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Google's February 2026 Discover Core Update
Today we've
released
the February 2026 Discover core update. This is a broad update to our systems that surface
articles in Discover. Our testing shows that people find the Discover [...]
Google Webmaster Central
February 2026 Google Discover Core Update Rolling Out - Local Impact
Google has released its first core update of 2026, which is focused on just Google Discover. Google named it the February 2026 Discover core update. This one is rolling over the next two weeks or so [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google releases Discover core update – February 2026
This Discover update will show more locally relevant content based on the users country.
Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 5, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google’s Performance Max advice often fails new advertisers
Early Performance Max adoption often reduces insight and control. Shopping campaigns provide clearer performance signals and faster learning.
Search Engine Land
Google Search Hits $63B, Details AI Mode Ad Tests via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is testing ads in AI Mode as Search revenue grew 17% to $63 billion. AI Mode queries run 3x longer than traditional searches.
Search Engine Journal
Why SEO teams need to ask ‘should we use AI?’ not just ‘can we?’
Automation can save SEO teams time—but at what cost? Explore where AI boosts speed, where it erodes trust, and how to protect real authority.
Search Engine Land
How AI is reshaping local search and what enterprises must do now
AI now mediates how customers discover and choose local services. Learn how AI systems evaluate trust, data quality, and relevance.
Search Engine Land
Google Ads no longer runs on keywords. It runs on intent.
If you’re still building Google Ads around keywords, you’re behind. Here's what that means for eligibility, structure, and PPC strategy.
Search Engine Land
Google’s biggest crawling challenges are faceted navigation, action parameters and more
Crawlers can cause your site to load slowly if you do not manage the URLs on your website properly.
Search Engine Land
Google: Search Algorithms, Spam Detections & Policies Don't Fundamentally Change With AI Search
Google's John Mueller said that when it comes to AI Search and the changes that come with that, Google's core search algorithms, spam detection methods, spam policies, and other search systems do not [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
The latest AI news we announced in January
Google AI announcements from January
Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace - Pay For AI To License Content
Microsoft announced the expansion of the Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace. This marketplace is designed to give publishers a new revenue stream, provides AI systems with scaled access to [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up Big Time Starting On February 2nd
I was hoping, well, not really, that Google would calm down a bit since we had such a volatile January.
But the Google Search results volatility is still very volatile, and the shuffling in those [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
NEW Google Shows How To Check Passage Indexing via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google's John Mueller offered a simple solution to the question of whether a passage is indexed and is ready to rank.
Search Engine Journal