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Google Desktop CTR Drops While Mobile Rises in Q2 2026
Advanced Web Ranking's Q2 2026 data shows desktop clicks at top organic positions fell while mobile rose. Here's what the reversal means for marketers.
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Google’s September 2026 Spam Update: What SEOs Should Do
Google's September 2026 spam update may take up to two weeks. Here's how to track ranking shifts, benchmark competitors, and avoid false attribution.
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Google AI Mode Monitoring Goes Global for All Users
Google now lets every user set AI Mode monitoring tasks that watch local and shopping topics. Here's what it means for SEO and link visibility.
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OpenAI Engineer Says Users Won’t Click Links in Chat
A publishers' court filing quotes an OpenAI engineer saying users won't click links in AI chat answers, and Microsoft data shows CTR fell 87-93% in Bing Chat.
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Google’s Generative AI Report Lacks Clicks: Here’s a Fix
Google's Search Console AI report shows visibility, not click loss. Here's how to turn those impressions into commercial exposure and resilience.
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SEO Best Practices for Google and AI Search
SEO now has to satisfy Google and AI agents. Here are the layers that earn rankings, citations and brand mentions in an AI-first search world.
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Google-Extended: What It Blocks and What It Leaves Open
Google's robots.txt token can block Gemini training without hurting rankings. But AI Overviews and AI Mode sit outside it. Here's what to do.
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What nosnippet Actually Does in AI Search Right Now
Google's nosnippet rule can suppress your normal snippet while blocking AI Overviews and AI Mode. Here's what to know before you use it.
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Robots.txt in 2026: Crawling Rules, AI Opt-Outs and Gaps
Robots.txt is voluntary, narrow and now central to AI training opt-outs. Here's what SEO and performance marketers need to know about RFC 9309, GPTBot blocks and crawler gaps.
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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.
