SEO
Google Plans AI Content for Discover’s 500M Daily Users
Google careers listings show it's building AI-generated content for Discover, a feed used by 500M people a day. Here's what SEO teams should watch.
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Google’s September Spam Update Ends After Nearly 14 Days
Google's September 2026 spam update is done after nearly 14 days. Here's how to read the data, plus new crawl timing ranges and author warnings.
SEO
AI Overviews Reach 63 of 100 Big-Brand Searches
AI Overviews jumped from 5 to 63 of 100 big-brand name searches in three months. Here's how brand teams should track and respond.
SEO
Google’s September Spam Update Ends After 13 Days 16 Hours
Google's September 2026 spam update is complete after 13 days and 16 hours. Here's how to read the early data and check your own site now.
SEO
Search Console: AI Overviews Cut Organic CTR 61%
Google's free Search Console is the first-party data source for AI-era visibility. New reports show impressions without clicks; AI Overviews cut organic CTR 61%.
SEO
Google Ends the SEO Video Maze With Two Learning Tracks
Google bundles its scattered Search Central YouTube videos into two ordered SEO paths: one for beginners, one for developers running large sites.
SEO
Google says couldn’t fetch can be a quality verdict
Google Search Off the Record explains why a valid sitemap can show couldn't fetch: host load or low crawl demand tied to site quality.
SEO
Google: Core Update Recovery Takes 3–6 Months
Google's Gary Illyes shared timing ranges for crawling, indexing and recovery: 20 hours for new URLs, 30 days for known ones, and 3-6 months for core updates.
SEO
Google says new pages take about 20 hours to be found
Google's internal timing data shows a new URL is typically discovered in about 20 hours—but slow cases stretch to weeks, months, or never. Here's what to fix.
SEO
Google’s AI Fact-Check Rule, Gemini UTM Tags & CTR Shift
Google now asks sites to manually fact-check AI content and metadata. Gemini links carry UTM tags, and Q2 CTR data comes with a caveat. Here's what to change.
