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...
Post-update chill, but Google is still twitchy
Core update is over, but aftershocks remain There is no new Google algorithm update rolling out on Monday, April 13, 2026. The March 2026 core update finished on April 8, and the earlier *...
Core update fallout is cooling
Core Update Aftershocks The biggest SEO story on Sunday, April 12, 2026 is actually what is not happening: Google does not have an active algorithm update rolling out right now, and the...
Core update is over, but rankings still wobble
Update weather: cooler, not calm The biggest confirmed SEO story is that Google's March 2026 core update finished on April 8, and there is **no active core or spam update rolling out today, Ap...
Core update cools, but Google is still twitchy
Rankings Are Cooling Off, Not Calm Google is not rolling out a new confirmed algorithm update today. The March 2026 core update finished on April 8, and that matters because a lot of sites...
Core Update Ends, But Search Is Still Shifty
Core update storm just passed The biggest SEO story on Thursday, April 9, 2026 is that Google’s March 2026 core update finished rolling out yesterday, April 8. That matters because ranking...
Core update keeps SEO skies rough
Core update still driving the weather Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 8, 2026, now on day 12 of a rollout Google said could take up to two weeks. That matters...