AI Search Opt-Out Hits the Forecast
AI Controls Take Effect Today's biggest weather maker is Google's AI Search control, not a classic ranking storm. Google announced on June 3 that Search Console is rolling out dedicated generative AI...
Site Moves Need a Cleaner Flight Plan
Site Moves Get a Warning Label The practical SEO story today is domain migrations. Google updated its site move guidance on June 17 to say domain moves work best when all variants are migrated properl...
AI search clouds, rankings mostly steady
AI Search Is the Main Weather System The strongest signal today is not a classic ranking storm. It is the continued squeeze from AI search. Search Engine Roundtable covered Google’s Search Central Liv...
Search Cools, AI Pressure Holds
AI Search Is the Main Weather System The strongest signal this weekend is not a fresh ranking storm. It is the continuing squeeze from AI search. On June 19, Search Engine Roundtable covered Google’s...
A calm day with suspicious gusts
Ranking Weather Google rankings look mostly steady today, but not perfectly quiet. The live partial volatility score is 4.6/10, which is normal, and the last week has been more of a flat, low-grade wo...
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...