Search Forum Recap: SEO news July 3, 2026

The page indexing report in Google Search Console was stuck for weeks—it now shows data through June 29, 2026 again. For SEO teams, that ends a phase in which indexing issues were hard to trace.

Reviews are disappearing and new ratings are blocked: Google confirms it is investigating a bug in Business Profiles. This article explains symptoms, background, and practical steps for local SEO.

Microsoft Advertising expands Performance Max with two beta experiment types. Upgrade tests check migration of existing campaigns; uplift tests measure incremental added value.

Google ends Third-Party Rates for Hotel Ads on September 30, 2026. Affected campaigns will stop serving across the entire Hotel Ads inventory after that date.

Google is moving the map to the top in a local pack test and adjusting action buttons. For local SEO, that can change click distribution and visibility. Here is how teams should prepare for the new layout.

Violating the same Google Business Profile policy again can lead to longer suspensions – a 30-day restriction may grow to 60 days. This article explains the additive escalation model and how businesses protect local visibility.

Google reviews are vanishing from many Business Profile listings while Google remains silent. This article explains possible causes, local SEO risks, and what affected businesses should check now.

Google finishes the June 2026 spam update, fraudulent DMCA requests strain search, and ads budgets get costlier. The video recap bundles the week's key SEO signals.

The page indexing report in Google Search Console was unreliable for weeks—it now delivers data again. Here is how teams should evaluate indexing status now.