Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Been Unleashed
Google has just announced the release of the September 2026 spam update and said it should take a couple of weeks to roll out. This is a global update and is expected to impact all languages. This only impacts sites that spam, but with any update…
Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Been Unleashed
Google has just announced the release of the September 2026 spam update and said it should take a couple of weeks to roll out. This is a global update and is expected to impact all languages. This only impacts sites that spam, but with any update…
Google Video Schema Gets Creator Property & Updated interactionStatistic
Google has updated its video structured data documentation to support creator property and it has updated the interactionStatistic in VideoObject structured data. Google said these updates are to “to document support for the creator and author properti…
Google Video Schema Gets Creator Property & Updated interactionStatistic
Google has updated its video structured data documentation to support creator property and it has updated the interactionStatistic in VideoObject structured data. Google said these updates are to “to document support for the creator and author properti…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Hits September 23rd & 24th
We are seeing significant volatility again within the Google Search rankings again, this time starting around September 23rd (maybe the 22nd) and throughout today. As we have been seeing, the chatter is generally slowing down as Google has been sending…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Hits September 23rd & 24th
We are seeing significant volatility again within the Google Search rankings again, this time starting around September 23rd (maybe the 22nd) and throughout today. As we have been seeing, the chatter is generally slowing down as Google has been sending…
Google Business Profiles Tests Set Your Hours Automatically
Google Business Profiles is testing a new feature to let it set your business hours for you automatically by just asking you to describe your business hours in text. Google will then use AI to interpret them and make them into a structured format to li…
Google Business Profiles Tests Set Your Hours Automatically
Google Business Profiles is testing a new feature to let it set your business hours for you automatically by just asking you to describe your business hours in text. Google will then use AI to interpret them and make them into a structured format to li…
Announcing web multimodal Search performance reporting in Search Console
Understanding how users find your content is crucial for any publisher or site owner.
As Search evolves to include more visual and multimodal experiences, we want to ensure
you have the data you need to analyze your performance.
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Google AI Mode now shows product comparisons
Google AI Mode is now showing side-by-side product comparisons with images and reviews, giving users a deeper way to evaluate options before buying.
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Google AI Mode now shows long summaries for brand ads
Google AI Mode is now showing a longer summary above brand ads specifically, a shift from the shorter summaries previously seen below ecommerce ads.
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Google’s own NotebookLM becomes a target for parasite SEO
An SEO practitioner reports an AI Overview citation from a public notebook. Another SEO practitioner has since highlighted more promotional pages indexed on Google’s domain.
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Google says page errors could explain cross-domain canonical mix-up
Google’s documentation already describes how identical error pages can make unrelated websites look like duplicates.
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Grok 4.7 launches as xAI switches X Search to per-post billing
Developers will pay for each post retrieved through the API, including parent and quoted posts returned with a thread.
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Cloudflare puts your robots.txt on autopilot
Publishers can separate AI training from search access, but the available controls differ across OpenAI, Google and Bing.
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What the Taboola-Dianomi acquisition actually means for publishers
Taboola is paying £19 million for Dianomi, potentially rising to £27 million. The interesting part is what the extra £8 million depends on: keeping valuable publisher relationships locked in.
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7 free AI SEO optimization techniques I recommend after testing them for 50 clients
How to improve your visibility in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and ChatGPT Search, starting with the pages and information you control. Where to spend your time to improve visibility in AI search, with worked examples and a practical order of effort.
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How I spied on 3 competitors’ Google Ads without an account or paid tools
I used Google’s public ad library to compare Beehiiv, Mailchimp and Flodesk’s sales pitches, offers and calls to action. Here’s how to do the same with your rivals.
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Google wants travelers to book hotels without leaving Search
Hotels could keep the reservation and guest data while becoming more dependent on Google to bring customers back.
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Google Trends for keyword research: What our 4-country test revealed
How to use Google Trends for keyword research before you act on it
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