Home / Search Forum Recap / Daily Search Forum Recap: May 8, 2026 May 8, 2026 - 10:00 am 0 — by 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. We are seeing new Google search ranking volatility heat up today, it seems weird. Google Ads launched journey-aware bidding, expanded smart bidding exploration and budget pacing. Google may adjust its site reputation abuse penalty and policy for EU news publishers. Google AdSense will stop the back button trigger for vignette ads. Google Ads will require passkeys for certain sensitive actions. Microsoft Advertising added custom columns for all conversion metrics. And I posted the weekly SEO video recap. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Today - May 8th Many of the third-party tracking tools, not all, but many, are showing some heated volatility this morning around Google Search's ranking positions.…