Spam Rollout Ends, SERPs Stay Calm
Spam Update Cooldown The August 2026 spam update is now in the rearview mirror. Google’s dashboard lists it as closed, lasting 2 days and 16 hours, with ranking as the impacted system. Search Engine J...
Calm SERPs, Busy Search Features
Calm After the Spam Front Google’s search results are mostly steady today. The live partial volatility score is 4.6/10, and the last completed week has been flat around the mid-4s, which is normal wea...
AI SEO Hype Meets Calm SERPs
AI Search Hype, SEO Reality The loudest signal today is that AI search optimization is not turning into a separate magic checklist. Search Engine Roundtable reported today, August 25, that Google’s Jo...
AI Mode Opens More Doors To Publishers
AI Mode Gets Link Carousels Today’s biggest search weather is Google AI Mode adding link carousels for developing topics. Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Journal both picked up the rollout,...
AI Search Winds Keep Shaking Rankings
AI Answers Are Still the Storm Front The loudest weather system today is AI Search pressure on publishers. Search Engine Journal reports that Judge Amit Mehta pressed Google in the Penske Media case o...
Spam Update Storm Hits Another Wave
Spam Update Still Driving the Weather Google's September 2026 spam update is still the main storm system. Google's own status dashboard says it began on September 24 at 9:15 a.m. PDT, applies globally...
Spam Update Winds Keep Blowing
Spam Update Still Driving the Weather The SEO skies are gusty today. Google’s September 2026 spam update is still active on day 11, after starting September 24, and Google says it applies globally acr...
Spam Update Winds Keep Blowing
Spam Update Still Driving Movement Google's September 2026 spam update is still the main weather system. Google says it began September 24 at 9:15 a.m. PDT, applies globally and to all languages, and...
Spam Update Winds Keep Blowing
Spam Update Still Driving the Weather The main SEO weather system on Saturday, October 3, 2026 is still Google’s September 2026 spam update, now on day 9 of a rollout Google said may take up to two we...
Spam Update Winds Keep Rankings Choppy
Spam Update Still Driving the Weather Google's September 2026 spam update is the main weather system over search today, October 2, 2026. Google's own status dashboard lists the update under ranking sy...
Spam Update Keeps Rankings Choppy
Spam Update Storm Band Google's September 2026 spam update is still the main weather system over search today, October 1. Google's Search Status Dashboard lists the update as starting September 24, an...