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AI Overviews Reach 83% of Branded Searches: What the Data Really Shows
Ahrefs found AI Overviews on 82.91% of branded US desktop results in a September crawl. We separate the study’s two samples and turn the finding into a 30-query brand-answer audit.
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Google Updates Its AI Content Guidance With Quality-Rater Checks
Google’s October 1 guidance update points publishers to separate page-level and site-scale tests for effort, originality, added value and user purpose.
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Google’s SAFE paper does not explain the September Search spam update
Google’s SAFE paper studies coordinated synthetic-video channel abuse. It does not connect the system to Search ranking or the active September spam rollout.
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Google Search Console adds multimodal web reporting.
Google now separates image-involved web searches in Search Console. Here is what the new filter measures, why queries are absent, and how to compare it with Image search and AI impressions.
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Google begins September spam update with global rollout
Google says its September 2026 spam update is rolling out globally and across all languages. The rollout may take up to two weeks; Google has not identified a specific target.
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Google Says Text Added With CSS Content May Not Be Indexed.
Google clarified that text inserted with the CSS content property sits outside the DOM and may not be indexed, so meaningful copy belongs in semantic HTML.
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Search and AI Changes: September 7–13, 2026
Thirteen documented search and AI changes from September 7–13, plus two community signals that still require controlled tests.
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Google Search Profiles Connect Publisher Content and Followers
Google Search profiles can gather a publisher’s articles, videos and social posts and add a follow action. Initial eligibility and control remain limited.
