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 SchwartzSun, 21 Jun 2026 08:20:00 -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/google-search-ranking-hits-black-hats-41541.htmlSun, 21 Jun 2026 08:20:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-hits-black-hats-41541.htmlGoogle may have quietly rolled out an update on Friday, June 19th, that seems to may have impacted more of the black hat SEO side of things. It is not 100% clear because most of the tools seem pretty stable and yes there is chatter also in the more "white hat" forums, but I see a much larger spike in chatter in the more "black hat" forums.Google Updatesbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-19-2026-41534.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-19-2026-41534.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 spoke on stage about chunking, AI content, quality content, subscriptions, paywalls, site wide signals...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/video-06-19-2026-41532.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 08:01:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/video-06-19-2026-41532.htmlThis week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK's CMA ordered Google to share its search ranking algorithm and enable data portability to some third-parties. Google Search rolled out its information...Search Video Recapsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-updated-news-section-41531.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 07:51:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-updated-news-section-41531.htmlMicrosoft Bing is testing a new updated design for the news section within Bing Search. The updated news box, honestly, is easier to understand and makes it clearer that these are news sources - so I kind of like it.Bing Searchbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-central-live-milan-41533.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 07:41:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-central-live-milan-41533.htmlGoogle held a Search Central Live event in Milan this week and spoke about several topics including chunking, site-wide signals, AI settings in Search Console, commondity versus non-commodity content, paywalled content, subscriptions for news sites, what clicks look like from AI Overviews and much more.Google Search Engine Optimizationbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-colors-product-results-41438.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 07:31:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-colors-product-results-41438.htmlMicrosoft Bing is testing a color selector / viewer in the shopping and product results within Bing Search. This will show you what colors the product is available in, without having to click over to the website to see it.Bing Searchbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-conversion-based-customer-lists-41529.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 07:21:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-conversion-based-customer-lists-41529.htmlGoogle will be turning on conversion-based customer lists for Google Ads advertiser accounts beginning on Jun 17, 2026, with data processing to begin on August 18, 2026. This will happen to all advertisers who have already adopted both Enhanced Conversions and Customer Match but haven't yet enabled the conversion-based customer lists functionality, Google said.Google Adsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-hot-pink-live-time-alerts-41377.htmlFri, 19 Jun 2026 07:11:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-hot-pink-live-time-alerts-41377.htmlGoogle is testing using a hot pink font for the live time for when a place is busy or not. This is part of the old popular times feature, but Google is testing or launching a hot pink font to make it really noticeable. Google Mapsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-18-2026-41528.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-18-2026-41528.htmlHere is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-country-reporting-41526.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 07:51:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-webmaster-tools-country-reporting-41526.htmlBing may soon support more countries for the countries filter within Bing Webmaster Tools. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft wrote on X, "Well, we are now actively considering expanding this to show more individual countries."Bing SEObarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-activities-tab-41521.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 07:41:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-business-profiles-activities-tab-41521.htmlGoogle can show an "Activities" button in the Google Business Profiles dashboard within Google Search. I assume this button is reserved for venues that let you book activities including booking tickets or other activities. Google Mapsbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-3d-model-from-41515.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 07:31:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-3d-model-from-41515.htmlGoogle is testing attributing where the 3D models are from that Google shows within the product detail screen in Google Search. I can't replicate this but the test shows "3D mode from [retailer name]." Googlebarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-feed-google-news-showcase-41439.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 07:21:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-feed-google-news-showcase-41439.htmlGoogle seems to be showing content from publishers in the Google News Showcase more within the Google Discover feed. I don't have direct data to prove this but two people who follow Google Discover closely said this is to be true.Googlebarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/google-domain-variants-site-moves-41527.htmlThu, 18 Jun 2026 07:11:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/google-domain-variants-site-moves-41527.htmlGoogle has updated its site move and domain migrations help document to note that for domain migrations, you should make sure to submit Change of Address requests for all domain variations. Google said the "domain migrations work best when all variants of a site are migrated properly."Google Search Engine Optimizationbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-17-2026-41524.htmlWed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-06-17-2026-41524.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. We are seeing heated Google Search ranking volatility continue into this week...Search Forum Recapbarry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)