A well-rounded view on search engines and search engine marketing from five segments of the Web population represented by senior members of the major SEO/SEM forums on the Internet.https://www.seroundtable.comen-usBarry SchwartzFri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400en-usnoSearch Engine Roundtablesearch,search,engines,google,yahoo,ask,com,microsoft,live,com,adcenter,adwords,adsense,ypn,barry,schwartz,search,engine,roundtableThe Pulse with Barry Schwartz and co-hosts Ben Pfeiffer and Chris Boggs covers search topics that receive the most buzz from within the search community. Each Tuesday, The Pulse will recap those important search topics in a roundtable style format, allowing the hosts to debate and argue some of the latest trends and stories in the search industry.Search Pulse from the Search Engine RoundtableBarry Schwartzbarry@rustybrick.comBarry Schwartzhttps://www.seroundtable.com/recap-05-01-2026-41257.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-05-01-2026-41257.htmlHere is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/video-04-01-2026-41254.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 08:01:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/video-04-01-2026-41254.html This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent out notifications about back button hijacking penalties to those sites that have the problem. Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the penalty...Search Video Recapsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-deindexing-urls-41252.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 07:51:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-deindexing-urls-41252.htmlSEOs and site owners are always complaining about indexing issues with Google Search. Why is this page not indexed, why is that page not indexed. But some seasoned SEOs are asking if Google is more picky about what it indexes in the past month or so, than it was maybe a year ago.Google Search Engine Optimizationbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-preferred-sources-all-languages-globally-41253.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 07:31:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-preferred-sources-all-languages-globally-41253.htmlBack in December, Google expanded Preferred sources globally, but only for English-language content. Now, according to The Verge, Google's preferred sources support all languages globally.Googlebarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-max-ai-brief-text-disclaimers-more-41240.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 07:31:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-max-ai-brief-text-disclaimers-more-41240.htmlGoogle annnounced a number of new updates for AI Max within Google Ads. These include (1) AI Brief, (2) text disclaimers and (3) Expansion with AI Max for shopping and Search Campaigns for travel.Google Adsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-you-asked-to-see-label-41215.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 07:21:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-you-asked-to-see-label-41215.htmlGoogle is showing a new label on the Discover feed that says "You asked to see." This label is added to items in your feed that are customized based on the Tailor Your Feed feature.Googlebarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/april-may-2026-google-webmaster-report-41251.htmlFri, 01 May 2026 07:11:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/april-may-2026-google-webmaster-report-41251.htmlI missed last month's Google Webmaster Report, so I am combining both April and May into one big report. Google completed rolling out the March 2026 spam update in March, and started the March core update, which completed in April. We also had a lot of other ranking volatility throughout.Google Search Engine Optimizationbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-04-30-2026-41250.htmlThu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-04-30-2026-41250.htmlHere is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google and Microsoft reported earnings...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-pmax-website-publisher-url-update-41249.htmlThu, 30 Apr 2026 07:41:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-pmax-website-publisher-url-update-41249.htmlMicrosoft Advertising has added conversion and spend metrics to the PMax Website Publisher URL report. So if you check out the report, you will see a bunch more insight and data into the performance of those ads.Bing Adsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-showing-more-links-ai-mode-41245.htmlThu, 30 Apr 2026 07:31:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-showing-more-links-ai-mode-41245.htmlGoogle may be testing showing more links and citations within the AI Mode results. Google has done this with AI Overviews a year or so ago and now may be testing it with AI Mode results.Googlebarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-select-partners-to-run-ads-with-41248.htmlThu, 30 Apr 2026 07:21:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-select-partners-to-run-ads-with-41248.htmlGoogle Ads is testing more transparency around its partner network, letting some advertisers select if they want to run their ads on the search partner network and/or Google Display Network. It is labeled Partners in Alfa. Google Adsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-recommendations-results-tab-41243.htmlThu, 30 Apr 2026 07:11:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-recommendations-results-tab-41243.htmlGoogle Ads seems to have added a new tab to the recommendations section named "results." I assume this section will show the results of any implemented recommendations you selected within your Google Ads campaigns.Google Adsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ad-revenue-earnings-41246.htmlWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:20:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ad-revenue-earnings-41246.htmlGoogle reported its earnings today, its Q1 2026 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 15.5% at $77.3 billion and overall revenue was up 22% at $109.9 billion...Google Newsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-bing-earnings-41247.htmlWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:12:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-bing-earnings-41247.html Microsoft reported its third quarter 2026 earnings and it showed that its search and advertising revenue was up for 12% and that means its ad growth is growing again. The previous quarter it was up 10% before that, up 16% and the one before that was 21% and this quarter...Bing Searchbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-04-29-2026-41242.htmlWed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-04-29-2026-41242.htmlHere is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Some Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the new back button hijacking search penalty...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)