SEO
Self-Ranking Listicles Lose 38% of Google AI Citations
Lily Ray’s latest data shows Google AI Overviews now skip vendor-written “best of” pages far more often, as Google rewrites its quality rules.
search rankings.
SEO
Google’s Next Ranking Update: 6 Precedents Point to Change
Google's next core update may follow a spam cleanup and reward pages built around user satisfaction, interactive content and authentic authorship.
SEO
Google Scaled Content Abuse: What Marketers Need to Know
Google's scaled content abuse policy now hits AI, human and templated pages built to rank. Here's how enforcement works and what to prune.
SEO
Google’s SpamBrain Runs the SEO Penalty You Never See
Google's September 2026 spam update is live across every language. Here's how SpamBrain scores pages, links and AI answers—and what to audit now.
SEO
Google’s September 2026 Spam Update Could Roll for 14 Days
Google's fourth 2026 spam update is global and may run up to 14 days—its longest spam rollout of the year. Here's what teams should do.
