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15 Oct 2026Bing Webmaster Tools adds Topics Portfolio for AI search citations
7 Oct 2026Google turns its Search Central videos into two SEO coursesbeginners and technical
6 Oct 2026AI Overviews now appear on most branded searches, Ahrefs data shows
6 Oct 2026Google's AI content guidance now points to the rater guidelines, and calls fake authors deception
6 Oct 2026How long Google takes to crawl, index and let a site recoverGary Illyes' numbers
6 Oct 2026Google's September 2026 spam update finished rolling out on October 8
6 Oct 2026Search Console now shows several countries' traffic combined
6 Oct 2026Search Console's generative AI controlwhich property's setting wins
6 Oct 2026Search Console now reports Lens, Circle to Search and image-upload traffic