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EPISODE · Feb 18, 2026 · 5 MIN

It’s New 2/18: Google AI Mode and AI Overviews Get Better Links, AI Search Console Tool, Google Ads and more

from Search Engine Roundtable Podcast · host Barry Schwartz

Today we covered the new link styles in Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews.  Google Search Console’s AI-powered configuration tool is live. Google AdSense has a display bug with some ad formats. Google Ads shifts Lookalike to AI signals in Demand Gen.0:00 - Introduction1:22 - Google has new link cards for AI Mode and AI Overviews2:27 - Google Search Console’s AI-powered configuration tool is live3:33 - Google AdSense bug causing big issues4:25 - Google shifts Lookalike to AI signals in Demand Gen5:25 - ConclusionA daily recap video summarizing a few of the top search marketing headlines covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.This recap is called It's New - A quick, daily dose of the latest in SEO with Anu Adegbola of Search Engine Land, Mordy Oberstein of SE Ranking and Greg Finn of Cypress North (and Marketing O’Clock) and Barry Schwartz.

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