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SEOGoogle bans fake and undisclosed incentivized reviews from review snippet structured data
Google's review snippet structured data documentation was updated on 24 July 2026 to prohibit fake reviews and incentivized reviews without a clear,…
SEOAn AI Overview invented a closing date, forcing a Canadian restaurant to publicly deny it was shutting
A Google AI Overview told searchers that Anna Mae's Bakery and Restaurant in Millbank, Ontario would close on 31 July 2026, apparently…
SEOMajor Publishers Weigh Blocking Google Search as Referral Traffic Declines
A Wall Street Journal report, summarized by Search Engine Roundtable, says large publishers are seriously considering blocking Google as declining clicks weaken…
SEOEU fines Google €890 million for DMA breaches in Search and Play
The European Commission has fined Google €890 million in its first DMA penalty, over self-preferencing in Search and anti-steering on Google Play.
SEOGoogle Rewrites Its Crawl Budget Doc With a Default Conservative Crawl Limit
Google updated its 'Optimize your crawl budget' guide. Every site now starts on the same conservative crawl-capacity limit, and capacity is shared…
SEOUnconfirmed Google ranking volatility hit July 18-19, 2026
Fourteen independent trackers flagged heavy Google Search volatility on July 18-19, 2026, but Google has confirmed no update. Here is what it…
SEOAI answers about your business locations are often wrong. Check before customers do
A vendor-run test cited by Search Engine Journal found AI tools returned at least one false fact about 64% of UK high…
SEOUS court dismisses Google's DMCA lawsuit against SerpApi
A US federal court has dismissed Google's DMCA lawsuit against SerpApi, ruling that blocking scrapers from public search results with no copyrighted…
SEOGoogle's Mueller warns 'are you a bot' screens can get pages dropped from Search
On a Search Off the Record episode, Google's John Mueller explained how bot-verification screens shown to Googlebot can be indexed, trigger canonical…