Well, this week we had another article about changes in Google search rankings. Google Webmaster Report for January 2026 has been posted. Google Discover seems to have too many posts from X. Google personalizes some AI summaries and AI mode responses. Tailwind CSS had to lay off 75% of its engineers due to a 40% decrease in document creation due to AI Search and Google. Your links may be missing from your Google Search Console link report. Danny Sullivan said content should not be made into bite-sized chunks for LLMs. Danny Sullivan and John Mueller talked about hiring AEO/GEO and purchasing AI optimization tools. Google's John Mueller talks about whether you should invest in GEO. Google Merchant Center has updated its multichannel product rules. You can now display call assets in Google Vehicle Ads. Allow prediction market advertising in Google Ads. Google is hiring a chief of staff for search intelligence. Google is hiring an AI Answer Search Quality Engineer. Microsoft is hiring a very senior product manager to fight spam in Bing and Copilot. Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout and Brand Agents. Microsoft is testing a larger “Ask Copilot” button and a redesigned Bing home page. That was the search news at this week's Search Engine Roundtable.
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