3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (103+ words) Google's John Mueller responded to questions about how impressions are counted for Generative AI in Google Search Console. Google has a help document that explains that, and John just reiterated that. But what he added was that "the old "position…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (176+ words) Search Engine Roundtable There is a new Google ranking factor survey out for 2026 It has been a while since we had one, and it is here It says content relevance, backlinks, and content quality are the most important factors, according…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (183+ words) Google is now answering nearly 100% of all people also asked questions with AI Overviews. 14 months ago, it was only at about 12% but now we are seeing thar nearly all People also ask sections are answered by AI Overviews. So I…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (108+ words) John Mueller has one of his Google lines again, he said in response to someone trying to pick the right answer for an SEO question - he said, "Sometimes there is no absolute right answer -- but you can choose one, and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (120+ words) The Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights which launched in July and has begun expanding to more regions earlier this month has also gained new metrics. AI Search intent, AI Search terms and AI attributes have been added to the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (265+ words) Yesterday, for a short period of time, Google Search Console was reporting pages as not being indexed and in the status of "Crawled - currently not indexed." The issue seemed to have been resolved within an hour or so and now…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (126+ words) Google has posted a new help document explaining the regional differences in the Google Search experience. This document includes information about search experiences available in certain countries, such as aggregator units, supplier units, and carousels. Google said, this is to…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (78+ words) seroundtable.com Google is testing a thinner design for the citations/link panel on the right side of the AI Overview. The citations panel is noticeably thinner and may be less noticeable to searchers, maybe leading to fewer clicks? I…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (133+ words) The Google Search Console link report has now not been updated for a month. The last time the report was updated with fresh link data was around August 8, 2026 - a month ago. I often report on other reports within Google Search…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (149+ words) Google is sending out Google Business Profiles notifications to business owners asking if the user-suggested edit or update is correct or not. The email says, "Does this look right to you?" and then it shows the suggested update to your…...