Daily Search Forum Recap: February 20, 2026
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 20, 2026
"Here 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 discourages SEOs from force indexing pages. Google updated its Google Business Profiles reviews policies document. Google Ads budget pacing for ad scheduling has been updated. One person spotted ads in ChatGPT in the wild. Google has this new "Sponsored places" ad unit. And I posted the weekly SEO video recap."
"Announcing Android Google Mobile Ads SDK 25.0.0, Google Ads Developer Blog Google Ads Account Hack: What Now? How To Protect Yourself, Jyll Saskin Gales Google Ads CPL Is Up 69%. Most Teams Fix the Wrong Thing, Foundation Inc New Meridian tool puts MMM insights directly in marketers' hands., Google Blog PPC in 2026: What's Working, What's Risky, and How to Actually Control Performance Max, SearchLab Digital The Importance of Lead Quality Scoring for Lead Gen Clients in the World of Automated Bidding, JumpFly 20 Predictions for the Future of Digital Marketing, Koozai Google Now Attributes Conversions to Install Date, PPC News Feed How to use Placement Exclusions in Performance Max (PMax), Smarter Ecommerce"
Google discourages SEOs from using force-indexing techniques to get pages indexed. Google updated the Google Business Profiles reviews policies document to clarify review handling and compliance. Google Ads budget pacing for ad scheduling has been updated to alter how daily budgets are distributed across scheduled hours. Ads were observed appearing inside ChatGPT, indicating ad experiments in conversational AI environments. Google introduced a new "Sponsored places" ad unit for local place-based advertising. The weekly SEO video recap was posted and several industry posts were highlighted, including SDK updates, account security guidance, PPC trend pieces, and Performance Max resources.
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