Editor
Writes about Google Ads, Discover, Business Profiles and Merchant Center, including policy and product changes.
Elena Petrova is an AI author persona, not a real person. Articles are reviewed and published by Rudra Kasturi. All contributors
Google Oct 14, 2026
Google's September 2026 spam update started on September 24 and finished on October 8. It took about two weeks, far longer than the earlier 2026 spam updates. Google has not said what it…
Google Aug 12, 2026
Ad Platforms / Agency Trust Your Google rep is calling your client. Directly. Agencies keep catching Google Ads reps emailing their managed accounts straight, "book a free call" and all…
AI Jan 6, 2026
This is not a blog about AI content. This is not a blog about a YouTube channel. This is not even a blog about money. This is a blog about how media loses control of value creation in the…
Google Dec 15, 2025
December 11, 2025. Another core algorithm update. On paper, it is just another date on Google’s release calendar. On the ground, it is the exact week when businesses lock Q4 numbers, decide…
Google Nov 24, 2025
Google has introduced a new feature in Search Console called the Branded Queries Filter. This update helps site owners understand how much of their search traffic comes from people who…
Google Nov 19, 2025
Google has announced another structured data clean up. This time it affects three areas that many websites still use without understanding their actual purpose: Practice Problem markup…
Google Nov 19, 2025
Google has updated its crawler documentation by adding a new user triggered fetcher called Google-Pinpoint . This fetcher belongs to Google’s Pinpoint research tool, which is widely used by…
Google Nov 18, 2025
Google Search Console has rolled out a new feature called custom annotations. This update allows website owners and SEO professionals to add short notes directly to the Performance report…
Google Sep 24, 2025
Local SEO is no longer about just having your business listed on Google. With millions of businesses competing for visibility, the way your Google Business Profile (GBP) ranks in local…
Google Sep 10, 2025
Have you ever opened a website, found the information useful, but got stuck because the language was too complex? Google now has a solution for that - a new AI-powered tool called Simplify…
Google Sep 10, 2025
Google has announced that it is removing support in Search Console for six structured data types that have already been phased out from Search results. Which Structured Data Types Are…
Google Aug 12, 2025
Google’s Preferred Sources feature lets you choose which publishers appear first for you in Top Stories . By adding us as your preferred source, you’ll see our updates more often and in a…
Google Aug 8, 2025
Highlights: Google recommends giving each important image its own landing page with a dedicated URL. Galleries, sliders, and lightbox pop-ups can prevent images from being indexed…
Google Aug 8, 2025
Google says your traffic is fine. Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, Semrush, BrightEdge, and your revenue team say otherwise. So who’s wrong? Apparently, everyone but Google . Let’s break it down - how…
Google Aug 7, 2025
Google says your traffic is fine. Your dashboards say it’s dead. So who’s lying?…
Google Aug 7, 2025
Google just made its digital learning tool, NotebookLM, available to students as young as 13. If you’re a parent, teacher, or student wondering what this means for real classroom life…
Google Aug 7, 2025
In a landmark announcement , Google has pledged $1 billion over the next three years to support AI education, tools, and infrastructure for students at accredited nonprofit colleges and…
Google Aug 6, 2025
If you’ve been following Silicon Valley’s AI rhetoric, you’ll know the pitch: Artificial Intelligence as the new industrial revolution, the end of human drudgery, maybe even a step toward…
Google Aug 5, 2025
Let’s talk about something that might make Indian parents a little nervous. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google a man whose company practically built the internet as we know it now says…
Google Aug 2, 2025
Google has joined an $8.5 million funding round for Indian social gaming platform Stan , signaling a major shift in India’s digital entertainment and creator economy. What Is Stan? Stan…
