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Google Search Console Multimodal Filter: What It Shows

Google Search Console's new multimodal filter shows which pages get clicks from Lens and image search, but not the queries or images behind them.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Google's September Spam Update: What to Check Now

Google's September 2026 spam update is rolling out globally over two weeks, the longest of any 2026 update. Here's what actually changed and what to check before reacting.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Google Search Profile Badge: What It Actually Does

Google's new Search Profile Badge links your site to your Search profile and Google Discover. Here's who actually qualifies and what to do about it this week.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Google's EEA Search Units Now Include Local Businesses

Google's EEA-only aggregator and supplier search units now support local business queries as of 18 September 2026 — here's what changed, who it affects, and what to check on your site this week.

Prakhar Vohra·3 min
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Fingerprint's Bot Directory Sorts AI Crawlers From Fraud

Fingerprint's new Bot Directory lets any site check whether a crawler is a legitimate AI agent or an impersonator, using a cryptographic standard called Web Bot Auth.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Cloudflare's AI Training Opt-Out: What to Change This Week

Cloudflare's new setting splits search crawling from AI-training crawling at the network level — here's what to change today and what it doesn't fix yet.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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AI Overviews Traffic Loss: Publishers Are Paying It Back

Top 100 media publishers spent $113 million on paid search in July 2026 to buy back the organic traffic AI Overviews erased for free — here's what it means if SEO drives real business for you.

Prakhar Vohra·3 min
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Google's /goto Redirect Links Are Breaking SEO Rank Trackers

Google quietly replaced search-result links with encoded /goto redirects, and rank-tracking tools had to rebuild how they read rankings. Here's what changed and what it means for your SEO reporting.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min
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Google Search Console AI Reports Are Live Everywhere

Google's Search Console AI reports went live worldwide on 31 August, showing impressions from AI Overviews and AI Mode for the first time. Here's what the data does and doesn't tell you, and why most sites should leave the new opt-out toggle alone.

Prakhar Vohra·4 min