Home / Search Forum Recap / Daily Search Forum Recap: April 17, 2026 Apr 17, 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. Google Maps released its spam fighting report efforts and Google Ads did the same. Google AI Mode's new Chrome split view is neat but publishers may not like it. New Google Maps reviews guidelines warns against staff manipulation. Google LSAs rich content may come from your URLs. And Bing is testing and animated people also search for. And I published the weekly SEO video recap. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Maps Blocked 292 Million Reviews & Removed 13 Million Fake Profiles Google also released the annual Google Maps safety report saying blocked or removed over 292 million policy-violating reviews and removed over 13 million fake Business Profiles.…