Friday Brief: Google’s Video Carousel Has Halved Since 12 August
Google's video carousel now shows on under 20% of searches, down from just over 30%, and on tracked brand names it fell…
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Thursday Brief: Googlebot Found Just 2% of a Site’s JavaScript Links
A 41 day experiment split one site's internal links between plain HTML and JavaScript. Googlebot found 2% of the JavaScript pages and…
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Wednesday Brief: Google Is Running a Spam Update Right Now
Google started the August 2026 spam update on Monday and it is still rolling out worldwide. WordPress 7.1 ships today, Instagram will…
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Tuesday Brief: Google Says Your Search Console Collapse Never Happened
Your Search Console AI impressions collapsed on 13 August and Google has confirmed none of it was real. Plus a paused AI…
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Your Week in Search and Social: 9 to 14 August 2026
Three changes this week were not features you can adopt when ready. Google Ads starts migrating campaigns to AI Max on 1…
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AI Max Carries 72% More Invalid Traffic: Search and Social Update, 14 August 2026
New Lunio data shows Google search campaigns running AI Max carried 72 percent more invalid traffic, and Google converts eligible campaigns automatically…
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Your Next Customer Might Never Touch Your Booking Form
Google's Pixel 11 lets an assistant navigate apps and websites on a customer's behalf, across more than forty apps. Anthropic starts watermarking…
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Search and Social Update: 12 August 2026
Google has opened its generative AI performance report to every Search Console account, complete with a pop-up pointing you at it. It…
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Search and Social Update: 11 August 2026
YouTube doubles the watch hours a new channel needs to start earning, from 4,000 to 8,000, effective February 2027. Google also banned…
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