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...
Core update storm, but not total chaos
Core update is still the main weather system Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 7, now on day 11 of what Google said could be a two-week rollout. That matter...
Core update keeps rankings on edge
Core Update Still Driving the Storm Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 6, 2026, now on day 10 of what Google said could be a two-week rollout. Search Engine...
Core update keeps SEO skies rough
Core Update Still Driving the Weather Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 5, 2026, now on day 9 of a rollout Google said could take up to two weeks. Search En...
Core update keeps Google rankings on edge
Core update is the main storm Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 4, 2026, now on day 8 of what Google said could be a two-week rollout. Search Engine Land...
Core update storm keeps rankings on edge
Core update is the main weather system Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out, now on day 7 of what Google says could be a two-week rollout. That lines up with the hotter...
Core update keeps rankings on edge
Core update is the main storm Google's March 2026 core update is still rolling out on April 2, now on day 6 of what Google says may be a two-week rollout. That matters because broad cor...